[Circulated on behalf of Bike to the Future...]
Help inform Winnipeggers about a critical gap in the City's Active Transportation network and get a free ice cream! Join us this Thursday June 25th at noon at the South Osborne Underpass for a press conference highlighting the sudden and fundamental change in the Southwest Rapid Transit Corridor.
Background
For years the rapid transit project has been mandated to include an integrated Active Transportation Pathway. In the current plans, the pathway has become disconnected by the South Osborne Underpass. The fragmented remnants of the pathway will lead motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians into conflict.
Paul Jordan, Chair of the Winnipeg Trails Association, along with representatives from the Winnipeg Trails Association, The Forks, the Prairie Pathfinders walking club, Bike to the Future, Winnipeg Rapid Transit Coalition, Manitoba Cycling Association, and One Green City are undertaking an awareness campaign to inform the public of this fundamental change. Paul and others will hold a short press conference on the Active Transportation component of the Southwest Rapid Transit Corridor project followed by a walk through the underpass and free Banana Boat ice cream on the other side.
This is one of the most critical "choke points" of the Active Transportation Network. If must be addressed now.
We hope you can attend. Please share this message with your contacts.
Press Release PDF Letter to Premier Doer PDF Letter to Mayor Katz PDF
The Gap in the City's SW Rapid Transit Corridor bikeway plan (May 23rd) The Gap -- diagram PDF
Curt Hull Bike to the Future, Treasurer http://biketothefuture.org