Burnhamthorpe Bridge is a rare river crossing in Mississauga for cyclists. [...]]]> Mayor Hazel McCallion, C.M., LL.D. and Members of Council of the City of Mississauga invite you to the Showcase Event for the Completion of Burnhamthorpe Road Bridges, Lookout Points and Cycling & Pedestrian Trails Tuesday, July 6, 2010 10:00 a.m. rain or shine.

Burnhamthorpe Bridge is a rare river crossing in Mississauga for cyclists. As long as I have seen, it has never really been considered  a safe crossing by cyclists. Here are some qualities to examine while at the showcase:

Will this party announce no need for the signs that read: “CYCLISTS DISMOUNT – WALK BICYCLE ACROSS BRIDGE”?

Will trail cyclists have their very own trail that doesn’t merge in with the sidewalk across the bridge?

Will road cyclists have room on the road via bike lanes, sharrows, or even a paved shoulder to cycle across the bridge on the road?

Will the railings be tall enough for trail cyclists to feel safe from falling yet still not block out the fabulous view of the Credit Valley?

Now this event is a party, so show up there with bike bells on. Even if this new bridge doesn’t have everything we’re looking for, the city should be applauded for the efforts they have made. If you have a critiquing comment (good or bad), please send it to your councilor and a copy to the Mississauga Cycling Advisory Committee.  Let’s hope there’s time in the showcase for a little Q & A.

For full details on the showcase event, view this PDF invitation.

This FREE Registration event will take you through the northwest quadrant of Mississauga, Ontario beginning and ending in Streetsville. Once again, participants will enjoy a FREE BBQ  at Streetsville Memorial Park at the Tour’s end, compliments of the Region of Peel, which is promoting [...]]]> The 3rd Annual Cycling Tour de Mississauga takes place on:  Sunday, September 19, 2010

This FREE Registration event will take you through the northwest quadrant of Mississauga, Ontario beginning and ending in Streetsville. Once again, participants will enjoy a FREE BBQ  at Streetsville Memorial Park at the Tour’s end, compliments of the Region of Peel, which is promoting active transportation and lifestyle choices.  Click here for the Region of Peel’s Walk and Roll program.

We will be providing a selection of different touring routes based on participants’ input from last years 2nd annual Tour de Mississauga.

Visit our official Tour de Mississauga section for more information on routes and registration.

NEWSFLASH: The City of Mississauga has just posted a YouTube video in honour of Bike to Work Day, which is entitled Bike to Work (click to view)

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The Mississauga Cycling Advisory Committee and Smart Commute Mississauga invite you to participate in the 4th Annual Bike to Work Day on Monday, May 31, 2010.  In [...]]]>

NEWSFLASH: The City of Mississauga has just posted a YouTube video in honour of Bike to Work Day, which is entitled Bike to Work (click to view)

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The Mississauga Cycling Advisory Committee and Smart Commute Mississauga invite you to participate in the 4^th Annual Bike to Work Day on Monday, May 31, 2010.  In conjunction with these two groups, the City of Mississauga will be hosting a breakfast event at the Living Arts Centre Park on Bike to Work Day to encourage area residents and employees to try cycling to work.

The main group ride is taking place from Riverwood Park Conservancy to the Living Arts Centre.  Participants will gather at the Chappell House Lawn at Riverwood Park at 7 a.m.  The ride will leave Riverwood Park at 7:30 a.m. and proceed east along the Ted Ho (Rathburn Rd.) trail to the Living Arts Centre Park, where participants will be treated to a free pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.  The ride will take place rain or shine! Click here to view the route map.  Or just drop by for breakfast anytime up until 10:00 a.m. on your bike!

Bike to Work Day is recognized by Smart Commute organizations across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, in partnership with Metrolinx and area municipalities.  Smart Commute Mississauga has organized group rides to various employers across Mississauga, as well as the main group ride to the Living Arts Centre.

Join us on Monday, May 31^st, 2010 and together, let’s help promote cycling as a viable, environmentally-friendly commute option for a greener, healthier Mississauga.  There will be giveaways and draw prizes for ride participants.

If you already ride your bike to work, why not invite others to join you on May 31?  Check out organized rides you can join or register your own ride here.  Further details are posted on the Smart Commute Mississauga website.

Did you know the City of Mississauga now has a YouTube channel? Mississauga Cycling is honored to have a Bike To Work 2010 promotional video short as one of their first uploads.

