Eric Doherty

Victoria

Transportation Planner and Writer at Freelance

Transportation planner. He / him. @[email protected] @ ericdoherty on bsky. Words @NatObserver @georgiastraight @ricochet_en 🌻 🚎🚲♿️🚶‍♀️Born 320 ppm CO2.

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LETTER: Victoria bike lanes aren't just used by bikes

2 weeks ago | sookenewsmirror.com | Eric Doherty

The two recent letter writers supporting bike lanes made very good points but gave the impression that only people who ride bicycles use these routes. However, I see people using wheelchairs and mobility scooters on bike-and-roll routes all the time in downtown Victoria. This is recognized in the City of Victoria’s current documents, which now refer to the all ages and abilities bike-and-roll network.
Trump plans to stack tariffs - could total 50 per cent on steel, aluminum

2 months ago | nationalobserver.com | Kelly Malone |Eric Doherty

U.S. President Donald Trump's planned 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports would be stacked on top of other levies on Canadian goods, says a White House official who confirmed the plan Tuesday on background. The news comes as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cautioned U.S. Vice-President JD Vance against Trump's promised steel and aluminum levies, while Canadian premiers picked up the Team Canada mantle in Washington to push against Trump's tariff threats.
Video: Why We Need a Global Freeway Fighters’ Network — Streetsblog USA

Jan 14, 2025 | usa.streetsblog.org | Eric Doherty

From where we sit, it is easy to imagine that things are much better in Europe and other parts of the world because of all the glowing reports of sustainable transportation success stories from places like Paris and Amsterdam. Then I went to Berlin and discovered what must be Europe’s worst motorway expansion plan.
Video: Why We Need a Global Freeway Fighters’ Network

Jan 14, 2025 | ecotopical.com | Eric Doherty

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Win! Victoria votes to create 24/7 bus lanes on Douglas this year - Saanich decision coming — GVAT

May 31, 2024 | gvat.ca | Eric Doherty

GVAT’s work to get bus lanes built for BC Transit’s proposed RapidBus network produced another small win from Victoria City Council. GVAT requested that the City speed up both major sections of work. Councilor Dave Thompson successfully made a motion to accelerate the simple work to “transition the current time-limited dedicated bus lanes between Hillside Avenue and Herald Street to be in effect 24 hours a day, 7 days a week” from sometime in 2025 to before the end of 2024.
Win! Victoria & CRD Vote for Wheelchairs & Mobility Scooters on Bike and Roll Routes

Mar 30, 2024 | gvat.ca | Eric Doherty

GVAT’s efforts to have wheelchair and mobility scooter users welcomed on bike and roll routes is gaining momentum. Not only did we get the Capital Regional District (CRD) board and Victoria City Council to vote to write advocacy letters to the provincial government in favor of this, we also brought a considerable amount of media attention to the issue.
Governments must do more to aid mobility - GVAT Letter in Times Colonist — GVAT

Oct 16, 2023 | gvat.ca | Eric Doherty

Victoria Coun. Dave Thompson is correct that it is not just people on bicycles using so-called bike routes. As he notes, wheelchairs and mobility scooters are now common on all ages and abilities bike-and-roll routes. We are in a climate emergency, and designing bike-and-roll routes to meet the needs of people using wheelchairs and mobility scooters will allow a larger proportion of people to live well without owning and driving cars.
Keating overpass doesn’t make sense - GVAT letter in Times Colonist — GVAT

Jul 10, 2023 | gvat.ca | Eric Doherty

Re: “Excavators start digging in for long-awaited Keating overpass” July 5thHalf a century ago, when the Keating overpass was proposed along with many other urban highway expansion projects, climate change was not even a consideration. Too many politicians seem to still live in this distant past, despite their lip service to climate action. In 2019 youth climate strikers pressured Capital Regional District directors to unanimously declare a climate emergency.
GVAT’s Got Talent! - Flashmob Dance for Sustainable Forestry — GVAT

Dec 19, 2022 | gvat.ca | Eric Doherty
BTA News - Vote for Better Transit on Sat Oct 15!

Oct 12, 2022 | bettertransityyj.ca | Eric Doherty