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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. [...]

Burnhamthorpe Bridge SHOWCASE Event

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 [...]

Cycling Master Plan Public Presentation - April 19th, 2010

There will be a public review period for Volume 1 – Cycling Master Plan and a Public Information Session (including presentation) on Monday, April 19, 2010 @ 7-9 p.m. at Noel Ryan Auditorium, Central Library, 301 Burnhamthorpe Road West (map).

The presentation begins at 7:30 p.m. Click here for POSTER.

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The Middle Road: Cycling a Better Way

As the City puts the finishing touches on its Cycling Master Plan, cyclists are holding their collective breath in anticipation. Through public consultations the past year, residents have consistently identified one cycling priority above all others — connectivity. [...]

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 [...]

Consider This: From Speedway to Heed-way

Meadowvale residents of Mockingbird Lane in Ward 10 are understandably disturbed by the recurring incidents of speeding cars on their residential street. On April 9, 2009 Mississauga News reported a speeding BMW lost control and slammed into a house. Fortunately no one was killed – this time.

When this lane was built, I’m sure there [...]

Unoffical Results of Cycling Survey

The City of Mississauga with iTrans conducted a survey from January until September 2008 to obtain opinions about cycling in Mississauga. Preliminary results of the survey have been released,

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The Transportation Food Chain

Some cyclists tend to complain to no end about dangerous car drivers, but what about those same cyclists’ cavalier attitude around pedestrians? Welcome to the transportation food chain where bicycles tend to be caught right in the middle. [...]

Mobility Without Borders on Transportation Innovation

Featured in the presentation are ways to escape from inefficient transportation planning. It lays out better structures than the “just build bigger roads” mentality that has overtaken the greater Mississauga area over the last few decades.

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A Step in the Right Direction

Globe and Mail – Communities around the world are reacquainting their citizens with the joys of walking and cycling. Can cities in climate-challenged Canada get off car-free as well? [...]