Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Free Walk and Bike Tranportation Workshop


Free Workshop on Tuesday , January 13th 6:30 - 9:30 Tom Davies Square
featuring Gil Penalosa, of Walk and Bike for Life.

Gil was the commissioner of Parks, Sport and Recreation for Bogata Colombia and successfully opened 91 kilometers of car-free city roads on Sundays, the Ciclovia, where over 1.5 million people come out weekly to walk, run, skate and bike.

He also re-designed the master plan for Simon Bolivar Park (360 hectares),designed and built three metropolitan parks, 15 zone parks, 150 neighborhood parks.

The Walk & Bike for Life is a Canadian based non- profit organization that champions Trail development and healthy communities including Car Free days, bike sharing programs and complete streets putting Pedestrians in the center of urban city planning and downtown renewal.

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