Green Action Centre and Bike Winnipeg invite you to join us for a local
viewing of the following APBP webinar at the EcoCentre (3rd floor, 303
Portage Ave). This will be followed by group discussion of local
applications.* *Detailed description provided below.
Please note this is *one week later than initially scheduled.*
*Wednesday, Oct. 23rd | 2:00-3:00 p.m.*
RSVPs are appreciated but not necessary. Hope to see you then!
cheers,
Beth
(204) 925-3772
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Using Photo-Enforcement to Improve Pedestrian Safety
*Wednesday, Oct. 23rd | 2:00-3:00 p.m.*
This webinar provides information on how cameras can help improve
pedestrian safety by looking at interactions between cars and pedestrians.
Photo enforcement of red lights and speed limits is common (and sometimes,
controversial). Learn what some communities are doing to monitor compliance
at crosswalks and stop signs to improve safety. The session includes an
overview of the technology; a summary of the research that makes the case
for using cameras; and information about the District of Columbia's plans
to expand its current photo enforcement program.
Presenters:
- George Branyan, Pedestrian Program Coordinator, D.C. DOT
- Jessica Cicchino, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
- Kate Coulson, American Traffic Solutions
[image: Using Photo Enforcement to Improve Pedestrian Safety]
Exciting news.
The Call for Speakers<http://wintercyclingcongresswinnipeg.org/program/call-for-speakers/>for
the Winter Cycling Congress Winnipeg 2014 is now open.
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*If you have research/projects/best practices/stories to share, this is
your chance! *
*Pass it on.*
Can't wait for the conference? ...follow our official Twitter
account<https://twitter.com/wccwpg>.
We are tapping into winter cycling news, research and ideas from around the
world.
Early-bird registration opens soon.
Contact us directly if interested in conference sponsorship opportunities.
Stay tuned on Twitter for plenty of exciting announcements.
Winter is coming! Embrace it.
Kind Regards,
Anders Swanson
on behalf of the
***Winter Cycling Congress Winnipeg
2014<http://wintercyclingcongresswinnipeg.org/>
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*Feb 12-13, 2014*
*Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada*
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mobile/cell: 1-204-797-1962*
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email. info(a)wintercyclingcongresswinnipeg.org
facebook. /Wintercyclingcongresswinnipeg<http://facebook.com/Wintercyclingcongresswinnipeg>
twitter. @wccwpg <http://twitter.com/wccwpg>. #wccwpg #wintercycling
Hi
For those of you who participated in Bike to Work Day and were fortunate
enough to enjoy Boon Burgers at our BBQ, you will know that Bike to Work Day
(now Bike Week Winnipeg) is the proud owner of a bike powered concert
system. Since the Bike to Work Day event this system has been stored at the
Forks in an garage area that is really not suitable for storage of this
equipment. What we are hoping is that a bike friendly group or organization
would be willing to provide us with some storage space in a climate
controlled area, hopefully somewhat centrally located. The equipment is not
really all that much and all of it fits on one pallet.
If you think you can help please let me know.
Thanks
Dave Elmore
Project Manager
Bike Week Winnipeg
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*Reminder re: October 9th Webinar - 10 am - 12 noon*
Please join Green Action Centre and PACM on *Wednesday, October 9th 2013
from 10 am – 12 noon *for a webinar on the findings of the 2013 Active
Healthy Kids Canada Report Card <http://www.activehealthykids.ca/> and a
snapshot of what is being done in Manitoba to “pull up our socks”.
All our webinars are free and this invite may be shared widely. Details
and registration
instruction<http://greenactioncentre.ca/content/walking-and-wheeling-webinar-series-2/>are
below.
*MANITOBA AND THE ACTIVE HEALTHY KIDS CANADA REPORT CARD: are we driving
our kids to unhealthy habits?*
*Wednesday October 9; **10 am – 12 noon CT*
The goal of the webinar is to introduce participants to the Active Healthy
Kids Canada Report Card and give them information about what is ongoing in
Manitoba towards achieving recommendations laid out in the report card.
*Presentations include:*
*Are we driving our kids to unhealthy habits? Results from the 2013 Active
Healthy Kids Canada Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and
Youth:
**Jennifer Cowie Bonne*, CEO, Active Healthy Kids Canada;
*Joel Barnes,* Knowledge Manager, Healthy Active Living and Obesity
Research Group at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research
Institute, Lead Author of the 2013 Report Card
*The 2013 Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card highlights the dramatic
decline in active travel among children and the corresponding increased
reliance on motorized transportation. Join Active Healthy Kids Canada CEO
Jennifer Cowie Bonne and the 2013 Report Card Lead Writer, Joel Barnes,
from the Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Institute at the
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario to learn more about and discuss this
year’s results.*
*Manitoba’s Active Transportation Action Plan**:*
Vicky Reaney, Active Transportation Coordinator, Province of Manitoba
*Healthy Winnipeg By Design / Healthy Canada By Design CLASP Initiative -
Phase 2
**Shelagh Graham*, Healthy Built Environment Specialist, WRHA
*Deanna Betteridge*, Physical Activity Promotion Manager, WRHA
*Cycling and your Children: The top 7 things to consider when teaching kids
to ride a bike
**Dave Elmore*, Can-Bike Instructor
*Active and Safe Routes to School in Manitoba and the Bike Walk Roll Fort
Richmond Project*
*Jackie Avent*, ASRTS Program Coordinator, Green Action Centre
*To register for this webinar, please email Jackie Avent at
asrts(a)greenactioncentre.ca. Further sign-in instructions will be sent
closer to the webinar date.*
*
*
*This is the first in a series of Walking and Wheeling webinars put on this
season by the Active and Safe Routes to School Program. Visit our
website<http://greenactioncentre.ca/content/walking-and-wheeling-webinar-series-2/>for
more information and to register!
