Cycling Advocacy in Ontario An update from the Share the Road Coalition

Year in Review: Cycling in Ontario

37 communities Minister’s Working Passing of the June is officially received total of Group on Cycling Making Bike Month in $10 million for reconvened Ontario’s Roads Ontario cycling Safer Act, infrastructure including 1m safe passing law Year in Review: New BFCs

Burlington Niagara Falls Mississippi Mills

Elements of a BFC Successes in Mississippi Mills

Bike Month & Silver Family Club + Chain Challenge Learn to Ride Courses Successes in Mississippi Mills

Police Good provision of Active engagement in Transportation Bike Month Master Plan 2016 Ontario Bike Summit • 8th Annual summit the largest to date with 230 delegates

• 34 speakers exploring “What’s Next for Cycling” and core themes of partnership, network connectivity, system maintenance, innovative engagement, data collection, leveraging technology and open data

• Keynote addresses delivered by The Honourable Glen Murray, Kathryn McGarry, Nicole Freedman, and Peter de Jager

• 7 members of Queen’s Park All-Party Cycling Caucus at keynote dinner

• Open Space Session on growing cycling in rural & northern Ontario

• Bike tour of local infrastructure led by City of Toronto staff 2016 Ontario Bike Summit

• Request for $200 million over 4 years for municipal

• Announced upcoming 1m awareness campaign

• #ridetheriding event to celebrate Bike Month in Ontario

• Launch of 17 recommendations for modernizing CAN-BIKE program

• Stakeholder consultations to inform #CycleON Action Plan 2.0, next phase of #CycleON: Ontario’s Cycling Strategy How You Can Engage

Engage in Share the Road’s stakeholder consultations throughout summer 2016 (newsletter)

Sign up to lead a local #ridetheriding bike ride with your MPP (website)

Submit a letter of support to Minister Glen Murray regarding our $200 million over 4 years request

Encourage your municipality to submit a Bicycle Friendly Communities application or host a BFC workshop

Consider attending the 2017 Ontario Bike Summit (TBD, Toronto in April 2017) How You Can Engage www.sharetheroad.ca