----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Haynes
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 11:05 AM
Subject: Active Transportation - Canada: August 31, 2010
Twenty-five (25) new items were posted on the Active Transportation-Canada Website on August 20, and a further 26 today. A complete list of titles may be found in the "Blog Archive" box, located on the right margin of the Website.
Some highlights of today's posts are:
a.. Sudbury - Sustainable Mobility Plan
b.. Green Communities Canada Launches Provincial iCANwalk Campaign
c.. Webpage - Reducing or eliminating parking in support of TDM initiatives
d.. Website - Share the Road
e.. Documentary Video - Pedal Power
Active Transportation Canada URL: http://activetransportation-canada.blogspot.com
A "Search" function is available on the site. You will find this at the bottom of the page. With more than 700 items posted on Active Transportation - Canada, there are links available to dozens of studies and hundreds of news items from communities across Canada and the world.
If anyone has a problem reading this message, please let me know. I welcome suggestions for posts, so if you have news items featuring your community, please share them with the more than 500 subscribers to Active Transportation-Canada.
Thank you.
Michael Haynes
Director
TransActive Solutions
613.424.2803
Cycle projects get rolling
City up against winter deadline
By: Bartley Kives
Almost two years after the city, province and Ottawa agreed to spend $20.4 million to improve Winnipeg's bike-and-pedestrian pathways, a majority of the 36 projects planned for 2010 are finally underway.
The City of Winnipeg has finished three of the active-transportation projects, is in the midst of completing 19 others and has yet to start work on 13 more. All of the projects should be completed in October, city officials contend.
"We're feeling pretty good about it," active-transportation co-ordinator Kevin Nixon said.
The construction industry has been able to handle the amount of work the city has been throwing at it, he said. Costs remain within budget, he added. The upgrade involves eight times more construction on the bike-and-pedestrian infrastructure than the city conducts during a normal year, when infrastructure-stimulus funds are not available. The cash will run out if the projects aren't done before April, but work is impossible once the snow falls, the city said.
Of the 13 projects that have yet to go ahead, tenders have already been awarded for six. The city is in the midst of advertising three other tenders and still needs to advertise four more.
Only one project is not going ahead: the pedestrian bridge over Omand's Creek in Omand Park, which was cancelled due to community opposition. All three levels of government must figure out a way to divert the $1.2 million devoted to the bridge to another project, which may not be possible given the tight deadline.
While some of the upgrades involve dedicated paths for cyclists and pedestrians, most of the projects involve street work. Grosvenor Avenue in River Heights, for example, is being converted into a route for both bikes and vehicles by bumping out curbs at several intersections.
The bump-outs are intended to serve as traffic-calming measures, but vehicles will still be allowed to use the street.
Many residents only became aware of the work after construction started, despite a series of mailouts sent out early this year, River Heights-Fort Garry Coun. John Orlikow said.
"There was an enormous amount of attempts at public consultation by our office and the city, but I don't think people were engaged prior to it happening," he said.
The city also put up information displays in malls and at some public events. But due to the tight construction deadlines, much of the consultation was conducted in the winter, when people aren't thinking about construction, Nixon said.
bartley.kives(a)freepress.mb.ca
Upgrades zip along
The current status of 36 active-transportation projects planned for Winnipeg this year at a cost of $20.4 million:
Completed projects: Three small paths along Wilkes Avenue, Waverley Street and across the Manitoba Hydro corridor between Sommerville and Seel Avenue.
Projects under construction: 19, including the Dakota-Dunkirk pathway, the Grosvenor bikeway and the Transcona Trail.
Projects awaiting construction, with tenders awarded: Six, including the Assiniboine Bikeway, a path along Bison Drive and the Pandora Avenue path originally slated for Kildare Avenue.
Project tenders advertised: Three, including the Kildonan Golf Course path and the Bannatyne/McDermot Bikeway.
Project tenders to be advertised: Four, including the Sherbrook/Maryland and St. Matthews Bikeways.
Projects cancelled: One, the Omand's Creek Bridge in Omand Park.
-- Source: City of Winnipeg
Active Transportation Community -
The National School Travel Planning group is hosting several interesting webinars in the next couple months. The webinars will be hosted live in the Eco-Centre boardroom (3rd Floor - 303 Portage Avenue), or individuals are welcome to participate from their personal computers.
Please RSVP to:
Shoni Litinsky - if you would like to attend the webinar at the Eco-Centre (303 Portage Ave, third floor): stp(a)resourceconservation.mb.ca
Sandra Jones - if you would like to watch the webinar from your computer. Instructions and background documents will be sent to you. scjones(a)telus.net
1. Thursday September 9, 12 noon to 2:00 p.m. EDT
School Travel Planning and Sustainable Happiness - Links to Individual, Community and Global Well-being
This presentation is by Dr Catherine O'Brien, with the School of Education, Health and Wellness Cape Breton University, and Subha Ramanathan, Research Fellow.
2. Tuesday September 28, 12 noon to 2:00 p.m. EDT
Student Engagement and Teacher Champions - for School Travel Planning in Elementary and Middle schools
This presentation by Arthur Orsini of Urbanthinkers will provide ideas and inspiration for engaging elementary school teachers and students in activities that complement the STP process and the writing of the school travel plan. It will be archived for future viewing.
3. Wednesday October 20, 12 noon to 2:00 p.m. EDT
Overcoming the Barriers to Sustainability
A presentation by D'Arcy Farlow, consultant, Organizational and Community Capacity Building.
