September 18th, 2007
Bikes Belong in Ontario
By Tammy Thorne // 2 Comments
The Bicycle Trade Association of Canada (BTAC), with the ThinkFirst Foundation of Canada, an organization dedicated to preventing brain and spinal cord injury through education, is holding a media conference in Toronto at Sweet Pete's Bike Shop, on Thursday. The groups will be discussing: the release of the "Bikes belong in Ontario!" policy platform, support for the proposal of provincial investment in municipal cycling infrastructure and an Ontario PST exemption on bicycles and bicycle helmets, and explaining how the bicycle is the healthiest, most environmentally friendly and efficient means of urban transportation available to Ontarians.
WHAT: Release of "Bikes belong in Ontario!" policy platform
WHERE: Sweet Pete's Bike Shop, 1204 Bloor Street West (on the north side, 2 blocks west of Dufferin)
WHEN: Thursday, September 20, 2007, 11 AM
WHO: Rob White, BTAC Vice-President, Dr. Charles Tator, ThinkFirst Foundation of Canada President,Pete Lilly, Sweet Pete's Bike Shop and BTAC Director
The Bicycle Trade Association of Canada (BTAC) is the national voice of cycling in Canada and the hub of the Canadian bicycle industry. BTAC advocates, builds partnerships, promotes trade and commerce and seeks to motivate, unit and inspire Canadians to make bicycling the pre-eminent form of transportation and recreation in Canada. See www.btac.org for more information.
Photo courtesy of/crossposted to I Bike TO
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The Liberals gave maybe $500 million last year to the four-wheeled typewriter makers - we should rebrand the province Ontcario. Funny how the smog alert seems to be near-provincial in scope too...
About time the bike trade took the lead, since we know governments won't! They should get ads on TV like the Dutch ones, to make cycling look cooler than driving (which it is!): http://clevercycles.com/?p=180
Support SweetPete's, too. One of a half-dozen good bikeshops in this city.
Comment by Aidan
September 18, 2007 | 7:55 pm