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This is a MIME message. If you are reading this text, you may want to consider changing to a mail reader or gateway that understands how to properly handle MIME multipart messages. --=_E5BFFAB9.A5C4AA62 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline The HRM Bikeway Taskforce is organizing a special workshop on all aspects = of bicycle planning with James Mackay, Professional Engineer and Bicycle = and Pedestrian Planner for the City and County of Denver since 1991. = Denver has twice been recognized by Bicycling Magazine as one of the "Top = Ten Cities for Bicycling" in North America. The League of American = Bicyclists has also named Denver as a "Bicycle Friendly Community". This = is an excellent opportunity for Halifax bicycle planners and advocates to = find out what it takes to make bicycle friendly cities "happen". =20 When: Monday June 25th, 2001 Time: 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm (approximately) Place: Halifax Hall, City Hall (Grand Parade) Agenda:=20 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Presentation on Bike bridge overpasses and underpasses= =20 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Bicycle City tour with James Mackay - bring your = bike! This is an opportunity to take a closer look at what works and what = doesn't in our city, and how others have dealt with similar challenges. = =20 Please e-mail totak@region.halifax.ns.ca to let me know if you plan to = attend, and invite anyone you think may be interested in this workshop. = =20 Kasia Tota Traffic and Transportation Services James Mackay=20 A Professional Engineer, James is the secretary of the Bicycle Technical Committee of the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (NCUTCD). Previously, James was the Bicycle Facilities Engineer = for the North Carolina Department of Transportation Bicycle Program. A = graduate of Southern Illinois University, James is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers Human Powered Transportation Committee.=20 James has an extensive background in bicycling having done several bike tours, including riding coast to coast across Canada in 1980. An = avid bike commuter for over 30 years, James is presently involved with projects to make Denver "bicycle-friendly" such as bike lanes, bike routes, bike trails, bike parking, etc. James has been involved with many organizations including: =B7 Colorado Bicycling Advisory Board=20 =B7 Chairman of the Pedestrian/Bicycle Advisory Committee at the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) and serving on the DRCOG Metrovision 2020 Task Force and the DRCOG Transportation Policy Committee =B7 Safety Chairman of the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation =B7 Chair of the Illinois State Chapter of the Rails to Trails Conservancy= =20 =B7 Co-Chair of North Carolina Rails to Trails =B7 Board member of the North Carolina Trails Association=20 =B7 Board member of the Raleigh, North Carolina Environmental Quality = Advisory Board=20 =09 --=_E5BFFAB9.A5C4AA62 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Received: from halnet11.region.halifax.ns.ca ([1.1.1.11]) by region.halifax.ns.ca; Thu, 14 Jun 2001 16:04:42 -0300 Received: id QAA01789; Thu, 14 Jun 2001 16:02:53 -0300 Received: by gateway id 3CD81164FB; Thu, 14 Jun 2001 16:03:49 -0300 (ADT) Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 16:03:49 -0300 (ADT) From: Wayne Groszko <groszko@atm.dal.ca> X-Sender: groszko@Sleet To: tic@chebucto.ns.ca Cc: totak@region.halifax.ns.ca Subject: bridge bikeway - presentation to council Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0106141545230.19304-100000@Sleet> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Tuesday, June 19, 2001, at 6 pm: Wayne Groszko will present to HRM Council the petition calling for Macdonald Bridge Bikeway access to be improved. We have over 300 names already. If you want to support this effort, you can do the following: -If you have copies of the petition with names on them, please take them to EAC or get them to Wayne before Tuesday. -If you want to sign the petition and have not done so, please sign it before Monday -If you have time Tuesday evening, you can attend the HRM Council meeting to hear the presentation - it makes a difference when the room is packed and councillors see that people care about this issue. -If you want to express your support more explicitly, you can write a letter to your municipal councillor. If you don't know who your councillor is, or you want a sample letter, call/email Wayne. -Finally, you can spread the word about the presentation and these possible actions, to other people you think would be interested. Wayne Groszko groszko@atm.dal.ca 902 429 0787 (home) 902 426 1401 (office) --=_E5BFFAB9.A5C4AA62-- -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- The preceding message was posted on Sustainable Maritimes (sust-mar) -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- A word from our technicians ... Many subscribers have limited space for incoming email. Please remember to limit the SIZE of your message. Messages longer than 10K cannot be posted. CCN users cannot read messages written in html, or with other bells and whistles. Please send messages to sust-mar in basic TEXT format. Finally, please respect the privacy of others. Sust-mar messages are seen by a lot of people and are accessible in our archives to anyone in the world. Therefore, if you are forwarding a message that was sent to you, please delete the names of other recipients before forwarding to sust-mar. 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