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The Ontario Ministry of the Environment has released a report titled Adapting to Climate Change in Ontario: Towards the Design and Implementation of a Strategy and Action Plan, authored by Ontario’s Expert Panel on Climate Change Adaptation. The report lists a broad range of recommendations to help Ontario understand climate change impacts, reduce risks and take advantage of beneficial opportunities resulting from climate change.
The Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation (TCAT), a project of the Clean Air Partnership since 2008, is organizing its third annual active transportation conference in Toronto on April 22-23, 2010.
The Complete Streets Forum has a number of unique elements that make it exciting for us to be working on and that we expect will also result in a valuable and stimulating event for participants.
Overall Goals
To jointly strategize about new ways to effectively overcome common problems and achieve buy-in for reallocating road space more equitably between cars, public transit, pedestrians and cyclists
To facilitate collaboration between and within public and non-profit organizations and the general public in order to build upon the growth of cycling and walking
To share innovative, creative solutions to increase awareness of the benefits of cycling and walking while reducing systemic barriers
To showcase the most recent bicycle and pedestrian research, policy, and best practices in design, programs, tourism and advocacy
To stimulate initiatives and professional networks that will increase the number of people who walk and cycle
Government Partners
We are working closely with several municipal government partners to develop the program and to secure financial resources. Many thanks to our confirmed government partners to date: the City of Toronto (Transportation Services and Public Health), Halton Region, Region of Peel, and Regional Municipality of York.
The Complete Streets Forum is being organized by an executive committee consisting of an experienced professional team, a unique collaboration between municipal staff and community groups who share the goal of promoting active transportation. Nancy Smith Lea, Clean Air Partnership and Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation's Program Director, is taking the lead. The other members of the executive committee are Justin Lafontaine, Project Director of the Bike Train Initiative at Transportation Options who organized a high-profile Ontario Cycle Tourism Forum earlier this year and is developing a follow-up strategy session to that forum in conjunction with with the Complete Streets Forum. The third member of the team is Sean Wheldrake, Bicycle Promotions Coordinator in Transportation Services at the City of Toronto.
Participants
The active transportation community is growing every day and it's a diverse and impressive group: transportation planners, engineers, transportation demand management and smart commute coordinators, public realm and pedestrian professionals, bicycle tourism and cycling events programmers, public health experts, urban designers, landscape architects, injury prevention specialists, cycling educators and researchers, authors and journalists, industry leaders, political champions, the advocates who break new ground, and so many more!
We want to give our participants the opportunity to tap into this joint expertise that is being developed and to proactively address the common issues we face together. We are building in lots of networking time into the Forum and we hope you will join us! Stay tuned for registration details in early 2010.
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