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Blue Route Hubs – New Glasgow Phase 3

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 ...

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Cycling Safety

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 ...

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Meet The Summer Interns!

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 ...

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Burgher Hill Jump Line

Burgher Hill Jump Line project supported by CCTH Kentville, NS has become a Mecca for mountain biking in recent years.  With the ever-expanding trail systems in the Gorge and Bird Sanctuary to the rails to trails which connect them, the valley has become synonymous with Cycling.  Now, in 2023, with the Canadian Mountain Bike Nationals coming to town in July, Kentville has upped the game once again. The development of Burgher Hill, with the support of the Province’s Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage division and Cycling NS, have created a place for mountain bikers to practice and refine their jumping skills, a necessary tool for today’s mountain bike competitor or enthusiast. CCHT has invested 2 million dollars from the Province will help ...

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What We Heard: Thanks For Sharing!

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 ...

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