Category: Cycling Benefits – Environment
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Bike to School Safety Seminars
Peel elementary schools invited BikeBrampton to present bike safety seminars in celebration of Bike to School Week 2025.
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Cycling Chronicles 16 – Bike to Work Day
Steve Stoller Reflects on his first Bike to Work Day. It all started innocently. I got a mass email from someone in the vast organization known as the Ontario Public Service.
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Kick off Bike Month with Brampton Bike Festival
Come kick off Bike Month in Brampton with Brampton Bike Festival, on May 24th 10AM – 2PM. Join us in Chinguacousy Park, Parking Lot 3 (by Sandra Hames Centre) for a kids’ bike obstacle course, minor bike tune-ups, face painting and an 11AM community bike ride with ice cream, of course!
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Brampton Cycling Data Shines
From 2018-2023, Brampton cycling trip numbers increased 57% to 3.5M annually. At the same time, the distance cycled increased by 73% to 9.5M kms annually.
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Charolais Bike Lanes
Barry Lavallee prepared this documentary video in advance of the Town Hall October 17, 2023. A senior on a mobility scooter, Young cyclists who do not own cars have been interviewed. They use these bike lanes year round to travel to work and run errands. More than 17 cyclists came to support Charolais bike lanes.…
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Brampton Tour the Trees
Cyclists love to ride among trees for shade, shelter, serenity and joy. We learned tree facts from Brampton foresters along our route. Brampton Active Transportation Advisory Committee volunteers and BikeBrampton members led the 13th of our themed community rides on Sept 10th. Our largest group ever, 63 cyclists gathered at Terry Miller Recreation Centre for…
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Bike the Creek 9th Annual
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.
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Earth Day BikeWrx
BikeBrampton welcomed spring with Earth Day celebrations. We escorted cyclists from 4 locations to Norton Place Park on April 22nd. Booth material arrived via cargo bike trailers.
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Summarizing 5 Years of Community Cycling in Peel Region
Peel Region Publishes a Retrospective Analysis of its Community Cycling Program in Brampton, Caledon & Mississauga. Like many communities in the Greater Toronto Area, Peel Region faces multiple challenges. Inflation is putting a squeeze on household finances, traffic volumes threaten to swamp available road space, health issues related to the pandemic and to sedentary lifestyles…
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BikeWrx 2022 Success
Integrating BikeWrx into the Brampton Community BikeBrampton integrates the Brampton Bike Hub and Caledon Bike Hub BikeWrx programs into the community through partnerships. This encourages new and existing cyclists to consider riding. Learning basic bike repair skills empowers people to ride for transportation and to venture longer distances. Having help with route planning removes another…
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