Greetings,
If you're downtown this Wednesday afternoon, come by Albert St in the
Exchange District for some Car Free Day celebrations.
Activities start at noon, and run until 5pm.
Come play some street hockey, take part in the track stand competition and
car free trivia contest or play a game of chess on the giant on-the-street
chess board. Visitors will also be invited to check out our mini 'park'
space, a parking spot converted to greenspace for the day by Urban Eatin
Gardeners Coop.
Car Free Day is rain or shine - and if it rains, we'll be giving away a
limited supply of umbrellas! Hope to see you there!
For full details and a schedule of events, check out
www.greenactioncentre.ca
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*Stephanie Fulford*
Green Action Centre
204.925.3774
www.greenactioncentre.ca
Green Action Centre is a non-profit organization. Please consider making a
donation.
Looking to increase your skills and comfort level commuter cycling in
traffic?
Sign up for the following class in the Leisure Guide:
St. John’s Leisure Centre: 601 Aikins St. 382905 Sun Oct 3 Noon–4:00pm
For more details, see page 20:
http://www.winnipeg.ca/cms/Leisure/pdfs/active_living.pdf
Please circulate through your networks.
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Annual General Meeting
3:30 to 5:00
Monday, October 4th
United Way (580 Main Street)
Please join us for a discussion on the social, economic, environmental and
cultural well-being of communities.
3:30 Greetings from Minister of Healthy Living, Youth and Seniors
3:35 Opening Remarks from the Chair, Bruce Leslie
3:45 Armchair Discussion hosted by Richard Cloutier (CJOB) will include:
Dr. Marcia Anderson DeCoteau
Past President of the Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada
Chuck Davidson
Vice-President Policy, Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce
Curt Hull
Project Manager, Climate Change Connection
Shauna MacKinnon
Director of Manitoba Office, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Ralph Stern
Dean, Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba
5:00 Enjoy your evening.
Light refreshments will be served.
Please RSVP to contact(a)healthincommon.ca.
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Save Our Seine (SOS) invites you to a tree planting on Saturday, Sept. 11 in Old St. Boniface across from the IKO site, at the end of Rue Deschambault.
About 100 native trees will be planted to help restore a tree covered area that had to be removed for a major soil clean up project. More details can be found in the poster below. Bring your shovels, wheel barrows, family, friends and know how.
Please spread the word!
PBIC News Brief
September 7, 2010
www.walkinginfo.org/training/pbic/dps_webinars.cfm
Free Webinar on intersection geometry
CHAPEL HILL, NC - The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC) announces the next free Webinar in its Designing for Pedestrian Safety series:
Intersection Geometry
Thursday, September 9, 2010
2:00pm-3:30pm E.T.
Presented by:
John LaPlante, Director of Traffic Engineering, T.Y. Lin International, Inc
and Keith Sinclair, Acting Assistant Division Administrator, FHWA Connecticut Division
To register, please visit www2.gotomeeting.com/register/479167939
Most urban pedestrian crashes occur at intersections, many of which are signalized, and are associated with turning movements. This presentation will give an overview of issues related to intersection design and geometry, and provide guidance for building intersections that slow speeds, reduce pedestrian crossing distance and reduce conflicts. Related issues will be presented, such as driver visibility and curb radii, as well as treatments that can be used to improve intersection geometry, such as curb extensions and pedestrian islands. Participants will be able to use this information to better design new intersections and retrofit existing intersections to better accommodate the needs of pedestrians and other road users.
This Webinar is the fourth part in the Designing for Pedestrian Safety series. To register for upcoming Webinars and to access archived presentations in this series, please visit www.walkinginfo.org/training/pbic/dps_webinars.cfm.
Content from the PBIC Designing for Pedestrian Safety Webinar series is drawn from the PBIC's in-person training focused on engineering solutions for pedestrian safety. The training is meant for engineers, planners, traffic safety and enforcement professionals, public health and injury prevention professionals, and decision-makers who are seeking ideas and solutions for making changes to the physical environment that improve safety for pedestrians. Detailed information on this and other training opportunities offered by PBIC can be found at www.walkinginfo.org/training.
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Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
730 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Campus Box 3430
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3430
Toll Free 888-823-3997
www.walkinginfo.orgwww.bicyclinginfo.org
Resource Conservation Manitoba will be hosting the following APBP (Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals) webinar on "Connecting Transit & AT" on Wed, Sept. 15. If you would like to join us, please let me know at beth(a)resourceconservation.mb.ca. See you then! -thanks, Beth (925-3772)
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Webinar: Connecting Transit & Active Transportation (AT)
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 15 . 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. CST
Location: EcoCentre boardroom (303 Portage Ave, third floor - enter via elevator inside front doors of MEC)
For communities that want to create real mobility choices for their citizens, bicycling and walking must mesh with transit. This webinar will explore the common ground between the transit and active transportation communities, and ways to overcome institutional challenges to cooperation. Topics to be covered in the presentation will include:
* Reasons to create partnerships between transit agencies and bicycle/pedestrian programs;
* Examples of effective collaboration; design guides and best practices;
* Design, operational, and safety issues to consider when integrating bicycling and walking into stations, roadways and transit vehicles:
o At stations-Wayfinding, forecasting demand for short and long-term bicycle parking, access for pedestrians and cyclists, integration with the
local street network
o On the road-Broad overview of issues around incorporating both bicycling and transit facilities in street design, as well as crosswalk policy and treatments at transit stops, pedestrian amenities at bus stops, and accessibility
o On the transit vehicle-Bicycles on the vehicle; access for people with disabilities &;
o Teaching cyclists and transit operators to share the road, including a new education program developed for Chicago that reaches both bicyclists and transit operators.
Presenters:
Webinar presenters are Cynthia Hoyle, Transportation Planning Consultant with the Champaign-Urbana (Ill.) Mass Transit District; Dustin White, ransportation Planner with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency; and Amanda Woodall, Training and Enforcement Coordinator, with the Active Transportation Alliance in Chicago.
** REMINDER **
Bike, walk, inline skate or skate board over to Broadway and Donald at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 7th for the Ciclovia media event. There will be a couple of bands playing and info on all the stuff that will be happening that weekend.
Where: Median on Broadway and Donald
When: Noon, Tuesday, Sept 7th
What to bring: Your bike (great visuals for TV)
Hope to see you there!
Bike, walk, inline skate or skate board over to Broadway and Donald at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 7th for the Ciclovia media event. There will be a couple of bands playing and info on all the stuff that will be happening that weekend.
Where: Median on Broadway and Donald
When: Noon, Tuesday, Sept 7th
What to bring: Your bike (great visuals for TV)
Hope to see you there!
