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New speed limits set on bikeways Theresa McManus
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Motorists must now slow down when driving on bikeways in New Westminster. In an effort to improve safety on New West streets, the city has adopted a 30 kilometre per hour speed limit for vehicles along bikeways, greenways and streets that don’t allow cycling on sidewalks. The slower speed limit is along the Rotary Crosstown Greenway, by the LondonDublin Greenway and the Central Valley Greenway. “I think this is all about making sure that our greenways and bikeways are made as safe as possible for all users, whether that’s cyclists or pedestrians. Studies have shown when vehicles are travelling under 30 kilometres per hour, the chance of a serious accident reduces substantially,” said Mayor Jonathan Cote. “We think at the very least, these types of speed limits should be in place where we have higher number of pedestrians and cyclist traffic.” The city’s advisory committee for transit, bicycles and pedestrians made the recommendation after researching options to make cycling safer and more comfortable. In addition to reducing the potential for crashes and severity of injuries in crashes, the city hopes lower speed limits will encourage more people to consider walking and cycling as a daily mode of travel. According to the city, the 30 km/hour speed limit will be extended to all streets that don’t allow cycling on the sidewalk, by mid-2018. “It won’t take effect until we actually get the signage up on the streets.We can’t have the speed limits without the proper signage,” Cote said. “It will be going into effect on the different routes very soon as we start to get the signage up across the different greenways and bikeways.”
KINDNESS IS EVERYTHING: Taking a stand against racism: More than 120 people gathered at Moody Park last week for a demonstration against racism and hate. A group of local women organized the event in response to violence in Virginia. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR
New West rallies against hate Theresa McManus
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Laundry is the only thing that should be separated by colours. Those were the words on the sign that seven-year-old Alexandro brought to an Aug. 17 antiracism demonstration in Moody Park attended by more than 120 people. Local residents organized the gathering in response to violence in Charlottesville,Virginia, where white nationalists, neo-Nazis and white supremists gathered for a Unite the Right march on Aug. 12 and
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clashed with counter-protesters, resulting in the death of one anti-racism protester. “These events are not about us white folk feeling good about ourselves, and knowing that we are not racist,” said Jen Ryan, lead organizer of the event. “A quote I share today from Angela Davis: ‘In a racist society, it is not enough to be nonracist, we need to be antiracist.’Think about it, talk about it, have discussions with your questionable Thanksgiving relatives.Talk with your friends. Keep it at the forefront of your mind. Let’s not wait till tragedy strikes before we have another event.”
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Organizers of the New West United event hope it will lead to future events that aren’t held in response to negative incidents. In January, New Westminster MLA Judy Darcy organized a New West United rally after neo-Nazi pamphlets were posted in the city. “We know in New Westminster we stand up against racism and intolerance.We stand up against sexism.We stand up against homophobia and transphobia.We stand up against anti-Semitism and islamophobia. In New Westminster, we stand up against hate,” said New Westminster-Burnaby MP Continued on page 6
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