Cycling Nova Scotia has been busy as of late! We are thrilled with all of the amazing public engagement events and activities we have had Spring/Summer 2023! We want to give a huge thank you to everyone who came out with such great energy and feedback.
We have been running engagement activities in Windsor, Baddeck and Surrounding Area, and Wagmatcook. It was great to see so many people participate and engage with us on the topic of walking, rolling, and cycling in their community. We heard some amazing feedback that will be used to inform our ongoing work with these communities. bns
CNS partnered with the Ecology Action Centre to run a Youth Mobility Audit in the Winter. Throughout the Spring/Summer we ...
There are many ways cycling can be a family activity with kids of all ages! Grab your helmets and cycle on one of the many Blue Route Trails! Avoid cycling on roads with children or inexperienced cyclers. It’s safer to cycle away from vehicles, especially when building up skills. Choose a route that isn’t too long or advanced for your most inexperienced cycler. Want to refresh your cycling safety knowledge? Check out this post about cycling safety, hand signals, and helmets.
To cycle with young children, trailers and child seats can be installed onto regular bikes or special front-bucket cargo bikes can be purchased. Tag-a-long bikes can be installed onto the back of regular bikes to build confidence for young ...
The Town of New Glasgow and Cycling Nova Scotia are proud to announce the project's completion.
The Blue Route is a province-wide project to create a continuous cycling network across Nova Scotia. The Blue Route Hubs Project (now known as the Core AT Networks Project) aims to help communities along the Blue Route evaluate their potential to develop AT routes. Whether you drive, walk, roll, or ride, active transportation infrastructure is for you.
Cycling Nova Scotia’s Active Transportation Planner/Designer worked with staff, community, and stakeholders to identify three potential route options to link New Glasgow residents to key destinations and connect the Blue Route into downtown. A series of focus groups, interviews, surveys, pop-up engagement and community bike rides were used ...
Do you know how to be safe while cycling? This post is all about cycling safety, signals, and bike helmets. Keeping yourself safe is one of the most important aspects of cycling. Being safe while riding minimizes the risk of injuries, collisions, and damages. In this post, we have grouped together 3 areas of safety. Keep reading for information about general cycling safety, signals, and helmets.
SEE, BE SEEN, AND BE PREDICTABLE
Three things to keep in mind when cycling are: see, be seen, and be predictable. Here’s how these keep you safe.
SEE
Make sure you’re able to see your surroundings. Good visibility is important to ensure you can recognize and avoid safety hazards. Wear sunglasses on bright sunny days. Turn on ...
Welcome to Cycling Nova Scotia, Delphi Le Blanc & Luna Pryor!
Delphi Le Blanc (she/her) is a 4th year Dalhousie student majoring in German and Environment, Sustainability, and Society (ESS). She is thrilled to be interning at Cycling Nova Scotia for the summer and feels particularly lucky to be working in Active Transportation (AT). Delphi is passionate about combining sustainability with community. Connecting people together is one of her main interests. Delphi is excited to learn more about AT in Nova Scotia and to connect with change makers. She hopes to gain more experience with AT and how to implement positive change. Delphi plans on continuing her studies post-grad to look deeper at fostering communities to build resilience against the ...
The Provincial government has made an exciting (generational and unprecedented!) commitment for an Active Transportation (AT) Strategy for the province of Nova Scotia. Cycling Nova Scotia sees the Provincial AT Strategy as an opportunity to ensure that past investments in active transportation are met with future ambition and vision.
Cycling Nova Scotia is being consulted by the government on the AT Strategy and we recently reached out to gather your thoughts on how you believe active transportation should look in Nova Scotia.
You shouted from the rooftops!
(Metaphorically, of course), but the response was quite impressive! We heard from Nova Scotians all around the province. From small rural towns, to the urban HRM, we heard from 136 of you; many representing organizations ...
