Cool Captain Climate Appears At Queen Elizabeth For International Walk To School Day

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Encouraging students—and parents—to move towards more sustainable modes of transportation isn’t easy, but this Wednesday (October 5th) at 8:30 a.m., many will be inspired to change their commuting habits as part of International Walk to School Day.

Students from Queen Elizabeth Public School will arrive at school using sustainable modes of transportation, such as by bus, walking, biking, rollerblading or skateboarding.

They will be greeted by Cool Captain Climate, who will be providing musical entertainment for those in attendance. Later, the students will take part in a celebratory march around the school.

"We hope that International Walk to School Day will inspire students to get to school in more eco-friendly means like biking or walking," says Johanna Hart, of Peterborough Green-Up in a release. "Not only will our environment benefit by having less pollution added to our air, but the students themselves benefit by moving around and being active on their daily commute to school."

[International Walk to School Day; Peterborough Green-Up]

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COIN Hosting "The Mangy Moggy" Bicycle Scavenger Hunt Fundraiser For United Way

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On October 15th, Community Opportunity & Innovation Network (COIN) is hosting a United Way fundraiser in the form of a bicycle scavenger hunt.

The Mangy Moggy is for avid cyclists, commuters, Sunday-afternoon-cyclists, and families. Meet at Millenium Park at 2 p.m. that day, and the hunt starts at 3 p.m. 

Sign up in teams of 4 for their Poker Run, or as an individual for the faster paced Alley Cat Race.

[COIN]

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There Are Free Bike Tune-Ups As Part Of Shifting Gears Fest This Saturday

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[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]

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Check Out This Awesome New Community Biking Poster

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Jeffrey Macklin, a regular contributor to PtboCanada and talented artist, just released this new letterpress poster "Get To Know Your Community—Ride A Bike". Very cool. And so true. You can order it here.

[Etsy: Get To Know Your Community—Ride A Bike]

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Watch The Fastest Bike Ride Ever Through Peterborough

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Also, way to bring that funky music.

[YouTube]

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Here Are Pictures Of A Man Booting Around Peterborough On A Segway Today

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Note: He's riding on the sidewalks, but posed for us on the street on Hopkins Avenue on his $8,000 Segway.

[Segway]

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There Is Road Construction Happening All Over The Patch Right Now

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Lansdowne Street is not comfortable for driving right now

There is road construction everywhere right now in the city: on Parkhill near Monaghan, on Water Street between the Zoo and Trent. And then there is Lansdowne Street West, which is going to be very congested for the next little while as sections of the road are being widened and resurfaced. Currently it is down from four lanes to two lanes of access. The intersection of Brealey Drive and Lansdowne is also being worked on, which will hopefully alleviate it from being a high accident location.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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PtboPics: View From The Liftlock River Boat Cruise

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What a beautiful day it was to take in the Liftlock River Boat Cruise on Saturday. Here's a glimpse of their lovely two hour sightseeing cruise.


 

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]

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Thinking Of A Masterplan: City of Peterborough Displays Transportation Plan

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Last night at the Evinrude Centre was the third and last Public Involvement Centre (PICs) meeting. The City of Peterborough showed Morrison Hershfield's recommended Road Network plan, Cycling Network plan and Pedestrian Network plan.

The new Masterplan is an update to the 2002 Transport Plan to address Peterborough's population growth and traffic concerns. 

Studies have shown that streets with no sidewalks have 2.6 times more pedestrian collisions, so the new plan calls for sidewalks on both sides of all new and existing streets.

Work is already underway as well on both the Hospital Access Road extension and to widen the West end of Lansdowne, but there is plenty of other planned—and suggested—roadwork to come. Indeed, $14 million is budgeted to improve the Nassau Mills Bridge over the Otonabee River, widen Nassau Mills from Water to Armour, make improvements to Chemong/Reid, the Charlotte Westbound Parking lane conversion, and to widen Eastbound Sherbrooke. 

As we previously reported, many residents of Fairbairn Ave were very interested in the City's Medium term plans to build a two lane road from Fairbairn to Cumberland. Some consider it the City trying to still put through the Parkway Extension.

[Related: For coverage of the proposed changes to Peterborough's Trail Network as part of the Peterborough Network Cycling plan, head to TrailSwag, a blog about outdoors news in Peterborough and the Kawarthas.]

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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Letter: Woman Tells Her Experience With Lack Of Organization At Big Music Fest

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Big Music Fest happened on the weekend and by all accounts, the bands were fantastic. But there have been stories emerging about the poor planning. Here, word for word, is one woman's story who wrote in to PTBOCanada.
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