Category: Brampton Cycling
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Bike Month Brampton 2015
Bike Month Brampton is May 25 – June 25, 2015 bikemonth.ca/Brampton @bikemonth #BikeBrampton Sign up to ride on Bike to Work Day for your chance to win a Norco City Glide 3 commuter bicycle! Log your bike trips using the Smart Commute tool & you could ride away with 1 of 3 VIA Rail $500…
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Ontario Bike Summit 2015
Ontario Bike Summit 2015 hosted by Share the Road Cycling Coalition was the largest ever with 215 registered delegates at the Eaton Chelsea Hotel inToronto. The event kicked off on March 31st with a Bicycle Friendly Communities Workshop. Six communities achieved BFC status since last year’s summit, bringing the total to 28. Several existing BFC communities applied for…
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BikeBrampton at Toronto Bike Show
BikeBrampton members volunteered at the Toronto International Bike Show Mar 6-8, 2015, hosting more than 200 attendees at our BikeBrampton booth. The Region of Peel’s Walk + Roll also participated and supplied Trail Maps and literature. Residents of Brampton, people who work in Brampton and those interested in coming to Brampton for cycle tourism gathered to hear about Brampton’s trails,…
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Carless in 905
Kevin Montgomery tells Toronto Star how his family manages carless in 905 Transportation reporter Tess Kalinowski interviewed Kevin Montgomery and his family about daring to exercise their options and trade their 2 cars for more time together in a Toronto Star article on Feb 20, 2015. Toronto Star photo by Rick Madonik Using bicycling and public…
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Moving Peel Kids Safely Workshop
The Heart & Stroke Foundation and Brampton Kids on Bikes invited Region of Peel school planning stakeholders to a follow up to our December 4th webinar & workshop on Active and Sustainable School Travel (ASST). Here are the results of our workshop: 2015 04 20 Moving Peel Kids Safely School Travel Planning Workshop Results The…
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Brampton Critical Mass 1st Anniversary
Attracting the more warmly dressed and brave cyclists, this friendly gathering celebrated its first anniversary with a fitting tribute: “cycling for cake”. Critical Mass starts last Friday of every month from Gage Park, at Main and Wellington. For the first anniversary, a ride was selected to La Cakery, a fabulous cake shop on the SE corner of…
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Brampton Bike Clinic Gears Up
The first group of Brampton youth completed a bike mechanic course conducted by volunteer professional bike mechanics from BikeBrampton. “I learned how everything works together.” Funded by the Region of Peel Human Services Community Partnerships, the mechanics carefully selected 5 sets of top quality tools that will be used as this pilot venture unrolls into…
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Peel Physical Inactivity Health Crisis
Our Dec 4, 2014 webinar and workshop/discussion to solve this crisis was hosted by Heart & Stroke Foundation and the Brampton Kids on Bikes subcommittee of Bike Brampton. Participants identified issues, and targeted goals for stakeholders: regional health, regional transportation, regional councillors, city transportation, city recreation, city safety, city councillors, school boards, school trustees, community groups…
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Transitioning To Carfree
Transitioning To Carfree Here is Kevin’s journey: Our family of 5 has been carfree in Brampton for 3 years. Selling our cars, and relying primarily on bicycles for transportation was not a decision made lightly. It was pragmatic, and thought through carefully. I will explain how we came to the decision, and how we transitioned into…
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Accessibility Advisory Committee Delegation – Nov 4, 2014
BBAC Delegation to Brampton Accessibility Advisory Committee for Curb Cut Support BBAC members made a delegation to the Accessibility Advisory Committee on November 4, 2014. The following are excerpted from the Official Minutes from the City of Brampton. Accessibility issue for mounting high curbs at mid-block intersection — especially unsafe for bikes with trailers, tandem bikes,…
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