Hurontario / Main Street Study Public Information

In June 2009 there will be two key Public Information Centre gatherings in Mississauga and Brampton to present findings and gather information from the public. This study goes beyond just putting in an efficient rapid transit corridor, but rather to create a “beautiful street…featuring expanded mobility, vibrant economic activity, and liveable, mixed-use neighbourhoods, integrated with the transporation infrastructure”. This definitely sounds like a streetscape that demands safe bicycle traffic.

The study aims to discover what the defining characteristics will be of the corridor and how it will evolve over time. As the City of Mississauga has been discovering, it is more difficult to retrofit anything into an established street as compared to either building it in right away or including room for its evolution over time. Mississauga Cycling is commited to show that cycling is an important part of the overall equation. Whether the target is better mobility, economic, environmental, health or social outcomes, cycling meets those goals; and it meets them well.

We want to encourage you to take time from your busy schedules to attend these Public Information Centres. Showing a ground-swell of public support is the best way to see cycling become an integral role in these new exciting plans and not just an after-thought that would take many more years to retrofit into the infrastructure.

MCAC hopes to see you out there; maybe even coming out there on your bicycles?

For more information on the Hurontario / Main Street Study, visit their web site at www.hurontario-main.ca

If you are not able to make it out to these sessions, consider showing your support by posting your comments on the official Hurontario / Main Street Facebook page.

Mississauga

Wednesday, June 10
5:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Mississauga Civic Centre, Great Hall
200 City Centre Drive

Brampton

Wednesday, June 17
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
City Hall Atrium
2 Wellington Street West