LAUNCHING: #15MinCity Challenge!
Join PFP and ParticipAction to get active and explore your community over the next two weeks.
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Get active and explore your neighbourhood by participating in our #15MinCity Challenge. During the weeks of June 15-20 and June 22-27, we’ll challenge you to find specific objects within a 15-minute walk, roll, bike, or transit ride from your house.
Upload a selfie or photo of you (and your crew) at the locations to enter into our prize draw. You’ll be eligible to win a $50 gift card to a local business of your choice within your 15-Minute City.
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Follow our social media for more information, updates, and highlights of entries throughout the contest!
Twitter: @pathsforppl
Instagram: @pathsforpeople
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ATTEND OUR SUMMER WEBINAR SERIES!
Learn about new active transportation related student research
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Over the summer of 2021, Paths for People will be presenting several webinars showcasing student research related to active transportation. Below are the details for three of these webinars:
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Big Idea #1: A Vision for Spoke-tacular Public Bike Share
Date: Tuesday, June 22, 7-8PM
Presenters: Emily Wu, Janika Sumaylo, Kelly Chen, Landon McArthur
University of Alberta School of Urban and Regional Planning Students will present research on best practices for bike share systems and discuss their findings for implementing a public bike share system in Edmonton. This is based on a studio project guided by Paths for People and the Tomorrow Foundation.
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Big Idea #2: Celebrating Winter: Place and Placemaking in Winter Cities
Date: Tuesday, June 29, 7-8PM
Presenter: Madeleine Stout
Winter cities are weather places: the weather has a particularly profound effect on our experience of winter cities, and in turn winter cities have a profound effect on our experience of weather. Experiences of and negative attitudes towards winter can be improved with planning and policy that is attentive to the specifics of winter and place. Winter festivals, in particular, seek to tell authentic winter stories and are sites of winter celebration.
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Big Idea #3: Saskatchewan Crossing: A Proposal for Pedestrian Mobility Across Garneay
Date: Tuesday, July 20, 7-8PM
Presenter: Jared Althouse
Considering the multidirectional intersection at 109 Street and Saskatchewan Drive, this presentation will highlight how the space is currently navigated by all modes of transportation, as well as potential solutions for future innovation. Highlighting features to restructure this essential intersection can support efficient and safe uses for all modes of transportation in the future.
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FUTURE OF WHYTE AVE SURVEY
In collaboration with local community leagues
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Community Leagues along Whyte Avenue have partnered with Paths for People to develop a strong community vision for what Whyte Avenue's public realm (sidewalk, roadway, parks, and intersections) could look like as this street evolves.
Eventually Whyte Avenue will be completely refurbished. Transforming Whyte into a true Main Street will be vital for local community vibrancy and Edmonton as a whole! We want to work together to identify this vision for a Main Street in our community.
Let us know what you think of the Whyte Avenue corridor and what its future should look like through this survey, open June 10 to July 31, 2021.
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Image sourced from Global News.
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WHAT WE'RE READING
Local, national, & international articles on active transportation:
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OPPORTUNITIES
Active transportation related events, resources, + research
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Taking It to the Streets from Edmonton Folk Music Festival
"We're excited to announce Taking it to the Streets, bringing 40+ concerts from the hill to the streets of Edmonton. Made possible with the generous support of Epcor’s Heart+Soul Fund."
Applications are open for hosting a free street concert on your street. Further information is below!
Application Deadline: June 30, 2021
Festival: Throughout July and August
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Fruit Loop Augmented Reality Pride Tour
The Fruit Loop Society of Alberta is an Edmonton-based, volunteer-led non-profit social enterprise that provides inclusive events, dynamic social media, and special initiatives for Alberta’s LGBTQ2S+ community.
"By combining your personal mobile device with our treasure map, you will self-navigate to ten locations in the heart of Edmonton that showcase our diverse community's past, present, and future. With over 50 performers and speakers this will be an immersive outdoor tour available to anyone with a sense of adventure."
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Moving to a Low Carbon Future - Digital Seminar
Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues is bringing together speakers from local organizations to discuss topics around low-carbon transportation. Short presentations will be followed by group discussions in breakout rooms. Topics include:
- electric vehicles (EVs)
- active transportation
- infrastructure and public policy relating to low carbon transportation
July 10, 1pm - 3:30pm
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