Active Transportation

ADAPT

ADAPT is a loose organization of 45 physicians with no formal governance structure. Members are like-minded physicians who care about the impact of the built environment on public health. There are two types of members - active and passive.

Active members are
promoting active transportation through their own individual efforts, attending ADAPT meetings and engaging in discussion with fellow
members by e-mail; passive members are individuals who receive
information by e-mail, but do not come to meetings and
contribute less often to e-mail discussions. ADAPT is more of a networking tool than a specific program or project. 

ADAPT’s priority is to emphasize publicly that physicians see environmental health as an integral part of personal health, specifically as environmental health pertains to the built environment and active transportation; to publicly promote active transportation as one of the top healthcare and environment-care initiatives; and to identify and address obstacles to active transportation. ADAPT achieves these priorities through communication, education and
advocacy. Specifically, ADAPT uses a list-serve to network and share best practices with fellow physicians and uses letter writing and media to achieve advocacy.

In 2010, ADAPT will focus on both practice-related issues and community-related issues.

Active Transportation Advisory Committee

The Active Transportation Advisory Committee is a Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) committee.  Its mandate is to advise Regional Council on all matters relating to active transportation in Halifax Regional Municipality, using the HRM Active Transportation Plan as a guide. 

HRM Bike Week

Bike Week takes place the first week of June every year. The goal of the event is to encourage as many HRM residents as possible to ride their bicycles during the week for any reason - transportation, recreation, creative expression, sport, etc... Bike Week is a celebratory, community driven event that encourages people of all ages and abilities to be more active in their daily lives. TRAX participates as an organizer with the HRM Bike Week Committee.

 

 

Transportation Issues Committee

Phone:
ASRTS: (902) 442-5055
TRAX: (902) 429-0924
For Bike Again inquiries, please call our main line at 429-2202.

Fax: (902) 405-3716

The Transportation Issues Committee meets on the first Monday of every month at 5:30pm. We welcome new members. Get involved today!

*please note: there will be no TIC meeting in August, and the September meeting will be postponed until the second Monday of the month (September 13)