Category: Brampton Cycling
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Brampton Cycling Murals
Visit downtown Brampton cycling murals on Vivian Lane to experience artist Norbert Augustine’s fabulous murals of bicycles set against historic Brampton landmarks. Brampton Critical Mass riders cycled up Main Street, to view the CyclePath Brampton’s north wall, fronting on the pedestrian Vivian Lane. Augustine depicted bicycles against 5 of the City’s most notable landmarks: St. Andrew’s Church, Bovaird…
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International iWalk iWheel to School 2015
Green Communities Canada with their Safe Routes to School program has developed materials for October for the iwalk iwheel club! iwalk iwheel School Programs in Brampton & Mississauga: Peel Catholic District School Board Peel District School Board “International Walk to School Month (IWALK) is an annual global event of the Active & Safe Routes to…
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Bramalea CycleFest 2015 Success
Bramalea CycleFest 2015 was a success story in its first year. Cyclefest Day Jun 27th and we are back at All Peoples Church bright and early for set up and kids bike distribution. Pastor Finu is handing out the volunteer T-shirts. Everyone has a job to do, tables set, banners hung, tents up, post-event bike valet…
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Bramalea CycleFest Kids Bike Giveaway
Bramalea CycleFest Kids Bike Giveaway to 65 kids It’s two days to Bramalea CycleFest 2015 and it’s time for the kids bike giveaway! A sea of donated bikes inside All Peoples Church starts our evening. More than half of the bikes were donated by Jennifer and Robert who also arranged for their friends and neighbours to help clean and…
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Bike the Creek 2015
Bike the Creek 2015 cyclists ushered in a perfect June 20th summer solstice in Brampton & Caledon. 400 cyclists attended 2nd annual Bike the Creek event that showcased the Etobicoke Creek Trail, Fletcher’s Creek Trail, our natural valley lands, parks, stormwater ponds, and Brampton’s historically significant sites: Bovaird House and Alderlea House. Historic Bovaird House, 1852 Historic…
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Bramalea CycleFest Kids Helmet Giveaway
Bramalea CycleFest Kids Helmet Giveaway for 60 local youth It’s five days until Bramalea CycleFest 2015 and it’s time for the kids helmet giveaway evening! The van is crammed with about a dozen bikes from Brampton Safe City and the Peel Safety Village. We are taking them to the All People’s Church. This is the fourth time this…
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CeleBrampton 2015 BikeFest
BikeBrampton displayed at CeleBrampton BikeFest on June 13, 2015 BikeBrampton set up our display booth showcasing an MTO Road Safety Challenge game, where participants answered questions related to the new Bill 31 Keeping Ontario’s Road Safe. Cyclists knew some of the answers and were surprised to learn new facts to keep them safe. There was…
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Bike to School Week 2015
Bike to School Week 2015 was held in Peel Region May 25-29th. One of our Bike Brampton members encouraged her child’s school to be one of the 22 schools of the 396 in Peel that participated. Out of a student population of over 700, there were only 10 to 15 kids (maximum of 27) who regularly rode…
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Brampton Kids on Bikes Project Report
Brampton Kids on Bikes Project research has led to the conclusion that Peel needs to move from TRANSACTIONAL CHANGE to TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE. 2015 05 15 Brampton Kids on Bikes Final Report 2014 Brampton Kids on Bikes Literature Review Report_v2 Success requires the ‘big picture’ transformational change can be only be achieved by a combination of…
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GO Transit Bike Festival
GO Transit Bike Festival came to Brampton downtown on May 30, 2015. The GO Bear delighted young bike riders! We were all entranced with George’s trombone and the GO Bear dancing! BikeBrampton members came out in force to support GO Transit and Metrolinx in this exciting new event for Brampton! Artists painted faces… We had…
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