{"id":41328,"date":"2013-02-05T08:56:19","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T13:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=41328"},"modified":"2013-02-06T16:32:10","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T21:32:10","slug":"help-start-a-new-walking-advocacy-group-for-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2013\/02\/05\/help-start-a-new-walking-advocacy-group-for-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Help start a new walking advocacy group for Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2013\/02\/04\/_feature-dylan-reid-16\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41336\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41336\" alt=\"_feature-dylan-reid\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/02\/feature-dylan-reid.gif\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Does Toronto need a citizen&#8217;s advocacy group for walking? An ever-increasing number of people walk in Toronto, for commuting or for pleasure &#8212; it is now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/planning\/living_downtown_2011.htm\" target=\"_blank\">the most common way to get to work<\/a> in some parts of downtown. Meanwhile, studies are showing that in parts of the suburbs, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2012\/09\/17\/diabetes_in_toronto_immigrants_in_less_walkable_areas_at_high_risk.html\" target=\"_blank\">obesity and diabetes are more prevalent<\/a> where the city is the least friendly towards walking. But there is no independent association of citizens dedicated to improving the city&#8217;s walking environment.<\/p>\n<p>If you think this is a gap that needs filling, come to the founding meeting of the (yet-to-be-named) Toronto pedestrian citizen&#8217;s advocacy group:.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Wednesday, February 13, 2013<br \/>\n7:00 pm &#8211; 9:00 pm<br \/>\nMetro Hall, 55 John Street (South-east corner of King and John)<br \/>\nRoom 308\/309<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pedto.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/04\/attend-the-founding-meeting-of-torontos-pedestrian-advocacy-group-on-feb-13\/\" target=\"_blank\">See the website for more details<\/a>.<br \/>\nRSVP to <a href=\"mailto:PedToronto@gmail.com\">PedToronto@gmail.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more-->There used to be a Toronto Pedestrian Committee, of course (I was for a time its co-chair), but that was an appointed official advisory group to the City of Toronto. (It was abolished under Rob Ford, but the Planning and Growth Management Committee recently <a href=\"http:\/\/app.toronto.ca\/tmmis\/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2013.PG20.12\" target=\"_blank\">voted to re-establish<\/a> it as part of the review of the City&#8217;s transportation policy).<\/p>\n<p>The role of the new group will be different &#8212; it will have an open membership and be independent and action-oriented. At the meeting, people will have an opportunity to discuss what kind of activities and issues they want the group to engage with.<\/p>\n<p>People will also have the opportunity to vote on a name for the group. We have some ideas already, but we are also looking for suggestions &#8212; feel free to propose or discuss naming possibilities in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does Toronto need a citizen&#8217;s advocacy group for walking? An ever-increasing number of people walk in Toronto, for commuting or for pleasure &#8212; it is now the most common way to get to work in some parts of downtown. Meanwhile, studies are showing that in parts of the suburbs, obesity and diabetes are more prevalent<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2013\/02\/05\/help-start-a-new-walking-advocacy-group-for-toronto\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Help start a new walking advocacy group for Toronto&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4006,"featured_media":41338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[14817,18148,21835,21834,19,727,12137,5973,22088],"class_list":["post-41328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-walking","tag-advocacy","tag-citizen","tag-event","tag-pedestrian","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-pedestrian-committee","tag-transportation-policy","tag-walk","tag-walking"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Help start a new walking advocacy group for Toronto - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2013\/02\/05\/help-start-a-new-walking-advocacy-group-for-toronto\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Help start a new walking advocacy group for Toronto - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Does Toronto need a citizen&#8217;s advocacy group for walking? 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