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What is Active Transportation?
 Active transportation refers to any form of human-powered transportation - walking, cycling, wheeling, in-line skating, skateboarding, skiing or paddling. Active transportation is something everyone does in some form or another, whether it is walking to the bus stop, going for a bike ride with the family or cycling to school. Residents who turn to active transportation as a viable means of commuting and carrying out personal business realize benefits in terms of health, happiness, reduced travel costs and the satisfaction that their travel produces almost no pollution, benefiting the environment.
The CBRM Active Transportation Committee
The CBRM Active Transportation Committee was formed in 2006 with a mandate to prepare an Active Transportation Plan for the Municipality. The Committee’s membership is as follows:
- Ray Paruch, Chair (District 8 Councillor)
- Rick McCready, CBRM Planning
- Heather MacDougall, CBRM Recreation
- Malcolm Roach, CBRM Public Works
- Susan McCormick, Public Health Services, Nova Scotia
- Irene Carroll, Sydney and Area Chamber of Commerce
- Yolande Levert, Cape Breton District Health Authority
- Stephanie Johnstone-Laurette, Atlantic Coastal Action Program
- Fred Brooks, CBRM Recreation
- Yann Artur, Cape Breton University
- Larry Maxwell, NS Department of Health Promotion & Protection
- André Gallant, Velo Cape Breton
- Gerard Jessome, NS Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
- Malcolm Gillis, CBRM Planning
- Colleen MacMullin, Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board
- Cst. Geoff MacLeod, CBRM Police Services
- Sgt. Doug Lawrence, CBRM Police Services
- Mary Lynn MacPhee, CBRM Engineering Services
- Ike Paul, Membertou
- Bernie Steele, CBRM Transit
The CBRM Active Transportation Plan
The CBRM Active Transportation Plan was approved by Council on June 17, 2008. Please click here to download a copy of the Executive Summary of the AT Plan. There are three maps that accompany the Executive Summary document: Exhibit ES.1 (Proposed Signature Projects), Exhibit ES.2 (Recreational & Scenic Bicycle Routes) and Exhibit ES.3 (Network - Region). An overview of the plan is available here as a PowerPoint presentation. The entire CBRM Active Transportation Plan is available here on Laserfiche.*
* Once you have clicked on the link for the Active Transportation Plan, the Laserfiche window will open. Within this window you can move through the document pages using the ‘up’ and ‘down’ arrows at the top of the toolbar or type in the number of the page you wish to see and then click on the ‘Go’ button. To save a copy of the document for your use, click on the ‘Download PDF’ button located at the far right of the toolbar. Once you have done this, click on the ‘save’ button.
Additional Information
Please download the following documents for more information on the CBRM Active Transportation Plan:
Open House Summary (PDF - 2.3 MB)
Links
Please contact Rick McCready at 563-5072 (
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) for more information on the CBRM AT Plan.
  
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Active Transportation