As the city and province set about to spend even more money on Hwys
- I find the attached TIME article very interesting.
Janice Lukes
Winnipeg Trails Coordinator
Winnipeg Trails Association
202 - One Forks Market Road
Winnipeg, MB R3C 4L9
Cell (204) 952-4222
Fax (204) 943-7915
<mailto:jlukes@shaw.ca> jlukes(a)shaw.ca
<http://www.winnipegtrails.com/> www.WinnipegTrails.com
Hi AT folks,
Join us in the Eco-Centre on November 19th for a free webinar on bicycle
transportation planning. Details are included below. Please let me know if
you plan to attend. Feel free to share this invitation.
Cycle Zone Analysis (CZA): A New Bicycle Transportation Planning Tool
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 · 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Eco-Centre boardroom, 303 Portage Ave., 3rd Floor.
This workshop, first presented at Pro Walk/Pro Bike in September, focuses on
the new bicycle planning tool used for the update of Portlands (Ore.)
Bicycle Master Plan. Listen and learn from a professional working in one of
only three U.S. cities to have achieved LABs Platinum Level Bicycle
Friendly Community designation. Cycle Zone Analysis helps planners
understand the nuances of cycling conditions in their communities, in order
to tailor treatments to specific micro areas. Participants will learn how to
define cycle zones, develop a bikeway rating index, and use the resulting
analysis to improve cycling conditions. To preview Cycle Zone Analysis,
visit http://www.portlandonline.com/shared/cfm/image.cfm?id=215045.
The presenter is Roger Geller, Portlands Bicycle Coordinator. He was a
member of the panel that presented the Cycle Zone Analysis workshop at Pro
Walk/Pro Bike in September.
Jessie Klassen
Workplace Transportation Demand Management Coordinator
Resource Conservation Manitoba
jessie(a)resourceconservation.mb.ca
(204) 925-3772
Resource Conservation Manitoba: Living Green, Living Well
Practical solutions for yourself, your community and the environment
Green Commuting, Environmental Education, Reducing Waste, Composting
Resource Conservation Manitoba is a registered charity. Please consider
making a donation.
A timely short piece of advice.
http://grist.org/advice/ask/2008/11/17/index.html
I Cycle: On winter biking
By Umbra Fisk - Astute Advice on All Things Environmental
Grist 17 Nov 2008
Enjoy
Stacy Matwick
Information Centre
International Institute for Sustainable Development
161 Portage Ave. E., 6th floor
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3B 0Y4
Voice: (204)958-7755 Fax: (204)958-7710
Email: smatwick(a)iisd.ca Website: http://www.iisd.org
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Time magazine says Montreal's public bike system rocks
Time magazine has pronounced that Montreal's public bike system is among the 50 best inventions of 2008. It was number 19 on the list. When lots of people use a communal resource - like, say, a cheap public bicycle-rental program - they tend to abuse it. So when the city of Montreal built its Public Bike System, nicknamed Bixi, the designers packed in all the technology they could find, in a
Canadian Magazines / Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:48:00 GMT
The Winnipeg Rapid Transit Coalition, in partnership with the Downtown Biz, the Institute of Urban Studies, Winnipeg Realtors and other groups, is pleased to invite you to a lecture: "Talking about Transit Oriented Development" on Thu Nov 20 from noon to 2 pm. (Please register with Tina 958-4640 or tina(a)downtownwinnipegbiz.com) TELL YOUR FRIENDS!
Winnipeg's approved rapid transit plan has three main components:
1) dedicated rapid transitways from downtown to the University of Manitoba, with permanent stations
2) commuter cycling paths beside the transitways
3) transit oriented development around the rapid transit stations
Transit oriented development is an important feature of the plan as it increased density around the stations, increases ridership and enhances existing neighbourhoods in Winnipeg.
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AMERICANS WANT HUGE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING SHIFT
According to an article in the Oct. 27th edition of Smart Growth Online,
"Even before gas prices spiked high above $4 per gallon this spring and
summer, a Harris Interactive poll found last December that 81 percent of
Americans would radically change federal outlays of the 1998 Transportation
Efficiency Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) from 79 percent for roads, 20
percent for mass transit, and 1 percent for biking and walking, to 37, 41,
and 22 percent, respectively, in its 2009 replacement bill."
For the full story see:
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/newsmail.asp?art=6854&state=52&res=1680