2016 Bike Summit

Dear Fellow Cyclist

Join us on Saturday January 23rd for the 2016 Bike Summit at Beban Park Social Centre. A full afternoon of bike movies, presentations, information sessions and discussions. Bike stores from Qualicum, Parksville and Nanaimo will have displays with their latest merchandise and bike lines, and there is a host of information available. And we want to hear from you. Come help shape cycling infrastructure, bike education and tell us your ideas.

The event runs from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Sponsored by Arrowsmith Bikes – Pedego  – Pacific Rim Bicycles – Rock City Cycles – Hub City Cycles – Staples – City of Nanaimo – Buzz Coffee House

Presentations:

• City of Nanaimo Engineering Department
• Nanaimo Regional Rail Trail Partnership
• BC Cycling Coalition
• E-bikes by Pedego
• Updates from local bicycle groups

Information Sessions:

• Update on changes to the Motor Vehicle Act
• The Big Ask:  An investment of One Billion Dollars in cycling and pedestrian infrastructure from the BC Government
• Safe Routes to School program
• Traffic Education in the school system
• Speeches by a number of individuals on the topics of cycling, infrastructure, active transportation, healthy living, and more.
• Implementing the Nanaimo Master Transportation
• Making Nanaimo a cycling mecca, one bike event at a time

Discussion Sessions:

• From Paper to Pavement
• Equity in Motion

GNCC AGM

• We will have a 15 minute AGM

Leo Boon
Chair, Greater Nanaimo Cycling Coalition
Director, BC Cycling Coalition