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Benchmarking Active Transportation in Canadian Cities: Report Highlights
September 23, 2011
Highlights from a TCAT report released in 2010 comparing the performance of active transportation in Toronto against other cities in Canada, the United States and Europe using key indicators as benchmarks. This paper will be presented at the Walk 21 Conference in Vancouver, BC on October 4, 2011 and published in their proceedings.
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July 13, 2011
On May 24, 2011, Clean Air Partnership (CAP) and Toronto Public Health (TPH) jointly organized and hosted a Climate Change Adaptation and Health Equity workshop in order to initiate a broader discussion and subsequent action toward climate change adaptation and health equity. The workshop results will be of use to municipalities, NGO’s and other sectors who work with vulnerable populations.
Climate Change Adaptation and Health Equity Background Report
June 2, 2011

The Climate Change Adaptation and Health Equity Background Report explores information on climate change adaptation and health equity to ensure that Toronto’s adaptation efforts do not further widen the health inequality gap. This report focuses primarily on research that is relevant to a first-world, urban city.

Prepared For: Healthy Public Policy Team, Toronto Public Health

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Campaign Shows Idling Gets You Nowhere

April 15, 2009

Sept. 6, 2006, The Brampton News

Campaign Shows Idling Gets You Nowhere

Brampton – To reduce vehicle emissions and help create a healthier environment, the City of Brampton is stepping up its Idling Control Public Education Campaign this September.

"Idling for more than 10 seconds burns gas almost twice as fast as driving and produces almost double the amount of toxic emissions per second than a vehicle moving at average speed," said Susan Mayor Fennell. "By not idling our cars we can all play our part to reduce green house gas emissions globally."

The City of Brampton initiated its Idling Control Public Education Campaign last December because vehicle idling is a problem all year round. Information cards were mailed out to residents and businesses, followed by newspaper advertising in local media. Posters and outdoor signs have been placed at City of Brampton facilities – reminding drivers not to idle their vehicles.

Now, beginning in September, Idling Control Ambassadors will be out on the streets at GO Transit Stations and City facilities. The Ambassadors, who are employed by LURA Consulting, will be talking to drivers about vehicle idling and asking them to make a commitment to turn off their vehicle engines while idle. This is the second and final phase of the Brampton campaign. These results will be used to determine the effectiveness of the campaign.

The Idling Control Campaign is being conducted by the City of Brampton in partnership with the Clean Air Partnership and Natural Resources Canada. Campaign results will feed directly into a three-year research and action project to advance the understanding of how voluntary and regulatory approaches, and combinations of the two, can be used to reduce vehicle engine idling in municipalities across Canada.

"My department is proud to support this positive campaign," said the Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of Natural Resources Canada. "We know that idling wastes fuel and money, and it generates toxic emissions. Canada's New Government is committed to achieving a cleaner and healthier environment for ourselves and for future generations."

A component of this project is a year-long pilot project, which will measure and compare the impacts of public education and by-law enforcement in two partnering Greater Toronto Area municipalities. The information gathered in Brampton will be compared to information gathered from The Town of Markham, which is using a combination of education and enforcing the Town's new idling control bylaw, passed in June 2005. For more information about idling control initiatives, visit the Clean Air Partnership at www.cleanairpartnership.org or Natural Resources Canada at www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca.