Paths for People News (February 2020)

WINTER CYCLING MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

Pairing seasoned winter cyclists with novices

We're teaming up with Bike Edmonton to match Edmontonians who have winter cycling experience with folks who want to give it a try.

It’s free.

HOW IT WORKS:

PANEL AND MEET-N-GREET SESSION
Friday, February 28 (7-9pm)
Bike Edmonton South Community Workshop

Seasoned winter-cyclists will cover the how-tos in a panel discussion. Then the mentors will be paired with novice winter-cyclists to answer any questions and problem solve one-on-one.
KNOWLEDGE SHARING
February 28-March 13

A month for the new winter cyclists to try out what they heard and learned at the panel session. They have a chance to ask questions and get insights from their mentor via email over the month.
GROUP RIDE
Saturday, March 14 (11am-12pm)
Meet at the Bike Edmonton South Community Workshop

A one-hour group ride with all the mentors and mentees.

WHAT YOU NEED TO PARTICIPATE:

must be 18+
have a working bike
be willing to commit to the five hours needed to complete the program

SIGN-UP:

Be a Mentor

Learn from a Mentor

ACTIVE PLACES

Spaces supporting Edmontonians to use active transportation

Each month in 2020, Paths for People is spotlighting an organization, business or group who's making it a little easier for Edmontonians to get into active transportation.

ENBRIDGE CENTRE

With the redevelopment of the century-old Kelly and Ramsey buildings into the Enbridge Centre, the 25-story LEED® Gold Certified office building integrated facilities to support active transportation:

BIKE SHARE

Enbridge Centre tenants can sign-out a bike for use downtown between 8am-6pm, Monday-Friday. There are 8 bikes available for use between May and October each year.

The Bike Share Program is free for all building tenants (they just need to complete a waiver).

This program is designed to encourage the use of the bike lanes in the downtown core. Each bike has an integrated lock to secure the bike while out on the town.

INDOOR BIKE LOCK-UP

A secure, indoor bike locker located in the building parkade. It’s 100% secure and accessible only with a programmed key card.

It costs $20/month to use.

The bike room also has bike repair station, lockers, showers and towel service.

There are 212 people currently using the bike room and its facilities.

Active Transportation supports at Enbridge Centre

Nominate a Business

SPEED CHANGE

Creating an inclusively designed and regulated transportation system

At the Community and Public Services Committee on February 26, the City of Edmonton has the opportunity to finally move forward on new data-driven, evidence-based speed limit regulations to help achieve Vision Zero goals.

TWO PROPOSALS:

a blanket speed-limit reduction, from 50km/h to 40km/h, on residential and collector streets (city administration proposed).
reducing the speed-limit to 30km/h on residential streets inside core neighbourhoods but to also leave the speed at 40km/h on residential streets outside this zone (aka #YEGCoreZone).

We believe a residential speed limit of 50 kph is not acceptable for any Edmontonians and the best option is a city-wide residential limit of 30 kph.

P4P's perspective on Speed Limit Changes

HOW TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR LOWER SPEED LIMITS:

Share your support to social
Post on your social media
Connect with your ward councillor
Email your Councillor and tell them you support reduced speed limits
Speak at council
If you'd like to register to speak on February 26, sign-up here

You can connect with YEGCoreZone's Julie Kusiek at liveablestreetsedmonton@gmail.com to coordinate your main message as council prefers less repetition from speakers

WHAT WE'RE READING

Local, national and international articles on active transportation

New website unveiled to measure impact of reduced speed limits in Edmonton
CBC Edmonton

Free walker clinic for Edmonton’s needy
CityNews

Edmonton diner adds carbon footprint info to menu — and red meat is the worst offender
CBC Edmonton

Money cars make your life more expensive, even if you don't have one
VICE

Does more parking bring more business?
LocalLogic

How urban design affects mental health
CBC

Bike safety in Edmonton: the push for new road rules
Global News

Ministers to agree new global road safety agenda to 2030
World Health Organization

Tipping the scales toward child friendly cities
Playgroundology

How underused car parks are being transformed
The Guardian

Oslo saw zero pedestrian and cyclist deaths in 2019. Here’s how the city did it.
Curbed

Nine keys to safe downtown streets
Strong Towns

OPPORTUNITIES

Active-transportation-related events, resources + research

Stadium Yards Presents The Cut

Rohit Group of Companies is kicking off the construction of Stadium Yards, a mixed-use transit-oriented urban district next to Commonwealth Stadium. To launch the area Rohit is presenting a competition called The Cut for supporting unique commercial tenants for Edmonton’s newest core community.

Meet the 5 finalists as they pitch their small business idea to our panel of experts in front of a live theatre audience. Each candidate will have 10-minutes to present their concepts.

Thursday, February 20
7-10pm
Triffo Theatre

It's free.

The Cut details

Bike Repair 101

In this hands-on workshop, participants will gain confidence and save money by doing simple repairs as well as preventing expensive parts from wearing out.

Friday, March 6
6:30-9:30pm
Bike Edmonton South Community Workshop

$35-$45

Bike Repair 101 registration

City Dreamers Film Screening

See City Dreamers, a Canadian film spotlighting four trailblazing women who have shaped cities across North America and Europe for more than 70 years.

For the most part still active, Phyllis Lambert, Blanche Lemco van Ginkel, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander and Denise Scott Brown hold the titles of architect, urban planner, landscape architect, educator and/or activist.

Monday, March 9
6-9pm
Metro Cinema

$15

Film Screening information