Building a Cycling Culture: Special Presentations on November 29, 2011

The City of Mississauga Cycling Office in collaboration with the Mississauga Cycling Advisory Committee is hosting two presentations with the theme: Building a Cycling Culture on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 @ 7 – 9 p.m.

Where: NOEL RYAN AUDITORIUM, Mississauga Central Library  (FREE Underground Parking)
301 Burnhamthorpe Rd. W. (map)
(Burnhamthorpe Rd. W. and Duke of York Blvd.)

This is a FREE public event which will provide residents with the opportunity to learn about how Mississauga can be successful in creating a bicycle-friendly city.  Click for Press Release.

Jean François Pronovost, Vice president, Development and Public Affairs for Vélo Québec, will share his expertise and insight about creating bicycle-friendly cities.

Eleanor McMahon, CEO and Founder, Share the Road Cycling Coalition, will highlight current cycling advocacy efforts in Ontario.

NOTE: Public Q&A will follow after the presentations.

About Vélo Québec
Vélo Québec is a non-profit organization that has played an important role in the development of a bicycle-friendly culture and cycling route networks throughout the Province of Québec.  The organization encourages the use of bicycles in order to improve the environment, health and well-being of citizens.

About Share the Road Cycling Coalition
Share the Road Cycling Coalition is a provincial cycling advocacy organization created to unite cycling organizations from across Ontario and work with and on behalf of municipalities to enhance their ability to make their communities more bicycle- friendly.  The organization’s mandate is province-wide with a specific focus on developing public policy at the provincial level in order to provide the kind of legislative, programmatic and funding instruments such as exist in other Canadian provinces notably Quebec and British Columbia.

Click to view full-size POSTER. (PDF).