Category: Ontario Cycling
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Bike the Creek announced at show
BikeBrampton announced Bike the Creek Jun 8, 2024 at Brampton’s booth at The Outdoor Adventure Show on Feb 23-25th. Over 600 cyclists dropped by to hear the news about our signature cycling event, from planning partners: City of Brampton, Town of Caledon, City of Mississauga, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority and BikeBrampton. We saw folks…
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BikeBrampton members going to Greg’s Ride
This Fall, a group of us from BikeBrampton will be participating in Greg’s Ride on Sunday, September 22. We’ll be cycling from Brampton to Hamilton on Saturday, riding in Greg’s Ride on Sunday, then cycling home Monday. BikeBrampton’s participation in this annual event has grown from one rider in 2013 to our larger team of…
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Brampton, Bicycle Friendly Community – Who Cares?
Do you care that City of Brampton was awarded Bicycle Friendly Community Bronze status in spring of 2017? Probably not. The state of cycling in the City likely is not top of mind for most Brampton residents. Yet, the achievement of this award represents an important milestone, and not just for those who regularly bike…
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Greg’s Ride 2018
Team Brampton cycled Greg’s Ride 2018 Sept 23rd. Share the Road 13th Annual Greg’s Ride offered us a 20% discount on all Early Bird tickets! This annual fundraiser supported Share the Road’s cycling advocacy at Queen’s Park (100% of profits fund advocacy). We all know the importance of what has been accomplished and what still needs…
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Bike the Creek Friendly Connections
Bike the Creek Bicycle Friendly Connections & Aboriginal Day were our 2018 themes. We were blessed with liquid sunshine amidst brief almost dry spells. Faces shone on happy riders who came out to experience new trail connections and the three official ceremonies for 2018. Town Route riders gathered at Jim Archdekin Recreation Centre to listen…
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Rear View Cycling
Rear view cycling was promoted in Bike Month. MTO’s Road Safety Challenge grant allowed BikeBrampton to design, create and display a poster to encourage cyclists to check around them before turning or changing lanes. Published April 2018 in “Cycling Skills: Ontario’s Guide to Safe Cycling” included the inspiration for our challenge this year:
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Major New AT Investment to Make Cycling Safer, More Convenient
Brampton will be receiving $1,780,604 in investment funding to build bike lanes and other cycling infrastructure.
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Toronto bike lanes Study shows they are good for Business and Safety
Business went up and crashes went down; it seems like a win all round.
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Do the Bright Thing
For a cyclist, staying safe means reducing the chance of collisions. Cyclists are particularly vulnerable. Even relatively minor altercations with larger heavier vehicles can result in serious injury or death.
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Brampton awarded Bicycle Friendly Community Bronze
Ontario Bike Summit on Apr 11, 2017. Brampton was pleased to be awarded Bronze status at OBS awards dinner ceremony last night. On hand to accept this hard-earned award were cycling advocates and members of Brampton Cycling Advisory Committee and BikeBrampton, Kevin Montgomery, Pauline Thornham and Dayle Laing. From City of Brampton was Henrik Zbogar, Acting…
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