Category: Cycling Benefits – Health
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Major Victory for TO Bike Lanes Charter Challenge
Ontario Superior Court Justice Schabas made a landmark ruling on July 30, siding with cycling and safety advocates, finding the government’s actions violated Canadians’ Charter Rights under Section 7.
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Let’s Talk Howden Data
City of Brampton has collected data and provided an analysis of Howden Boulevard. To help you learn about this issue and complete the survey, these are the public information boards: City’s Evaluation of the Alternatives: OPTION 4 IS THE BEST OPTION. Attend one of the four public information sessions where you can view the boards…
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Have your say – Brampton Transportation Watershed Choice
We have 800,000+ people in a rapidly growing city. It’s not possible to build enough roads for everyone driving personal automobiles. Brampton is at a crossroads.
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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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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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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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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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February Winter Walk to School Month
Celebrate, don’t hibernate! Walk to school this winter. Whether we were born in Canada or came here later in life, it seems many of us don’t like Canadian winters. Did you know there is a scientific reason why winters make us feel so lethargic and unhappy? It turns out the lack of light affects our…
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Brampton endorses historic energy plan
Brampton Council endorses historic energy plan, including 7% mode share for active transportation to meet 2041 targets. City of Brampton Council unanimously passed motion to support the Community Energy and Emissions Reduction Plan (CEERP), and to initiate the creation of Community Centre for Energy Transformation (CCET). This will position Brampton as a community leader in…
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