Transportation Events

International Walk to School Month: October
Schools and groups can register and qualify to win prizes.

Making Tracks Skate Pass® Skateboarding Safety "Train-the-Trainer" Session in HRM October 22, 2010 (Citadel Community Centre, 1-5pm)  Learn the Making Tracks Skate Pass® program to offer children at your school, community centre or recreation centre. Aimed at recreation/community centre staff, teachers, or potential high school aged youth mentors. For more information on Making Tracks visit www.saferoutesns.ca and click on the "Making Tracks" logo.  To register please contact Jennifer McGowan, Community Advisor, Active & Safe Routes to School at 442-5055 or email.

September 2010 TIC meeting set for September 13
Since the first Monday in September is a holiday, the Transportation Issues Committee meeting will be held at 5:30 at EAC on Monday, September 13 instead.

Past Events:

Driven to Excess: September 28, 2009 

We all know the environmental and physical benefits of reducing car use, but what about the social benefits of decreasing congestion? How does it affect our relations with our neighbors? On Monday, September 28th, Josh Hart spoke to the EAC about his research following the social interactions of residents of three different streets in Bristol, England.

Check out the "Driven to Excess" website at www.driventoexcess.org for more information on Josh Hart's study, which suggests that "residents on busy streets have less than one quarter the number of local friends compared to those living on similar streets with little traffic."

 

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)