[getsmart-l] FW: [TCAT News e-bulletin] March 13, 2008 * Special Notice: Bike Summit 2008 *

[Janet May]

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From: Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation
[mailto:info at torontocat.ca] 
Sent: March 13, 2008 11:50 AM
To: janet at smartgrowth.on.ca
Subject: [TCAT News e-bulletin] March 13, 2008 * Special Notice: Bike Summit
2008 *

 


March 13, 2008 * Special Notice: Bike Summit 2008 *


Save the Date – April 25th – for
<http://www.torontocat.ca/main/bikesummit2008> Bike Summit 2008 in Toronto!


Join leading thinkers, practitioners and decision-makers who are on the fast
track to creating bikeable communities.
<http://www.torontocat.ca/main/bikesummit2008> Bike Summit 2008 will be held
on Friday, April 25th in Toronto.

Enjoy innovative and forward-thinking sessions that will:

*	Share international and Canadian best practices and perspectives on
putting policy into action.
*	Build local, regional and provincial momentum and leadership for
bikeable communities.
*	Engage key stakeholders on how to effectively implement policies and
strategies to realize and maximize the value of bicycling for
transportation, health, tourism, recreation, economic development, energy
conservation and the environment.


Highlights of Bike Summit 2008:


The Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation (TCAT) and the Clean Air
Partnership are partnering to host this one-day Summit, covering topics such
as public policy, economic incentives and disincentives, business support,
infrastructure policies and design, and government support. 

Speakers will include: 

*	 <http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/bikeprogram.htm> City of
Seattle Senior Transportation Planner Peter Lagerwey

Peter’s work with the Seattle pedestrian and bicycle program spans more than
twenty years. Seattle’s pedestrian crash rates are the lowest in the
country. Bicycling Magazine recognized Seattle as one of the most “bicycle
friendly” cities in America four times. Peter was the project manager for
the new Seattle Bicycle Master Plan which calls for installing more than 400
miles of bicycle facilities over the next ten years. 

*	 <http://www.biketraffic.org/> Chicagoland Bicycle Federation’s
Randy Neufeld

Randy served as CBF's executive director from 1988 until 2004, and is
currently CBF’s Healthy Streets Campaign Coordinator. Randy is also Founding
Chair of the Thunderhead Alliance, the national association of state and
local bicycle advocacy organizations. 

*	 <http://www.altaplanning.com/> Alta Planning Principal Jeff Olson 

>From 1993-98, Jeff served as the New York State DOT Bicycle and Pedestrian
Program Manager, and has worked on numerous trail and bikeway planning and
design studies throughout the United States, and was the creator and founder
of the Millennium Trails program for the USDOT. He has served on the
Pedestrian Committee of the Transportation Research Board and was a
co-founder of the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
(APBP). 

*	 <http://www.velo.qc.ca/english/index.php> Vélo Québec’s Executive
Director Jean-François Pronovost

Jean-François and Vélo Québec work closely with the Quebec government
promoting cycling throughout Québec and designing guidebooks and technical
standards to assist planners and engineers. This partnership is also
responsible for funding and developing the Route Verte – a 3,000 km network
of trails, paved shoulders and shared, low volume roads for bicyclists that
is already attracting millions of dollars of business every year. 

*	 <http://www.lcc.org.uk/> London Cycling Campaign’s Chief Executive
Koy Thompson

London Cycling Campaign (LCC) is the largest urban cycling organization in
the world. Since 1978, the LCC has been improving facilities, providing
information and raising the profile of cycling across London in order to
make it a world-class cycling city. In 2008, the British Secretary of State
for Transport announced that the Government will be investing £140 million
over the next three years to boost cycling nationally. 

*	 <http://www.btac.org/index_en.html> Bicycle Trade Association of
Canada’s Director of Advocacy Usman Valiante 

Usman’s role within BTAC is to foster partnerships and relationships across
the bike industry, governments and advocacy groups and to promote public
policies at all levels of government with the objective of getting more
Canadians to cycle more often. By vocation Usman is a senior public policy
analyst, commercial strategist, negotiator and advocate. His career focus
has been on the development and evaluation of public policies and commercial
programs regarding the environment. Usman is an avid bike commuter and
recreational mountain-bike racer. 

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To register and for more information:


Please visit TCAT’s website at
<http://www.torontocat.ca/main/bikesummit2008>
www.torontocat.ca/main/bikesummit2008 

Thanks for reading about Bike Summit 2008 and please pass along this
information to others who may be interested. 

Best wishes, 

TCAT

 <mailto:info at torontocat.ca> info at torontocat.ca 416.392.0290 

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