On Oct 11, 2012, TCAT released its latest backgrounder, The Economic Impacts of Active Transportation. This backgrounder discusses some of the economic impacts related to walking and cycling within an urban environment, in terms of impacts on businesses and real estate, personal and public finances, and indirect impacts such as health and productivity.
Other Documents
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October 2012
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July 2012
On July 5, 2012 TCAT launched the Complete Streets for Canada Policy and Design Hub made possible by generous funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
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March 2012
With funding from the Toronto Community Foundation, TCAT produced Complete Streets by Design: Toronto streets redesigned for all ages and abilities to show how six Toronto streets could look and feel redesigned as Complete Streets.
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January 2012
A short promotional video of highlights from the Complete Streets Forum in 2011 organized by the Toronto Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT). Each year TCAT holds an active transportation forum (Bike Summit 2008 and 2009, Complete Streets Forum 2010 and 2011) in Toronto, Ontario Canada that is attended by hundreds of registrants. The video is edited by Chris Beaver with a soundtrack featuring an original song written and performed by the Canadian band The Geese.
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January 2012
In response to the City of Toronto's renewed interest in off-road path construction, TCAT has developed a backgrounder on Designing Off-Road Paths for Pedestrians and Cyclists. This backgrounder is the second in TCAT's backgrounder series, the first of which focused on Bikeway Options currently under consideration in Toronto.
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September 2011
Bikeways are facilities designated for use by bicycles that are designed to increase the safety and comfort of cyclists and make cycling a more attractive mode of transportation. Studies show that cycling facilities can greatly increase levels of bicycle commuting and that bike trips are more likely to be made where bikeways exist.
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July 2011
Complete Streets are safe, comfortable and convenient for travel by foot, bicycle, transit and automobile. Finding the right balance isn’t easy though and some streets work better than others. TCAT's Complete Streets walk highlights bicycle and pedestrian innovation in Toronto’s downtown core. Providing for cyclists and pedestrians are critical elements of complete streets.
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December 2009
Spacing Radio April 2009 podcast features New York City Commissioner of Transportation Janette Sadik-Khan, Fred Sztabinski, formerly of TCAT, and Nancy Smith Lea, TCAT's Program Director.
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December 2009
In Nov 2009 the Landscape Architect Quarterly “Ground” published an article written by landscape architect and health promoter Paul Young describing some of the work underway between health professionals and planners to promote active transportation infrastructure through participatory processes, including the work of TCAT. The full article can be found on page 24.
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December 2009
Roger Geller, Bicycle Coordinator, Portland, Oregon powerpoint presentation given on Oct 21/09 at "Livable Streets: Rethinking Urban Transportation" public forum, Centre for Social Innovation.
