Another successful Bike the Creek completed! Over 1,500 riders registered. Happy families, tourists, sponsors, volunteers, community leaders joined this FREE signature cycling event.
Partners Brampton, Caledon, Mississauga, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority and BikeBrampton worked 8 months to plan the 6 routes through spectacular valleys, trails, historic landmarks, rural roads, and bike lanes.
Bike the Creek celebrated Resilient Communities. Cycling together at Bike the Creek chooses a transportation option that makes us more resilient and appreciate our great outdoors. We work positively with our neighbours and government levels to help build planning, response, and recovery, using our local resources for our climate emergency. June 10th was the perfect window between wildfire smoke air alert days and heavy rains, punctuating the need to become more resilient!
We thank our generous Sponsors:
Volunteers and staff stenciled pavement markings and signed 176 km of routes that ranged from Burnhamthorpe Road, Mississauga in the south to The Grange Side Road, Caledon in the north.
City of Brampton AT Staff & volunteers gathered for stencil teams, using a combination of trucks for roads and bike trailers for paths and low volume roads, photo credit: Dayle LaingStencil team swept pavement, then painted BtC stencil markings, photo credit: Dayle Laing
Bright and early, riders checked in at registration to confirm their route choice and receive their bike tag.
Registrations inside Jim Archdekin Recreation Centre, photo credit: Town of CaledonBtC bike tag, photo credit: Town of Caledon
Riders from each route received the safety briefing message, stressing our rides are not a race. Riders were told to follow the pavement stencils, noting arrow direction and coloured dot to match their bike tag colour. Over 200 temporary signs were installed to assist with directions at major intersections.
Riders gathered for Caledon Town Ride 66km & 44km safety briefing, photo credit: Dayle LaingBikeBrampton – Sonia and her Brampton Bike Hub and Caledon Bike Hub volunteers getting ready for the bike valet crowds and riders needing tires pumped and minor repairs, photo credit: Dayle LaingBikeBrampton BikeWrx bike repair, photo credit: Barry LavalleeYoung riders waiting to set off, visit TRCA Fur Display, where Jeremy explains his exhibit, photo credit: Dayle LaingTRCA Fur display captured the delight of riders of all ages, photo credit: Dayle LaingJJ and his team from Decathlon all set up, waiting for the line ups to visit their display and participate in their games, photo credit: Dayle LaingSabrina all set up waiting for riders who want information so they can “Visit Caledon”, photo credit: Dayle LaingChantel and her volunteers from Brampton Recreation provided healthy breakfast snacks to start off riders, photo credit: Dayle LaingJennifer from Region of Peel ready to welcome riders to Bike the Creek. The Region sponsored lunch, photo credit: Dayle Laing
Riders were sent off in small staggered start groups.
City of Brampton Roland and Supa, & Caledon volunteer Wayne controlled staggered starts, photo credit: Dayle LaingCaledon volunteer Wayne and Brampton Emergency Management Organization Roland controlled the crowds with staggered starts, photo credit: Dayle LaingRiders along Etobicoke Creek Trail, photo credit: Steve Laidlaw
We welcomed riders from Windsor to Oshawa to Montreal, in addition to our local communities.
Riders ranged from parents towing children in trailers, youths, seniors, and from spandex to casual to formal attire, photo credit: Dayle Laing
Our community leaders demonstrated their support for active transportation with their presence and participation.
