by Xuedan Xu | Nov 3, 2022 | Transportation
Road closure barriers placed at Tyneburn Crescent on Havenwood Drive (photo by: Green Communities Canada). School Streets are an innovative solution to encourage active school travel, improve air quality, and increase road safety for children, caregivers, and...
by Nicole Roach | Aug 10, 2022 | Transportation
Why is it that the majority of Canadian children travel by car to get to school, rather than walking, biking or taking the school bus? We know from our School Travel Planning work in Canadian communities that there are a myriad of factors at play, including human...
by Nicole Roach | May 30, 2022 | Transportation
Singing, bubble blowing, chalk drawing, and many more activities were enjoyed along a temporary car-free Havenwood Drive as part of the City of Mississauga’s School Streets pilot project. To celebrate the initiative, students, elected officials, and community members...
by Nicole Roach | Apr 28, 2022 | Transportation
Pic: Community Walk around Hillmount Public School. Photo by: Green Communities Canada A child is seriously injured or killed every 17 weeks on their way to or from school on Toronto’s roads. That’s a sobering statistic for Canada’s largest city and is the reason that...
by Jose Joy | Apr 21, 2022 | News, Transportation
Montréal (Québec), Peterborough (Ontario), April 21, 2022 – On this eve of Earth Day, Équiterre and Green Communities Canada are thrilled to launch the new Canadian Electric School Bus Alliance (CESBA): an initiative that aims to accelerate the electrification of...
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