North Vancouver. Walktober recognizing that October is Latin American Heritage Month, Living Streets partnered with Latincouver to deliver a cultural awareness campaign promoting walking when days become shorter and colder while learning about different aspects of the Latin culture, music, and food in BC. 4 Seasons Walks organize walks for all ages and abilities to improve mental health, reduce depression, and fight social isolation. This program offers the benefits of fostering spaces for newcomers to meet other people, explore the spaces around their community, and learn how to use public transit and other alternatives to driving. Flâneuse is a book club by and for women who love urban planning and transportation. This project is currently in its pilot phase, with a selected group of transportation and urban planning professionals. In 2023 the project will work on building a network of women with professional transportation and urban planning backgrounds, or passionate about the topic, to talk and reflect on walking, planning, and transportation, via a selection of books where women and walkability play a significant role in the book. This is a safe space to amplify female-identified voices by reflecting on the role of women in public spaces. Seniors on The Move (SOTM) Seniors on the Move (SOTM) is a systems change project led by seniors in BC to improve and increase transportation options for older adults across the province. The program aims to better transportation options for seniors, through initiatives, collaboration, and leadership with different institutions. SOTM encourages individuals, communities, and institutions to plan better for age-related changes in transportation, recognizing that we are experiencing an aging population, with 25% of people in BC being 65+ in less than 10 years. Terminated Projects Senior Transportation Access and Resources (STAR) STAR (Seniors Transportation Access and Resources) started in 2011. They collaborated with senior-focused organizations across B.C. to improve and develop transportation services for older adults. Its largest project includes establishing Seniors on the Move, a project focused on addressing the social isolation that many senior citizen experiences. Coming out of this project, the Seniors Transportation Hub and Hotline were created in collaboration with bc211. Parkbus Parkbus expanded to British Columbia in 2016. Parkbus provided accessible transportation options to various National and Provincial Parks across Canada. In B.C., destinations included Golden Ears Provincial Park, Garibaldi Provincial Park, Joffre Lakes Provincial Park, and Cypress Provincial Park. One of their most popular programs, ActiveDays,