Cycling Advocacy in Ontario An update from the Share the Road Cycling 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 Bicycle Club + Chain Challenge Learn to Ride Courses Successes in Mississippi Mills
Police Good provision of Active engagement in bicycle parking 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 cycling infrastructure
• 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