Item - 2021.SC27.11

Tracking Status

SC27.11 - The Scarborough Opportunity: A Comprehensive Walking and Cycling Network

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Ward:
25 - Scarborough - Rouge Park

Community Council Decision

Scarborough Community Council:

 

1. Invited Professor André Sorensen, University of Toronto Scarborough, to give a 20-minute presentation at the November 26th, 2021 meeting on "The Scarborough Opportunity". 

Origin

(October 15, 2021) Letter from Councillor McKelvie, Ward 25 - Scarborough-Rouge Park

Summary

On October 12, 2021, researchers from the University of Toronto Scarborough released their report "The Scarborough Opportunity: A Comprehensive Walking and Cycling Network" by Professor André Sorensen, Isaac Bortolussi, Ivan Chong, Jamila Gowie, Nadhiena Shankar and Kelly Anne Vigayan. The report is the product of a faculty-student collaboration in City Studies, sponsored by the Suburban Mobilities Research Cluster.

 

The researchers' present recommendations that could help the City of Toronto development an active transportation network in Scarborough and "achieve its policy goals for sustainability, inclusion, and safer, more vibrant streets.

 

This motion is to invite the lead researcher Professor André Sorensen to give a 20-minute presentation on their findings at the November 26th, 2021 Scarborough Community Council meeting so that Scarborough Councillors and relevant City of Toronto Staff can learn more about their report.

Background Information

(October 15, 2021) Letter from Councillor McKelvie, Ward 25 - Scarborough-Rouge Park - The Scarborough Opportunity: A Comprehensive Walking and Cycling Network
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/sc/bgrd/backgroundfile-171937.pdf

Motions

1 - Motion to Add New Business at Committee moved by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie (Carried)

2 - Motion to Adopt Item moved by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie (Carried)
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council