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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.
Climate Change Adaptation and Health Equity Workshop Report
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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25 Tickets and 63 Warnings to Drivers Idling Their Vehicles

April 16, 2009

For immediate release
June 14, 2005

25 Tickets and 63 Warnings to Drivers Idling Their Vehicles

TORONTO – Idle-Free Week in the GTA continues as the Ontario Medical Association announced that smog will kill 5,800 Ontarians this year.

Vehicle emissions contribute significantly to poor air quality in the GTA. It's more important than ever to make drivers understand the negative health effects of unnecessary vehicle idling," said Eva Ligeti, Executive Director of the Clean Air Partnership.

GTA municipalities are encouraging hundreds of drivers to make a commitment to reduce their vehicle idling, as part of Idle-Free Week in the GTA.

Yesterday, Toronto gave out 25 tickets and 63 warnings to drivers idling their vehicles. In Burlington, nobody was ticketed, but enforcement officers talked to 158 drivers. Education activities took place across the GTA. In Mississauga, Idle-Free Ambassadors talked to 160 drivers. Reports from other municipalities are still coming in.

Idling creates unnecessary pollution and contributes to devastating health effects.

“GTA-wide efforts to reduce vehicle idling will help clean the air, which is a huge relief to people with respiratory problems like asthma,” said Ligeti. “When you have an asthma attack, it feels like breathing through a straw. Smog days are the worst.”

Contact:
Eva Ligeti
Clean Air Partnership

For more information visit www.cleanairpartnership.org