On my commute yesterday I counted three cyclists out riding on the Mississauga roadways. Spring must be here – [...]]]> — Thanks for visiting us at the Show! Don’t forget to show your “Mississsauga is Cycling” postcards for the month of March 2010 for 10% discounts at Gears, IMFIT – Younique Cycles, and MBS Tandems! —

On my commute yesterday I counted three cyclists out riding on the Mississauga roadways. Spring must be here – especially since the Toronto International Bicycle Show is happening – and the Cycling Committee will be there again.  March 5 – 7, 2010.

The Mississauga Cycling Committee will be hosting a booth again at the show. We will be located in the most fun zone. Booth # 591 behind D’Ornellas and close to Toronto BMX Jam and the Mountain Bike Feature. Stop by on your way back to the events. Yes, we will have jellybeans again this year.

We want to be face to face with the cycling enthusiasts of the GTA. With the public presentation of the Mississauga Cycling Master Plan close at hand, we want to hear what’s on your mind. with all that’s going on:

• Mississauga Transit has installed bike racks on the buses.
• Downtown 21 is presenting a cycling & walking dreamscape for the City Centre.
• The Mississauga Cycling Master Plan to bring their work to the public by this summer.
• Tour de Mississauga 2010 is already in the planning stages for the North-West quadrant this year.
• Bike to Work days will kickoff in May with a free pancake breakfast at City Hall.
• Further connectivity is being constructed in our growing trail system, and a host of other grassroot initiatives are taking form from Malton to the beautiful south in Port Credit. Can you see the changes that are happening?

If none of that is reason enough for you to drop by, we will also be handing out the infamous Mississauga Bicycle Trail Map in its full glossy format. Even though we have plenty, there are popular items and move fast. Come by early to chat and sign up for our events and get your name on the Mississauga cycling contact list.

Let’s cycle ‘sauga!

Show Info

Place

New Building
Better Living Centre
Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario
Get Map

DATE: Sunday, September 20, 2009 FREE Registration @ 9:00 a.m. Departure @ 9:30 a.m.

RAIN DATE: Sunday, September 27, 2009 (an online notice will appear the night before the scheduled Tour date if there is to be a rain cancellation)

STARTS and ENDS [...]]]> The 2nd Annual Tour de Mississauga cycling adventure takes place on:

DATE: Sunday, September 20, 2009
FREE Registration @ 9:00 a.m. Departure @ 9:30 a.m.

RAIN DATE: Sunday, September 27, 2009
(an online notice will appear the night before the scheduled Tour date if there is to be a rain cancellation)

STARTS and ENDS at: J.C. Saddington Park (click for map) in Port Credit

ORGANIZED by: Mississauga Cycling Advisory Committee (MCAC)

REGISTRATION: www.mississaugacycling.ca/tour/register

ROUTE: There are so many trails and routes to discover in Mississauga that the Cycling Committee has decided to break the City into four quadrants, and design a cycling route for each that highlights points of interest and special trails in that part of the City.  All four routes will lead to City Centre at some point along the way, and the resultant map of all the routes will resemble a four-leaf clover emanating from the City Centre.  After a four-year cycle, Tour participants will know the entire City well!

This year, the Tour de Mississauga route will focus on the Southwest quadrant of the City.  This 50 km course highlights the off-road trails and other cycling routes available throughout SW Mississauga, starting and ending in Port Credit, and featuring a free BBQ at Memorial Park near the Tour’s end, courtesy of the Sierra Club.  Map and directions are now available.

We plan to break into 3 groups according to speed: the fast group may complete the route in as little as 3 hours; the middle group may come in at around 4 hours, and the more leisurely group at around 5 hours.  These times include washroom and refreshment breaks along the way.

The 2009 Tour includes an amazing array of experiences: the Waterfront Trail, highlights of new trail work, routes with bike lanes, public art (murals and sculpture), gardens, a brief “bike portage” in the Rattray Marsh, spins around the University of Toronto at Mississauga (UTM) and Sheridan Research Park, a fantastic view of the tall buildings in the urban core as well as a loop of City Hall and the Central Library.  Part of the ride will be along the Culham Trail which gets riders up close to the (currently) raging Credit River, after all the rains.  The last part of the ride features an easy cruise down the brand new Confederation Parkway bike route with all its fresh paving and paint.  Tunnels, bridges, natural areas and urban pavements, and rides by three (3) GO Stations: this route has got it all.

After this Tour, you’ll feel like you’ve seen the whole City, yet it is still only one quadrant!  And most of the route is fairly flat: any reasonably in-shape adult will be able to complete it.  There is a shorter, approx. 20 km route incorporated into the first leg of the Tour, which gives participants a chance to decide if they’d like to continue and do the whole ride, or quickly make it back to the starting point.  There is also a get-off point further along.

Come out on September 20 and see what you’ve been missing — learn a great route you can ride again and again!  A great way to meet other cyclists and people from all over the City.

