{"id":6445,"date":"2026-07-08T12:05:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/?p=7732169"},"modified":"2026-07-08T12:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:05:09","slug":"in-numbers-bike-trails-and-paths-around-kamloops-okanagan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/6445\/in-numbers-bike-trails-and-paths-around-kamloops-okanagan\/","title":{"rendered":"iN NUMBERS: Bike trails and paths around Kamloops, Okanagan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Love it or hate it, Kamloops and the Okanagan have a ton of cyclists. Some cities have leaned into bike paths and trails more than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are some numbers that might make you want to pump your tires up and get exploring:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>300: <\/strong>Kilometres of on-street bike lanes are in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kelowna.ca\/roads-transportation\/active-transportation\/bicycling\/bike-routes-safety-tips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kelowna.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>40: <\/strong>Kilometres of separated multi-use paths are in Kelowna like the Okanagan Rail Trail.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>355: <\/strong>Cyclists ride the Okanagan Rail Trail at Sexmith Road in Kelowna everyday on average.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>683: <\/strong>Mountain bike trails are in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trailforks.com\/region\/kamloops\/?activitytype=1&amp;z=8.3&amp;lat=50.80452&amp;lon=-120.39700&amp;content=trails,labels,region,poi,directory,polygon,waypoint,nst,routes_featured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamloops.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>33: <\/strong>Kilometres of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kamloops.ca\/city-hall\/strategies-plans\/active-transportation-plan-update-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protected bike lanes<\/a> are in Kamloops.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>411:<\/strong> That\u2019s how many active transportation projects have been funded by the B.C. government <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/transportation\/driving-and-cycling\/cycling\/active-transportation\/funding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">since 2017.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>9.1:<\/strong> Million dollars. That\u2019s how much the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penticton.ca\/city-services\/roads-transportation\/bike-route-construction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lake-to-Lake<\/a> bike route in Penticton cost.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>200: <\/strong>That\u2019s how many mountain bike trails are around <a href=\"https:\/\/bikepenticton.com\/mountains\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penticton.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1.3:<\/strong> Kilometres. That\u2019s the length of <a href=\"https:\/\/walkrollmap.shinyapps.io\/can_bics_bccc_app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201chigh comfort\u201d<\/a> bike paths in Vernon. High comfort means bicycle-only paths.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>31.4: <\/strong>That\u2019s the length of \u201cnon conforming\u201d bike paths in Vernon like gravel trails and shared lanes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you think your city needs more bike lanes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":547,"featured_media":5726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"guid":"","source":"","byline":"","published":"","updated":"","_infotelid":"","_prepressid":"","_multisite_post_sync":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1285,492,493],"tags":[],"region":[206,207,208,209],"class_list":["post-6445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-local","category-topnews","region-kamloops","region-kelowna","region-penticton","region-vernon"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"post_modified":"2026-07-08T12:05:09","post_modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:05:09","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/inwheels-Screenshot-2026-05-01-at-4.28.22-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/547"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6445"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=6445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}