[getsmart-l] TCAT News e-bulletin July 14, 2007

[Janet May]

Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation News e-bulletin


July 14, 2007


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Recent TCAT activities and news items:


1.	*Special Event*: Thursday, July 24 - What's New in New York? An
evening of film and discussion featuring Transportation Alternatives' Noah
Budnick 
2.	Royal York Bike Lane - Opening event, July 15
3.	Scarborough-Malvern Transit City LRT Route - EA Open Houses, July 23
& 24 
4.	Lower Donlands Public Forum - July 23

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1. *Special Event*: Thursday, July 24 - What's New in New York? An evening
of film and discussion featuring Transportation Alternatives' Noah Budnick


TCAT, in partnership with the  <http://bikeunion.to/> Toronto Cyclists
Union,  <http://cleanairpartnership.org/> The Clean Air Partnership, and the
<http://toronto.usconsulate.gov/content/index.asp> US Consulate General in
Toronto, is happy to present: 


What's New in New York? An evening of film and discussion featuring
Transportation Alternatives' Noah Budnick


*	Noah is responsible for TA's campaigns to improve and increase
walking, biking and transit in NYC and efforts to win congestion pricing,
complete streets and increase federal transportation funding. 

Films by  <http://www.streetfilms.org/> STREETFILMS.org 

Date: Thursday, July 24 

Time: 7:30 p.m. 

Location: Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina Avenue 

For more information or to download the flyer
<http://www.torontocat.ca/main/sites/all/files/July%2024_Budnick.pdf> click
here 

For more information on Transportation Alternatives
<http://www.transalt.org/> click here 

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2. Royal York Bike Lane - Opening event, July 15


While it's clear that there's still lots of room for improvement in
Toronto's cycling environment, it's also important to celebrate newly
installed bike lanes. Come join the City in celebrating the completion of
one of Toronto's newest bike lanes: Royal York Road (from Delroy Drive to
Mimico Creek). 

Date: Tuesday, July 15th 

Time: 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. 

Location: East side of Royal York Road, at Castlebar Road. 

Free juice and snacks will be provided. 

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3. Scarborough-Malvern Transit City LRT Route - EA Open Houses, July 23 & 24



>From the City's consultation web site:

"The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) and the City of Toronto are
undertaking the preliminary planning for an Environmental Assessment Study
to identify a potential Light Rail Transit (LRT) corridor connecting Kennedy
Subway Station with northern Scarborough. This high quality transit service
will begin at Kennedy Subway Station. The preliminary preferred alignment
would travel east along Eglinton Avenue, northeast on Kingston Road, north
on Morningside Avenue to Sheppard Avenue where it would interline with the
proposed Sheppard East LRT. It would proceed westerly to Neilson Road, and
north along Neilson Road to the Malvern Town Centre. The LRT route would
provide service to University of Toronto Scarborough Campus and Centennial
College Ellesmere Campus." 

Public Open House #1

Date: Wednesday, July 23 

Time: 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 

Location: Scarborough Village Recreation Centre, 3600 Kingston Road
(Eglinton Ave and Markham Rd) 

Public Open House #2

Date: Thursday, July 24 

Time: 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 

Location: University of Toronto Scarborough, Science Wing Meeting Place,
1265 Military Trail 

For more information on the project
<http://www.toronto.ca/involved/projects/malvern_lrt/index.htm> click here 

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4. Lower Donlands Public Forum - July 23


>From the  <http://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/dbdocs/48778f8827d98.pdf>
Waterfront Toronto public notice: 

"Waterfront Toronto, the City of Toronto and the Toronto Transit Commission
are developing a plan to revitalize the Lower Don Lands and create a
vibrant, mixed use, sustainable community that embraces and respects a newly
naturalized and flood-protected mouth of the Don River.

The revitalization plan will include proposals for new neighbourhoods,
community facilities and public spaces, as well as a Master Plan for
transportation (including transit), water, wastewater and stormwater
infrastructure." 

Public Forum #1 

Date: Wednesday, July 23 

Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. (Open House), 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. (Presentation &
Facilitated Discussion) 

Location: St. Lawrence Hall, 157 King Street East, Great Hall 

For more information
<http://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/dbdocs/48778f8827d98.pdf> click here 

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Cycling-related events:


*	 <http://www.ibiketo.ca/event> I Bike TO events calendar 

*	 <http://bikingtoronto.com/calendar/> Biking Toronto events calendar
*	 <http://wx.toronto.ca/inter/uds/cyclingcal.nsf/AllEvents?OpenView>
City of Toronto cycling event 

If you know of other cycling or pedestrian related calendars to include,
please let us know by e-mailing  <mailto:info at torontocat.ca>
info at torontocat.ca 

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