Item - 2021.SC28.16

Tracking Status

  • This item was considered by the Scarborough Community Council on November 26, 2021. The Committee received the item for information only. No further action will be taken on this item.

SC28.16 - Presentation: The Scarborough Opportunity: A Comprehensive Walking and Cycling Network

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Received
Wards:
20 - Scarborough Southwest, 21 - Scarborough Centre, 22 - Scarborough - Agincourt, 23 - Scarborough North, 24 - Scarborough - Guildwood, 25 - Scarborough - Rouge Park

Community Council Decision

Scarborough Community Council received the Item for information.

Summary

As requested by the Chair, Scarborough Community Council at the October 15, 2021 meeting, Professor André Sorensen from the University of Toronto, Scarborough is invited to give a 20 minute presentation to Scarborough Community Council. 

 

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.

 

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-173392.pdf

Communications

(November 25, 2021) E-mail from Ken Man (SC.New)

Speakers

Kenneth Man (Submission Filed)
Andre Sorensen, University of Toronto

Motions

1 - Motion to Receive Item moved by Councillor Paul Ainslie (Carried)

That the item be received for information.

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