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News for Spring 2012

Active Transportation planning in Welland

This spring I was invited to Welland Ontario to assist in strategizing for improved walking and cycling.

North Bay Examines its Built Environment and the Impacts on Health

Thanks to HC Link & the Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition and the Healthy Communities team in North Bay. Read more . . .

Building Healthy Communities Conference St. Johns Newfoundland 

December 2011, Key Note Speaker,  Link

CBC's Here and Now news coverage of conference

Tools for Change conference

November 2011, Presenter at , "Big Hearts, Small Budgets: Effective Advocacy for Non profits and Citizen Groups in Planning Disputes", Toronto Link

Walk21 Vancouver

Walk21 Vancouver,  Presenting "Drums, Dots and Drawings" a metaphor for bringing participants into a process, enabling them to share priorities and then moving into action for design improvements. Link

Thanks to OHCC, SRCHC for support.

Official Plan Policy Reviews

We just completed a review of 10 Niagara Municipal Official Plans to see how these policies can best support cycling and walking. Paul just finished a draft of an active transportation guide for future official plan work in the Region. Report is available HERE

Linking the Don Valley Trail to Communities and Destinations

Last summer Paul worked with a number of enthusiastic trail user groups, The Toronto Cyclists Union, Evergreen Brickworks and the City of Toronto to host a workshop to improve connections to and from the trail.

Report is available HERE

Georgian Bay Active Transportation Strategy

In the Spring of 2011, Paul conducted a day long workshop to set out strategic directions for Active Transportation in the Township of Georgian Bay.

Planning and Engineering Professionals Workshop on Accelerating Supports for Active Transportation in Niagara Region

Paul coordinated a workshop and drafted a report outlining key action steps for Niagara professionals. A summit is planned for late 2011. Stay tuned . . .  The report and other informative presentations from the workshop are available HERE.