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*Jackie Avent* | Active and Safe Routes to School
Green Action Centre <http://greenactioncentre.ca/>
3rd floor, 303 Portage Avenue* | *(204) 925-3773
Green Action Centre is your non-profit hub for greener living.
Support our work by becoming a
member<http://greenactioncentre.ca/support/memberships/>
Find us here<http://greenactioncentre.ca/content/ecocentre-directions-and-travel-options/>
A few interesting items attached from yesterday's Standing Policy Committee
on Infrastructure Renewal and Public Works meeting:
1) Bike counts on Norwood Bridge
2) Alternative Traffic Crossing Models (Portage & Main)
3) Transit Smart Card Implementation and Related Policies (way more details
than what was reported in the news)
Great to see the City is considering the applicability of a scramble corner
and other innovative pedestrian crossings for Portage & Main.
cheers,
Beth
Riding on federal coattails has to stop
By: Jeremy Hull
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/riding-on-federal-coattails-has-…
Winnipeg cyclists, like Winnipeggers in general, can sometimes be too
negative about their city. They feel Winnipeg is falling behind other parts
of Canada, let alone other countries, in the worldwide movement to promote
cycling and all forms of human-powered transportation.
It turns out, however, we haven't been waiting for the perfect conditions
or government programs to start changing, as I found out when I looked at
recently released statistics. Surprisingly, Winnipeg is leading the
Prairies in commuting by bicycle and is one of the leading cycling cities
in Canada.
Data from the National Household Survey reveal Winnipeg is among the
leaders in Canada in the percentage who travel to work by bicycle. Among
census metropolitan areas (CMAs) Winnipeg ranks third behind Victoria (5.9
per cent) and Ottawa (2.2 per cent), and is tied with Saskatoon at 2.0 per
cent.
More significant is the rate at which cycling is growing. The percentage of
commuters cycling to work in Winnipeg has been increasing steadily since
2001, especially since 2006. In Winnipeg, the percentage of commuters who
travel by bicycle went from 1.4 per cent in 2001, to 2.0 per cent in 2011.
Among larger Prairie cities, only in Winnipeg has cycling been increasing.
In Calgary, for example, the cycling percentage fell from 1.5 per cent in
2001 to 1.2 per cent in 2011 and in Saskatoon it fell from 2.5 per cent to
2.0 per cent.
In fact, most cities across Canada have seen declines in the cycling
percentage. Cycling rates have been increasing in Victoria, Ottawa,
Montreal, Toronto and Halifax, but not as quickly as in Winnipeg. Between
2006 and 2001, the rate of commuter cycling in Winnipeg increased by 19.6
per cent, faster than in any other metropolitan area in Canada.
Why is cycling increasing so quickly in Winnipeg? The year 2006 marked a
critical turning point in Winnipeg's awareness of the issues facing
cyclists. A Critical Mass ride that year resulted in confrontations and
arrests. Rather than this turning into ongoing confrontations, cyclists
organized a forum dubbed "Bike to the Future," at which issues were aired
and constructive solutions were sought. This led to the formation of a
cycling advocacy organization, along with many other developments, ranging
from lobbying city and provincial electoral candidates and the creation of
Bike to Work Day, to the use of federal stimulus funding to build new bike
paths.
There have been many other developments, such as the emergence of
volunteer-run bicycle repair shops, efforts by Bike Winnipeg and MPI to
educate cyclists and drivers, celebration of cycling through events like
Ciclovia, and the creation of Bicycle Valet Winnipeg, providing free
bicycle parking at Bombers games and other events.
These developments cannot be credited to a single organization or
initiative -- that is their strength. As is typical of Winnipeg, many
individuals and organizations have come together to improve our city.
Cyclists continue to be frustrated by lack of bike lanes and continued
dominance of a car-centric mindset. There has also been controversy about
some of the new infrastructure designed for cyclists, but with time it has
become clear many of these projects have won the support of cyclists,
residents and others.
The number of commuters cycling continues to grow. Bicycle counts done by
Bike Winnipeg show a 28 per cent increase in commuter cyclists since 2007,
and a 12 per cent since last year alone. "Winterpeg" is now a leader in the
growth of cycling in Canada. In fact, because of the active cycling
community and developments here, Winnipeg has been chosen to be the site of
the second International Winter Cycling Conference next February. The
excuse that "it's too cold to cycle in Winnipeg" is no longer valid.
