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Cycling Advocacy in Ontario Presentation by the Share the Road Cycling Coalition What We Do ADVO C AC Y BUIL D C APAC IT Y C HANG E C O NVERSAT IO N Provincial Advocacy 2 private members bills Teach the Reach Doored but Not


  1. Cycling Advocacy in Ontario Presentation by the Share the Road Cycling Coalition

  2. What We Do ADVO C AC Y BUIL D C APAC IT Y C HANG E C O NVERSAT IO N

  3. Provincial Advocacy • 2 private members bills • Teach the Reach • Doored but Not Ignored • 350+ signatures on Teach the Reach petition • 6 letters written to provincial officials • 10 Ministers & Members of Provincial Parliament attended the Ontario Bike Summit • E-Scooter pilot with 24 km/h maximum speed

  4. Events & Outreach • Greg’s Ride & Ontario Bike Summit • 19 elected officials on bike rides • 24 delegations to councils & conference presentations • 120+ participants on policy consultation call • 25,000+ bike lights distributed

  5. Bicycle Friendly Communities

  6. What is advocacy? Seeking change • Supporting, promoting or defending a cause of • proposal Shaping social and political outcomes • Influencing decision making • Active, not passive • Not limited to legislation • (No rth Caro lina S tate Unive rsity Philanthro py Jo urnal)

  7. Levels of advocacy Municipal / Regional • Provincial • Federal •

  8. Levels of advocacy Municipal / Regional • By-laws • Municipal roads • Planning & Land Use • Infrastructure funding • Local police • Provincial • Highway Traffic Act • Infrastructure funding • Planning & Land Use • Provincial roads • Ontario Provincial Police • Federal • Vehicle safety standards • Criminal code • Infrastructure funding •

  9. Levels of advocacy Municipal / Regional • Cycling Advisory Committees • Membership-based advocacy organizations • Provincial • Share the Road Cycling Coalition • Ontario Cycling Association • Ontario By Bike • Waterfront Regeneration Trust • Federal • Canada Bikes • Cycling Canada • Trans Canada Trail •

  10. Discussion Advocacy Priorities

  11. Advocacy Priorities • Infrastructure Funding • Public transit, trails, etc. • E-mobility • Regulation of e-bicycles & e-scooters • Progress on cycling education • Provincial curriculum standard • Support for instructors & coordinators • Vision Zero • Eliminating dooring • Rules of the road • Clarification about cycling two-abreast

  12. Bike Club Advocacy • Invite your MPP on a bike ride • Participate in Greg’s Ride on September 20 th • Become a Bicycle Friendly Community • Support cycling advocacy in Ontario

  13. Thank you!

  14. Resources & Links Teach the Reach petition: • www.maritstiles.ca/teach_the_reach_petition Sign up for Share the Road newsletter: • https://bit.ly/3bkjh9o Share the Road website • www.sharetheroad.ca

  15. Greg’s Ride – September 20 th

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