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Wheelchairs and Mobility Scooters Pave Way for Better Bike and Roll Routes
BC’s outdated legislation, which prohibits the use of wheelchairs and mobility scooters on bike and roll routes including protected bike and roll lanes was a hot topic at the 2024 BC Active Transportation Summit in New Westminster. Where high quality bike and roll routes exist, more and more people are using them to travel on wheelchairs and mobility scooters despite the provincial government asserting it is illegal to do so Tanisha Sepuleda of Disability Rights Washington (@DisabilityRightsWA) discusses how they use bike and roll lanes in the Seattle area, where it is legal to do so. Dr Brett Petzer, cycling infrastructure consultant at @Mobycon in Amsterdam, Netherlands, explains that wheelchairs and mobility scooters use “has made the coalition for good cycling infrastructure far more powerful.” Find our more about the Summit at https://bccycling.ca/at-summit-2024