Forum Administration
Physical Activity Coalition of Manitoba (PACM)
Position Description
Project Name: “Recreation and Active Transportation, Essential for Healthy Manitoba Communities”
Title: PACM Project Coordinator
Accountable To: PACM Project Committee
Supervised By: PACM Chair (Manitoba Fitness Council)
Employment Status: Contract September 2010 to March 31, 2011
Effective Date: As soon as possible (September 2010)
Application Deadline: September 3rd 2010
Complete job posting is available by visiting our website located at www.pacm.ca.
Stephanie (Foy) Jeffrey
PACM Chair
sjeffrey(a)manitobafitnesscouncil.ca
204-235-1245
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Haynes
To: undisclosed recipients:
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 12:22 PM
Subject: Active Transportation - Canada: August 20, 2010
Twenty-five (25) new items have been posted on the Active Transportation-Canada Website today. A complete list of titles may be found in the "Blog Archive" box, located on the right margin of the Website. some highlights include:
a.. City of Cornwall Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan
b.. US Federal Highway Administration National Biking and Walking Study
c.. Thunder Bay makes progress in AT
Active Transportation Canada URL: http://activetransportation-canada.blogspot.com
A "Search" function is available on the site. You will find this at the bottom of the page. With more than 600 items posted on Active Transportation - Canada, there are links available to dozens of studies and hundreds of news items from communities across Canada and the world.
If anyone has a problem reading this message, please let me know. I welcome suggestions for posts, so if you have news items featuring your community, please share them with the more than 500 subscribers to Active Transportation-Canada.
Thank you.
Michael Haynes
Director
TransActive Solutions
613.424.2803
http://www.winnipegfilmgroup.com/cinematheque/bike_alone.aspx
YOU NEVER BIKE ALONE
Sat Aug 28, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Sun Aug 29, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Wed Sep 1, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Thu Sep 2, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Dir. Robert Alstead | 2008 | Canada | 80 MIN
The cycling phenomenon known as Critical Mass is a reclamation of public space that started in San Francisco in the early 1990s and spread by the internet throughout the world. On a set day, at the end of every month, cyclists and other self-propelled people ride en masse through city streets. Vancouver has become renowned for its big Critical Mass bike rides, and particularly the party spirit that attracts all types of cyclists. You Never Bike Alone charts the development of these mass rides in Vancouver and asks whether cycle activists are succeeding in their goals.
"Robert Alstead's documentary about Critical Mass rides in Vancouver is the best film about the intersection of bicycle culture and civic involvement since Ted White's landmark film Return of the Scorcher (which, incidentally, gave Critical Mass its name). If you're upset with social and cycling conditions in your town but don't know where to begin to change things, watch this with a friend and take notes." (Robert Zverina, Carbusters Magazine)
Ciclovia* is coming September 12, 2010!
Now in its second year, Ciclovia is a FREE eco-friendly, healthy-lifestyles festival and active transportation event that will see the north side of Broadway closed from Osborne Street to Main Street, creating a network of car-free streets from Assiniboine Park all the way to The Forks. Cycle, walk, in-line skate, skateboard, scooter... whatever!
Throughout the day, jump into a fitness class, explore the farmers' market, kids' zone, bike demos and craft market, or enjoy music, the RBC Blue Water Zone, and so much more.
Hosted by the Downtown Winnipeg BIZ, with assistance from a variety of community organizations, Ciclovia attracted upwards of 10,000 people in 2009... this year we hope for even more!
Join in the fun!
Want to be part of making Ciclovia a success? Sign up as a volunteer! The Ciclovia Volunteer Form can be accessed at:
http://www.lightsonbroadway.ca/
Lots of volunteers are needed, so please sign up ASAP and encourage your colleagues, friends and family to do so as well.
Volunteers who help out for a minimum of 4 hours will receive:
- T-shirt
- Event badge
- Meal voucher
- Volunteer appreciation event
- Other TBD
Be part of this action-packed day that emphasizes healthy ways of living and getting around!
* Ciclovia, meaning "bike way", is an event that supports the use of non-motorized transportation. It combines healthy living with arts and culture, and engages citizens in active alternatives to motorized transportation, bringing life back to otherwise car-choked streets. And it allows a city to dream of different ways of living well, of other community aspirations in an urban environment.
Bicycle Valet Winnipeg, a project of Bike to the Future, is seeking at least
20 volunteers to help operate several bicycle valet's during Manitoba
Homecoming weekend, September 11th and 12th.
We will be located at the Winnipeg Convention Centre on the 11th and 12th
for the Winnipeg Green Lifestyle and Organic Living show. Also, on the 11th
and 12th we will be having another bicycle valet in Memorial Provincial Park
on Broadway for Ciclovia, Taste of Downtown, Lights on Broadway, Big Dance
on Broadway and the 10 + 10 Road Race. On September 12th, we will also be
operating a bicycle valet at the Winnipeg Blue Bombers game.
Our previous events include Bike to Work Day 2010, Orioles Community Centre
Family Days, MEC Bikefest and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers game on July 24,
2010.
For more information or to volunteer, please e-mail *volunteer* at *
bicyclevaletwinnipeg.ca*
Please forward this message to other groups as you feel appropriate.
Thank you,
David Wieser
Bicycle Valet Winnipeg
Project Manager
Sport Manitoba has a Full Time One Year Term Position open for a Marketing Coordinator. You can find the posting at: http://www.sportmanitoba.ca/employment
For more information, please contact:
Rick Lambert
Director of Community Development, Sport Manitoba Inc.
Room 504 - Sport for Life Centre - 145 Pacific Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3B 2Z6
Ph:(204) 925-5901 Cell: (204) 795-2354 Fax: (204) 925-5916
Email: Rick.Lambert(a)sportmanitoba.ca Website: www.sportmanitoba.ca
Sport for All - Sport for Life
