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Are you cycling in the winter?

  • Occasionally in optimal conditions (31%, 55 Votes)
  • Yes (27%, 48 Votes)
  • No (24%, 43 Votes)
  • Only indoors on a trainer/exercise bike (13%, 22 Votes)
  • I want to but don't yet have a plan (5%, 8 Votes)

Total Voters: 176

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Pilot Project: Green Pavement Marking

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The City of Mississauga is testing a green pavement marking that will make the north-bound bike lane at the intersection of Dundas Street West and Mississauga Road much more noticeable. The test lane marking was installed in August 2011 and will be monitored over the coming months for effectiveness and durability. MCAC would be [...]

Sharrows are Showing Up!

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Riders on the 2011 Tour de Mississauga will have noticed sections of the routes where sharrows were installed. The Tour is always an excellent opportunity to highlight new cycling infrastructure including these ‘shared lane’ pavement markings. In 2011, new sharrows were added as part of upgrades to City Centre Drive, for instance. At left: A [...]

Record number of riders in 2011 Tour de Mississauga

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NOTE: The 5th annual Tour de Mississauga will take place on Sunday, September 16, 2012. See you then!

MCAC volunteers are busy debriefing and reviewing the considerable input coming in following the 4th annual Tour de Mississauga which took place on Sunday, September 18. We so appreciate hearing your comments to help us improve and [...]

Ride the Tour… Ride the Earth

Put your old bikes to good use

Donate your old bikes at the Tour de Mississauga!

Many cyclists have an old bike or two in their garage, and often the question is how to get rid of them in an appropriate way.

There is an organization called Ride the Earth Cycles, located in the Niagara Region, which is dedicated to helping youth [...]

Tour de Mississauga 2011

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The 4th annual Tour takes place on Sunday, September 18, 2011 and will introduce cyclists to the best off-road trails and on-road bike routes available throughout the north-east quadrant of the City, starting and ending at the newly renovated Mississauga Celebration Square. Click for full-sized POSTER.

SPECIAL NOTE TO ALL CYCLISTS, September 15 at 11:59 [...]

Bike To Work Day 2011 – May 30th

Smart Commute Mississauga (click for all details) and the Mississauga Cycling Advisory Committee invite you to participate in the 5th Annual Bike to Work Day on Monday, May 30, 2011. In conjunction with these two groups, the City of Mississauga will be hosting a pancake breakfast event from 8-10 a.m. at the Living Arts [...]

Bridging the Credit River gap

Who: Mississauga cycling citizens. What: QEW Credit River Bridge Study When: Saturday, March 5, 2011 Where: Huron Park Recreation Centre, Ojibway A Room, 830 Paisley Blvd W, Mississauga, Ontario (click for map). Why? We need your voice to be heard on this one! The QEW Credit River Bridge Environmental Assessement is a very significant infrastructure [...]

A “Re-Cycled” Christmas Tree in Sydney

Cyclists the world over are intrigued by the recycled Bicycle Christmas Tree which has been created in Sydney, Au

stralia, near the famous Opera House. A MCAC member asked a contact there to send us on-the-spot photos, including detail showing how the tree was constructed. Click here for the amazing photos.

There are many [...]

Cycling tour hits the city

On tour. Riders taking part in the Tour de Mississauga make their way north on Tenth Line this morning after starting their ride at Streetsville Memorial Park. There were various lengths of rides including a 25-kilometre family ride as well as 60 and 100K rides for avid cyclists who were up for a challenge. [...]

Bicycles boost Mississauga

Bridges are a favourite metaphor for MCAC. Bike bridges close gaps and with them, bicycles become the ultimate shortcut to where you want to be.

This City may have been designed around the car (hey, it was the seventies), but the cycling retrofit is happening and MCAC is advocating hard for soonest implementation. The citizens want this, as shown during the Strategic Plan visioning exercise and the Cycling Master Plan, and Council gets it. [...]

Vote with your Wheels

City cycling plan. Jeff Wachman, left, chair of the Mississauga Cycling Advisory Committee, and John Sabiston, another member of the committee, are keen to have the City’s cycling masterplan implemented. Torstar photo

By participating in the Tour de Mississauga (register here), you help to show the importance of cycling in our City. MCAC is [...]

2010 Tour de Mississauga poster

The MCAC spent considerable (volunteer) time designing the 2010 Tour Poster. We hope it conveys the inclusive nature of the event: young and older, recreational and commuter, athletic and not so much…. anyone with a bike (or more) in their garage. The green colour conveys the environmental and natural trails component. The variety of bikes [...]