But what have the City of Winnipeg or the Province of Manitoba done to
recognize and capitalize on this grassroots development? Given the benefits
of cycling to our health, our infrastructure costs, tourism, retail
businesses and our environment it is unfortunate the city and the province
have not done more.
Since 2010, when Winnipeg was able to take advantage of the federal
infrastructure stimulus program, little has been done by local governments
to improve and encourage cycling. While we can celebrate Winnipeg's
community spirit in moving cycling forward, we would like government to be
partners in this movement, rather than sitting on the sidelines.
*Jeremy Hull is co-chair of Bike Winnipeg.*
*Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition October 2, 2013 A11*
*kindly distribute to your networks*
Please join Green Action Centre and PACM on *Wednesday, October 9th 2013
from 10 am – 12 noon *for a webinar on the findings of the 2013 Active
Healthy Kids Canada Report Card <http://www.activehealthykids.ca/> and a
snapshot of what is being done in Manitoba to “pull up our socks”.
All our webinars are free and this invite may be shared widely. Details
and registration
instruction<http://greenactioncentre.ca/content/walking-and-wheeling-webinar-series-2/>are
below.
*MANITOBA AND THE ACTIVE HEALTHY KIDS CANADA REPORT CARD: are we driving
our kids to unhealthy habits?*
*Wednesday October 9; **10 am – 12 noon CT*
The goal of the webinar is to introduce participants to the Active Healthy
Kids Canada Report Card and give them information about what is ongoing in
Manitoba towards achieving recommendations laid out in the report card.
*Presentations include:*
*Are we driving our kids to unhealthy habits? Results from the 2013 Active
Healthy Kids Canada Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and
Youth:
**Jennifer Cowie Bonne*, CEO, Active Healthy Kids Canada;
*Joel Barnes,* Knowledge Manager, Healthy Active Living and Obesity
Research Group at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research
Institute, Lead Author of the 2013 Report Card
*The 2013 Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card highlights the dramatic
decline in active travel among children and the corresponding increased
reliance on motorized transportation. Join Active Healthy Kids Canada CEO
Jennifer Cowie Bonne and the 2013 Report Card Lead Writer, Joel Barnes,
from the Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Institute at the
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario to learn more about and discuss this
year’s results.*
*Manitoba’s Active Transportation Action Plan**:*
Vicky Reaney, Active Transportation Coordinator, Province of Manitoba
*Healthy Winnipeg By Design / Healthy Canada By Design CLASP Initiative -
Phase 2
**Shelagh Graham*, Healthy Built Environment Specialist, WRHA
*Deanna Betteridge*, Physical Activity Promotion Manager, WRHA
*Cycling and your Children: The top 7 things to consider when teaching kids
to ride a bike
**Dave Elmore*, Can-Bike Instructor
*Active and Safe Routes to School in Manitoba and the Bike Walk Roll Fort
Richmond Project*
*Jackie Avent*, ASRTS Program Coordinator, Green Action Centre
*To register for this webinar, please email Jackie Avent at
asrts(a)greenactioncentre.ca. Further sign-in instructions will be sent
closer to the webinar date.*
*
*
*This is the first in a series of Walking and Wheeling webinars put on this
season by the Active and Safe Routes to School Program. Visit our
website<http://greenactioncentre.ca/content/walking-and-wheeling-webinar-series-2/>for
more information and to register!
*
*
*
--
*Jackie Avent* | Active and Safe Routes to School
Green Action Centre <http://greenactioncentre.ca/>
3rd floor, 303 Portage Avenue* | *(204) 925-3773
Green Action Centre is your non-profit hub for greener living.
Support our work by becoming a
member<http://greenactioncentre.ca/support/memberships/>
Find us here<http://greenactioncentre.ca/content/ecocentre-directions-and-travel-options/>
*[ Please pass along as appropriate. Bridges like this don't get built
every day. There are a heck of a lot of people who deserve to go to this
bridge opening, have a sip of champagne or something and ride triumphantly
across the Red. i.e. The workers who built it, anyone who attended any
number of myriad meetings back in the day, all of the NWCC, the people on
the consultation committee who gave their afternoons to choose, all of Bike
Winnipeg's members and directors, anybody who ever rode a bike over the old
Disraeli, the local people who put up with the noise during construction,
the WTA, RENN-TC, anyone who lives on either side of the Red, etc.. etc..
etc... You know who you are; you all have your reasons. Details below. -
Anders ] *
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*You are invited to the
Grand Opening Celebration of the
Disraeli Active Transportation Bridge*****
*When: *****
Thursday, October 3, 2013
10:30 a.m.****
*Where: *****
Disraeli Active Transportation Bridge,
access off Midwinter Avenue at the foot of the bridge
*Map - Location and parking information*
<https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zvUDXwELJs4k.kHNB94wxmioo>****
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