Supporters

Thanks to the Friends of Fort York for keeping us updated on major projects happening in the Fort York area, including the Fort York Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge which TCAT has supported and provided comment on. Here is an excerpt from the group's most recent newsletter:

With a municipal election on its way, we are pleased to release TCAT's 2010 platform titled Action 2014: Taking the Next Step (download in PDF format here.) TCAT's platform provides a detailed analysis of concrete steps that the city can take in all areas of its operations to improve walking and cycling in the next term of council from 2010 to 2014.

As announced in last week's TCAT News, on Mar 30th the Clean Air Partnership conducted a webinar based on its new research report titled "Bike Lanes, On-Street Parking and Business Year 2 Report: A Study of Bloor Street in Toronto's Bloor West Village."

Toronto’s newest Do-it-Yourself bike shop and cycling advocacy organization, Bike Sauce, is opening on April 17, 2009.

To announce their arrival in Toronto’s East End, they’ll be throwing a Fundraiser on April 9 @ 9 pm at the Blue Moon, 725 Queen St E.

Bike Sauce – located at 717 Queen Street East (corner of Broadview) – is having its Grand Opening on Saturday, April 17th from 12-5pm.

For more information, check out their website.

TCAT's Complete Streets Forum partner - Transportation Options - is hosting a Bike Train Travel Expo to highlight the fantastic cycle tourism destinations in Ontario. Learn about the 2010 Bike Train routes, and get information and cycling maps from local tourism representatives on site.

Special guests will include the Minister of Tourism Michael Chan. Featured destinations include: Toronto, Niagara, Greenbelt, Windsor/Essex & Point Pelee, North Bay, Eastern Ontario and the Lake Ontario Waterfront Trail.

On March 5th, the Share the Road Cycling Coalition released a Green Paper. Its purpose is to inform the direction of bicycle policy in Ontario and to provide a strategic plan for increasing the use of cycling.

TCAT was pleased to be included as a partner in this important document and to attend the press conference held on the opening day of the Toronto International Bicycle Show at Exhibition Place.

BikeSauce, a new volunteer-run, registered non-profit organization dedicated to promoting cycling in Toronto, is the most recent organization to join TCAT's growing list of supporters. BikeSauce has three goals:

On February 10th, TCAT was pleased to join other environmental leaders in a press conference organized by the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) to release their municipal election priorities for 2010. One of TEA's six key action items is a Complete Streets policy for Toronto. Read TEA's press release here.

Thanks so much to all of TCAT's supporters who took the time to review and provide excellent feedback on the final draft of TCAT's new platform titled "Action 2014: Complete Streets and Active Transportation". Once we have worked through all of the feedback, the new platform will be uploaded to the TCAT website in an easy-to-read on-line format.