From the World Health Organization:
Jobs in Green and Healthy Transport
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From Agustin Louro:
Calgary City Council approves three cycle track routes
The public conversation was heated, but the public came out to support an initiative for three cycle tracks in the downtown and neighbouring community, Beltline. The vote was won 8-7, with all the inner city councillors in favour.the initiative in droves.
A grassroots campaign reached 2000 followers on Facebook in about a month, more than 70 local businesses came out in support, not to mention the local community associations, a local business revitalization zone (akin to Vancouver’s BIAs), some big-name building developers (including Vancouver’s own Ian Gillespie), Calgary Economic Development, the Chamber of Commerce, academics at the University of Calgary, Calgary’s and Alberta’s chief medical officers of health, the local Liberal and PC MLAs, and even an Olympian. The full list of endorsements is here.
The pilot is scheduled to open in 2015 and council will decide whether to make it permanent at the end of 2016.
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Award winners from this year’s Filmed by Bike Festival
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Call for bike movies for next year:
13th Annual Filmed by Bike – 2015
Selected films will be screened at the festival in Portland, Oregon. Submissions are restricted to 10 minutes or less. Bear in mind that Filmed by Bike is world-renowned for being a film festival of very short bike movies.
Deadline: January 20, 2015.
Details, submission forms and information here.
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