Year
2009
Number
B179
Sponsor(s)
Tumbler Ridge
WHEREAS approximately one-half of all car trips are less than 5 kilometres long and involve only a single occupant; AND WHEREAS the electric Segway Personal Transporter is an environmentally-friendly, short distance type of vehicle; AND WHEREAS in 2007 at the UBCM Convention, local governments and the Province demonstrated their shared commitment to take action on climate change by signing onto the BC Climate Action Charter: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the UBCM lobby the provincial government to amend the Motor Vehicle Act to allow for the use of the Segway Personal Transporter on sidewalks adjacent to roadways.
Convention Decision
Not Considered - Automatic Referral to Executive
Executive Decision
Not Endorsed