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.
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.
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
The Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation (TCAT), a project of the Clean Air Partnership since 2008, is organizing its third annual active transportation conference in Toronto on April 22-23, 2010.
The Complete Streets Forum has a number of unique elements that make it exciting for us to be working on and that we expect will also result in a valuable and stimulating event for participants.
Overall Goals
To jointly strategize about new ways to effectively overcome common problems and achieve buy-in for reallocating road space more equitably between cars, public transit, pedestrians and cyclists
To facilitate collaboration between and within public and non-profit organizations and the general public in order to build upon the growth of cycling and walking
To share innovative, creative solutions to increase awareness of the benefits of cycling and walking while reducing systemic barriers
To showcase the most recent bicycle and pedestrian research, policy, and best practices in design, programs, tourism and advocacy
To stimulate initiatives and professional networks that will increase the number of people who walk and cycle
Government Partners
We are working closely with several municipal government partners to develop the program and to secure financial resources. Many thanks to our confirmed government partners to date: the City of Toronto (Transportation Services and Public Health), Halton Region, Region of Peel, and Regional Municipality of York.
The Complete Streets Forum is being organized by an executive committee consisting of an experienced professional team, a unique collaboration between municipal staff and community groups who share the goal of promoting active transportation. Nancy Smith Lea, Clean Air Partnership and Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation's Program Director, is taking the lead. The other members of the executive committee are Justin Lafontaine, Project Director of the Bike Train Initiative at Transportation Options who organized a high-profile Ontario Cycle Tourism Forum earlier this year and is developing a follow-up strategy session to that forum in conjunction with with the Complete Streets Forum. The third member of the team is Sean Wheldrake, Bicycle Promotions Coordinator in Transportation Services at the City of Toronto.
Participants
The active transportation community is growing every day and it's a diverse and impressive group: transportation planners, engineers, transportation demand management and smart commute coordinators, public realm and pedestrian professionals, bicycle tourism and cycling events programmers, public health experts, urban designers, landscape architects, injury prevention specialists, cycling educators and researchers, authors and journalists, industry leaders, political champions, the advocates who break new ground, and so many more!
We want to give our participants the opportunity to tap into this joint expertise that is being developed and to proactively address the common issues we face together. We are building in lots of networking time into the Forum and we hope you will join us! Stay tuned for registration details in early 2010.
Clean Air Partnership
75 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, ON, M5G 1P4
