Tragedy on Avenue Road not an Anomaly
Last Wednesday, Miguel Joshua Escanan’s young life was taken while riding his bike on Avenue Road, metres beyond the end of ActiveTO bike lanes (and where a speedway begins).
$200 million over 4 years: Cycling advocates call on Province to scale up investment in cycling infrastructure from cap and trade revenue
Update, May 16. 2016: Ontario to spend $7-billion on sweeping climate change plan, including $200 million on cycling over 4 years (Globe & Mail)
Update, May 10, 2016: Premier Wynne's cabinet debating Climate Change Action Plan which includes "$200-million over four years for new cycling infrastructure, such as bike lanes and paths" (Globe & Mail)
April 20, 2016: Earlier this week, in partnership with Share the Road Cycling Coalition, we wrote the Honourable Glen Murray, Minister of Environment & Climate Change and the Honourable Steven Del Duca, Minister of Transportation to recommend that the provincial cap and trade program be leveraged to ensure that $50 million per year for the next 4 years be used to fund cycling infrastructure in urban areas across Ontario. Read our full letter here.
Support our call for action by writing a letter of your own to Minister Murray, Minister Del Duca and the Provincial All Party Cycling Caucus now:
To: "Honourable Glen Murray, Minister of Environment & Climate Change" <[email protected]>, "Honourable Steven Del Duca, Minister of Transportation" <[email protected]>, "Eleanor McMahon, MPP" <[email protected]>, "Norm Miller, MPP" <[email protected]>, "Michael Mantha, MPP" <[email protected]>
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