Further details and this year’s route are being finalized. Meanwhile, check out last year’s (1st Official) Tour on the MCAC website to read about the experience and view last year’s route map and Tour instructions.

NOTE: Every September 22 is World Car Free Day.  MCAC is putting theory into practice and celebrating Car Free Day by creating and riding routes through the City that will help create permanant change in transportation planning and habits.  The Tour de Mississauga takes place annually on the weekend before September 22.  Get out and celebrate!

Celebrate the inaugural “Bike to Work” day of the season with us for our Bike to Work day group ride from Riverwood Park to Mississauga’s Central Library Square, where participants will be treated to a free pancake breakfast courtesy of the Mississauga Cycling Advisory Committee.

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Celebrate the inaugural “Bike to Work” day of the season with us for our Bike to Work day group ride from Riverwood Park to Mississauga’s Central Library Square, where participants will be treated to a free pancake breakfast courtesy of the Mississauga Cycling Advisory Committee.

Participants will gather at the MacEwan Barn at Riverwood Park Conservancy (4300 Riverwood Park Lane) at 7am. Enter Riverwood Park from the north side of Burnhamthorpe Road. The park is located on the eastern bank of the Credit River. Proceed to the top of the hill and follow the signs to the Barn.

The ride will leave Riverwood at 7:30am and proceed along the Ted Ho (Rathburn Road) trail to the Central Library Square for the breakfast event which will be held between 8:00 and 10:00am.

Smart Commute Mississauga is encouraging all cyclists to participate in the Bike Friday campaign by riding to work on the last Friday of each month. Riding in a group encourages novice cyclists to participate and makes cyclists more visible to motorists. Organized rides also show motorists that cycling is a viable alternative to driving.

Download the full flyer here

Organized Rides

Meadowvale Community Centre to City Hall
Join Paul Price and his Wife Brenda who will be riding from Meadowvale Community Centre (6655 Glen Erin Drive) to City Hall for the pancake breakfast.

Contact Paul at 905-567-1035 (after 5pm) or email Paul at pvprice@rogers.com
Map

Start Time: 6:45 am
Distance
0.0 Meadowvale Community Centre – 6655 Glen Erin Drive
0.1 Glen Erin Drive – South
0.5 cross Battleford
1.0 cross Montevideo
2.0 cross Britania
3.4 cross Thomas
4.6 Erin Centre Blvd – West
5.0 John Fraser school
5.3 cross Erin Mills Parkway
6.2 cross Forest Hill
6.9 Mississauga Road – South
7.0 Melody – West, follow bike path signs
7.5 Amana – South
7.6 Barbertown road – West
7.8 entrance to Culham trail – South
12.6 Riverwood park (7:30 am)

Approximate time to Riverwood park: 45 minutes
Join the route at any location, use 15 km/hr to estimate start time from your location

Glen Erin Dr/Folkway Dr to Riverwood and then to Central Parkway West
Contact James, L Murphy to join the ride. You can email James at james.murphy@mississauga.ca
Map

Distance
0 km       At 6:00 am start at 2676 Folkway Drive
0.12km   South on Glen Erin drive
0.33km   East on Rolling Valley Drive
0.18km   To Rainbow Crescent
0.53km   To Sawmill Valley Trail
0.52km   East on Burnhamthorpe Road West
3.07km   South on Central Pkwy W
5.99km   Cross HawkestoneRoad
6.27km   Cross Wolfdale Road
6.66km   At 6:40 arrive at 735 Central Parkway West

2625 Windjammer road to Riverwood to 300 City Centre Drive
Contact Brandon Velez at branvel@hotmail.com to join the ride.
Map

Distance
0km        At 6:30 am start at 2625 Windjammer Road
0.5km     East on Collegeway
1.55km   North on S Millway
0.33km   East on Burnhampthorpe Rd W
1.84km   1447 Burnhamthorpe Rd W
3.9km     At 7:05 arrive at 300 City Centre Drive

Tim Hortons (1187 HURONTARIO ST) to 300 City Centre Drive
Contact Matthew Williams at matthew.williams@mississauga.ca to join the ride.
Map

Distance
0km        At 7:15 am start at Tim Hortons (near Hurontario St and Eaglewood Blvd.)
1.74km   East on North Service Road
0.59km   North on Camilla Road
2.26km   West on Kirwin Ave.
0.43km   To Hillcrest Ave.
0.65km   North on Confederation Parkway
1.9km     East on Burnhamthorpe Rd West
0.46km   North on Duke of York Blvd.
0.17km   End at 300 City Centre Drive

