Cycling Advocacy in Ontario Presentation by the Share the Road Cycling Coalition

What We Do

ADVOCACY BUILD CAPACITY CHANGE CONVERSATION Provincial Advocacy

• 2 private members bills • Teach the Reach • Doored but Not Ignored

• 350+ signatures on Teach the Reach petition

• 6 letters written to provincial officials

• 10 Ministers & Members of Provincial Parliament attended the Ontario Bike Summit

• E-Scooter pilot with 24 km/h maximum speed Events & Outreach

• Greg’s Ride & Ontario Bike Summit

• 19 elected officials on bike rides

• 24 delegations to councils & conference presentations

• 120+ participants on policy consultation call

• 25,000+ bike lights distributed Bicycle Friendly Communities What is advocacy?

• Seeking change

• Supporting, promoting or defending a cause of proposal

• Shaping social and political outcomes

• Influencing decision making

• Active, not passive

• Not limited to legislation

(North Carolina State University Philanthropy Journal) Levels of advocacy

• Municipal / Regional

• Provincial

• Federal Levels of advocacy

• Municipal / Regional • By-laws • Municipal roads • Planning & Land Use • Infrastructure funding • Local police

• Provincial • Highway Traffic Act • Infrastructure funding • Planning & Land Use • Provincial roads • Ontario Provincial Police

• Federal • Vehicle safety standards • Criminal code • Infrastructure funding Levels of advocacy

• Municipal / Regional • Cycling Advisory Committees • Membership-based advocacy organizations

• Provincial • Share the Road Cycling Coalition • Ontario Cycling Association • Ontario By Bike • Waterfront Regeneration Trust

• Federal • Canada Bikes • Cycling Canada • Trans Canada Trail Discussion Advocacy Priorities Advocacy Priorities

• Infrastructure Funding • Public transit, trails, etc.

• E-mobility • Regulation of e-bicycles & e-scooters

• Progress on cycling education • Provincial curriculum standard • Support for instructors & coordinators

• Vision Zero

• Eliminating dooring

• Rules of the road • Clarification about cycling two-abreast Bike Club Advocacy

• Invite your MPP on a bike ride

• Participate in Greg’s Ride on September 20th

• Become a Bicycle Friendly Community

• Support cycling advocacy in Ontario Thank you! Resources & Links

Teach the Reach petition: • www.maritstiles.ca/teach_the_reach_petition

Share the Road website • www.sharetheroad.ca

Greg’s Ride – September 20th