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Transportation Issues Committee Publications

Angela with bike in the air.Some of our publication are available here.  To obtain a copy of a publication that is not on this website, please contact us at 902-429-0924.

Position Papers

EAC position on ATVs and trails
-March 3, 2010

Reports

Idleless (April, 2010):

This compendium of ways to reduce idling can be of use to anyone in municipal or provincial government and deals with education, policy and regulatory issues.  It provides the benefits and potential pitfalls of each “type” of intervention as well as examples of where the intervention has successfully been implemented.

Seniors on Board: Helping Older Adults become Familiar with Public Transit and Community Based Transportation Systems (March 2010):

Shifting to Sustainable Transportation: A Sustainable Transportation Framework for HRM [pdf, 6.5 MB]
(June 2009)

EAC's Proposed Amendments to HRM by Design (April, 2009)

Green Mobility Strategy [2.39 MB] (2008)

Green Mobility Strategy - Executive Summary [7.8 MB] (2008)

Opinion Pieces

Santa's Sustainable Transportation
December, 2008

Transportation Priorities for Sustainable Prosperity
Chronicle Herald December 2007

Putting Our Money Where Our Feet Are!
Chronicle Herald, May 2006

Public Transportation: More People Want to Go Along For the Ride
Chronicle Herald, Jan 2006

Do it all by walking the kids to school
Chronicle Herald, Sep 2005

Take a Deep Breath: You Can Make a Difference to Nova Scotia’s Smog Problem
Chronicle Herald, July 2005

Knocking the wind out of NS Smog Problem
Chronicle Herald, June  2005

Walking Uphill, Both Ways
Chronicle Herald, Sep 2004

E-Newsletters

Walking & Wheeling Quarterly
(this link will take you off the Ecology Action Centre website)
Walking & Wheeling Quarterly is an electronic publication of Pathways for People, a project of the Ecology Action Centre (www.ecologyaction.ca) in partnership with Nova Scotia Health Promotion and Protection and part of its Active Kids, Healthy Kids Physical Activity Strategy for Nova Scotia Its aim is to share information on active transportation (walking, biking, in-line skating, skateboarding, scootering, etc.) initiatives in Nova Scotia and beyond. Walking & Wheeling Quarterly is published four times per year in September, December, March and June. Submissions are due by the 15th of August, November, February and May. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the Ecology Action Centre or Nova Scotia Health Promotion.
 

Green Commuter
The Green Commuter is a biannual TRAX publication meant to share information with Nova Scotia businesses, organizations, and government departments on reducing the total number of commuting trips taken by employees.

 

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)