Lakeshore/Clarkson to Riverwood and then to City Hall
Contact Jeff Wachman to join his ride from Clarkson. You can email Jeff at jwachman@assante.com
Map

6:50am start in Clarkson
North on Clarkson
East on Truscott
North on Lorne Park Rd
East on Indian Rd
North on Mississauga Rd
East on Burnhamthorpe
Arrive at Riverwood Park at 7:15 am
7:45 am depart Riverwood for City Hall

Bloor and High Park to Mississauga City Hall
Contact
Map

Erin Mills Parkway/Burnhamthorpe to Riverwood and then to City Hall
Contact: erick.begin@sympatico.ca to join the ride.
Map

7:00 am – Burnhamthorpe Trail at the North West corner of Erin Mill Parkway and Burnhamthorpe:
East on the Burnhamthorpe Trail to Mississauga Road
Transfer to bike lane on Burnhamthorpe Road West at Mississauge Road
East on bike lane on Burnhamthorpe Road West to Riverwood park
Arrival time – approximately 7:15am

Erin Mills Parkway/Dundas to 975 Central Parkway
Contact: Patricia Runzer at mailto:patricia.runzer@mississauga.ca to to join the ride.
Map

Start at Erin Mills Parkway/Dundas towards Erindale Park
Through Erindale Park towards Burnhamthorpe Rd W
Northeast on Burnhampthorpe Rd W
Turn right onto Erindale Station Rd
Turn Left onto Central Parkway W
End at 975 Central Parkway W

Wildflowers Court  to Riverwood Park
Contact: Brian Walsh at  brian.walsh@mississauga.ca to join the ride.
Map

At 6:30 start at Wildflowers Crt. Mississauga (Tenth Line & Derry Rd W)
To Milgrove Trail System
To Lake Wabukayne Trail System towards Britannia Road West
To Queen St S in Streetsville
To Riverwood Park ((1447 Burnhamthorpe Rd. W.)

Hatch employees group ride to 2800 Speakman Drive
For details contact Roki Fukuzawa at rfukuzawa@hatch.ca

Golder Associates group ride to Argentia Drive
For details contact Simon Strauss at simon_strauss@golder.com

Meadowood/Lakeshore – 7am start time

Contact Jeff Wachman to join his ride. You can email Jeff at jwachman@assante.com

Depart Meadowood/Lakeshore 7 am
east on  Lakeshore
north on Lorne Park Rd
East on Indian Rd
North on Indian Cr.
East on South Service Rd
North on Mississauga Rd
east on Dundas
North on Mavis
East on Burnhamthorpe
Ride ends at YMCA on Burnhamthorpe

Bloor and High Park to Mississauga City Hall
Contact
Map

Erin Mills Parkway/Burnhamthorpe to Sussex Centre (MTB / Bridge Construction Version)
Contact: erick.begin@sympatico.ca to join the ride
Map

Start time – 8:00 am
Starting point – Burnhamthorpe Trail at the North West corner of Erin Mill Parkway and Burnhamthorpe:
East on the Burnhamthorpe Trail to Sawmill Valley Trail
South on Sawmill Valley Trail to Glen Erin Trail
East on Glen Erin Trail to Culham Trail
North on Culham Trail to Burnhamthorpe Trail
East on the Burnhamthorpe Trail Confederation Parkway
North on Confederation Parkway to City Centre Drive
East on City Centre Drive to Kariya Drive
South on Kariya Drive to Enfield Drive
West on Enfield Drive to Sussex Centre
Arrival time – 8:40 am
Ending point – Sussex Centre – 50 Burnhamthorpe Road West

Erin Mills Parkway/Burnhamthorpe to Sussex Centre
Contact: erick.begin@sympatico.ca to join the ride.
Map

Start time – 8:00 am
Starting point – Burnhamthorpe Trail at the North West corner of Erin Mill Parkway and Burnhamthorpe:
East on the Burnhamthorpe Trail Confederation Parkway
North on Confederation Parkway to City Centre Drive
East on City Centre Drive to Kariya Drive
South on Kariya Drive to Enfield Drive
West on Enfield Drive to Sussex Centre
Arrival time – 8:20 am
Ending point – Sussex Centre – 50 Burnhamthorpe Road West

The reverse is done at approximately 17:15

If you already ride your bike to work, why not invite others to join you. Email glenn@smartcommute.ca to have your Bike Friday route posted. In the subject line write “Bike Friday route” and in the body of the email say where you start your ride, the destination, the start time and an email address where interested riders can reach you to ride with you.

Visit Smart Commute Mississauga’s website for more information and to register yourself and your place of workin the “Take the Leaders Challenge”.

Please bookmark this page and check back frequently as we will be posting rides and event information as it becomes available.