Board Secretary, founding member, and organizer for the Nanaimo Area Cycling Coalition Jesse Woodward interviewed by Kathryn Marlow from CBC Victoria for their morning show On the Island.

Nanaimo’s ‘bike lane Barbie’ says the city is working to make cycling more accessible for everyone.

A few years ago, when the Front Street bike lanes were being built, a man went on a local Facebook group and called Nanaimo Coun. Erin Hemmens a “bike lane Barbie.”

In another instance, Hemmens said she was at the Wellington Pub when someone came up to her and called her the same name. She mentioned the story to Robin Dutton, owner of Coal City Cycles, when she was dropping off her bike there recently.