City of Brampton Transportation senior leadership team with Brampton Regional Councillor Rowena Santos, photo credit: Dayle LaingCaledon volunteer Wayne welcomed Dufferin Caledon MPP, Deputy Premier Sylvia Jones to speak and ride in Bike the Creek, photo credit: Dayle LaingBrampton Mayor Patrick Brown greeted riders with words of support for healthy living, active transportation; Councillor Rowena Santos, BikeBrampton chair and MC David Laing, photo credit: Dayle Laing
Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown, ready to ride Bike the Creek, photo credit: Dayle LaingTeam Brampton dignitary riders gathered for Bike the Creek ride, photo credit: Dayle LaingTeam Caledon dignitary riders, plus Caledon OPP, photo credit: Dayle LaingTeam Caledon dignitary riders, Caledon OPP, Southfields pavilion, photo credit: Town of CaledonTeam Brampton dignitary riders stopped to discuss trail and parks, photo credit: Dayle LaingTeam Brampton stopped at Fire Station #207, beside Vodden bike lanes. (Councillor Dennis Keenan, volunteer Dayle, MPP Graham McGregor, Mayor Patrick Brown, Genevieve Gualtieri, volunteer Steve, Planning Commissioner Steve Ganesh, Deputy Fire Chief Kim Kane, Regional Councillor Rowena Santos, volunteer Alina, Regional Councillor Paul Vicente), photo credit: Lisa StokesTeam Brampton stopped at spectacular Franceschini bridge, an active transportation corridor over #410 (Planning Commissioner Steve Ganesh, Mayor Patrick Brown, MPP Graham McGregor, Genevieve Gualtieri, Regional Councillor Rowena Santos, Councillor Dennis Keenan, volunteer Alina, volunteer Lisa, Deputy Fire Chief Kim Kane, volunteer Steve) photo credit: Dayle LaingTeam Brampton, Fletchers Creek Trail, White Spruce Park overlooking Turnberry Golf Course (volunteer Alina, volunteer Steve, MPP Graham McGregor, Regional Councillor Rowena Santos, Planning Commissioner Steve Ganesh), photo credit: Dayle LaingTeam Brampton, Conservation Drive Park, wetland restoration by TRCA (volunteer Dayle, MPP Graham McGregor, volunteer Alina, Regional Councillor Rowena Santos, Planning Commissioner Steve Ganesh), photo credit: Steve LaidlawTeam Brampton, TRCA Pollinator pavilion, Etobicoke Creek Trail
Team Brampton and Team Caledon met at Loafers Lake!
Team Brampton and Team Caledon, Loafers Lake, Etobicoke Creek Trail, photo credit: Dayle LaingBrampton City riders crossing Franceschini bridge, photo credit: Barry LavalleeCaledon Southfields pavilion – treats supplied by Butter & Cup and Downey’s Farms much appreciated for these riders on 44 &66km rides, photo credit: Town of CaledonCaledon Southfields pavilion joyful riders, photo credit: Town of CaledonHeritage Caledon pavilion, Cheltenham, photo credit: Town of Caledon
Tasty lunch sponsored by Region of Peel beckoned hungry riders back to Jim Archdekin Recreation Centre.
BBQ Gourmet grilling meat, veggie burgers & sausages + salads, photo credit: Dayle LaingSecure Bike Valet operated by BikeBrampton, shown at half full point before all riders returned, photo credit: Dayle Laing
Sierra Club Peel operated the Waste Pavilion at Jim Archdekin, to make this a zero-waste event. Volunteers educated participants sort all their waste into recyclable, compostable bins. Region of Peel Waste collected, weighed and reported that our waste was properly sorted and free from contamination: 40 kg of recycled material 50 kg of organic material Total amount diverted from landfill: 90kg
Sierra Club Peel waste pavilion volunteers, photo credit: Dayle Laing
Canadian Beverage Container Recycling Association is working together to recover every empty beverage container. Bike the Creek encouraged riders to bring refillable water bottles and refill at our giant coolers, as part of our zero waste event. CBCRA set up their display to educate riders.
Canadian Beverage Container Recycling Association (CBCRA), ready to educate the riders on recycling beverage containers, photo credit: Dayle LaingThe Biking Lawyer, Dave Shellnutt between BikeBrampton’s Steve and David. Dave and his legal team empower cyclists to know their rights through education, photo credit: Dayle LaingManjinder from MJ Law, a Brampton based legal firm supplied information and snacks. His children participated in Bike the Creek, photo credit: Dayle Laing
Bike the Creek Finale Program
Bike the Creek Finale Program, drone image photo credit: Barry LavalleeMP Brampton South Sonia Sidhu brought greetings from Government of Canada, photo credit: Dayle Laing
MPP Brampton North Graham McGregor brought greetings on behalf of Province of Ontario, photo credit: Dayle LaingBrampton Regional Councillor Wards 2,6 Michael Palleschi brought greetings on behalf of City of Brampton, photo credit: Dayle LaingCaledon Regional Councillor Wards 4-5-6 Mario Russo brought greetings on behalf of Town of Caledon, photo credit: Dayle LaingVictoria Kramkowski, PhD, Senior Manager of Government and Community Relations brought greetings on behalf of Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, photo credit: Dayle LaingBike the Creek Finale Program speakers and planning volunteers, photo credit: Steve LaidlawBrampton Planning Commissioner Steve Ganesh announcing one of the winning tickets at Prize DrawPrize Draw winner and her parent, photo credit: Dayle LaingCaledon prize draw winner, photo credit: Dayle Laing
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