Ward 28 Toronto Centre-Rosedale

From the Waterfront Toronto public notice:

"Waterfront Toronto, the City of Toronto and the Toronto
Transit Commission are developing a plan to revitalize the Lower Don
Lands and create a vibrant, mixed use, sustainable community that
embraces and respects a newly naturalized and flood-protected mouth of
the Don River.

For those who consider canoeing a form of active transportation too oft
overlooked, there's an exhibit currently showing at Arcadia Gallery at
680 Queen's Quay West that you may want to check out. It documents a
canoe ride across Toronto from northwest to southeast that took place
over 10 days last summer, accompanied each day by a different
co-paddler. The gallery is open on Sat/Sun afternoons and closes next
weekend.

In reaction to the above news item, a new advocacy group has formed.
They will hold a meeting of interested citizens to improve the project
as it moves through the EA process. At this first meeting they will
vote on a group name, determine a list of project goals and plan an
interactive web presence.

First meeting of Gardiner Takedown Advocacy Group
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 7pm (St. Patrick's Day)
Metro Hall room 303 (southeast corner of John & King)

For more information contact: Roger Brook 416 538-1285 or Green22@sympatico.ca

Mark your calendars for May 28th in Toronto. The Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation and the Clean Air Partnership are pleased to once again host this one-day event.

The Novotel Toronto Centre is providing a special rate of $129 per night until May 1st for Bike Month participants. If you are coming to Toronto from out of town to attend the Bike Summit on May 28th or the St. Lawrence Criterium on May 29th, the Novotel is the place to be.

The Bike Summit is just around the corner. Registration is almost full and excitement is building about this unique event that happens just once a year in Toronto.

The Bike Summit is taking place on May 28, 2009 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Novotel Toronto Centre in downtown Toronto.

The second annual Bike Summit on Thursday May 28th 2009 was a great success. Again this year, despite a bigger venue, this one-day bicycle policy conference sold out in advance. About 220 registrants representing government, the private sector, non-profit organizations and the general public were in attendance. The purpose of the day was to share best practices and challenges in implementing bicycle policy, research, technical designs and advocacy campaigns.

Waterfront Toronto and the City of Toronto are jointly undertaking a major study to determine the future of the eastern portion of the elevated Gardiner Expressway and Lake Shore Boulevard from approximately Lower Jarvis Street to just east of the Don Valley Parkway at Logan Avenue.

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UPDATE: Kaj Mook, Director, NS OV-Fiets (Bike Share), Dutch Railways, is back by popular demand after speaking at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. He will be delivering a public lecture as a Complete Streets Forum special pre-conference event at Hart House at the University of Toronto, April 22 from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm. Please see the attached flyer for more details. Forum registrants attend free.

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As announced in today's TCAT Special Events, there are only TWO WEEKS left to register for the Complete Streets Forum being held on April 23, 2010 at Fairmont Royal York in Toronto with pre-conference activities taking place on April 22, 2010 at various locations.