Active Transportation
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The City of Kingston and KFL&A Public Health have released a report on a variety of measures to encourage active forms of transportation.
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See the 2003 study that guides the City's cycling and pathway efforts.
See the 2004 study that is guiding the City's downtown infrastructure work.
Learn more about Kingston's Transportation Master Plan.
Review cycling safety, roadsharing and bikeway information.
Rack your bike and Roll with Kingston Transit.
This trail, for use by non-motorized vehicles, runs from the city to the country.
Discover Kingston's waterfront paths.
About restoring Kingston's shoreline and waterfront pathway.
Discover Kingston's Parkway Trail (connecting Bath and Queen Mary Roads).
Learn more about Kingston's historic treasures.
This downtown walking tour visits the haunts of Sir John A. Macdonald.
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Walking, cycling, skateboarding, roller-blading: when you get to where you are going by
using your body instead of a car — that's active transportation.
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The City of Kingston and KFL&A Public Health have released a report suggesting a variety of measures to encourage Kingstonians to choose active forms of transportation like walking or cycling. "Trails for Active Transportation" was developed out of a Walk & Bike for Life community workshop on Active Transportation that took place last March.
More than 75 Kingstonians participated in the Walk & Bike for Life workshop, which focused on generating both short and long-term measures to make Kingston more pedestrian and cyclist-friendly. These included:
- Connecting existing trails — particularly along the waterfront.
- Creating pedestrian-only streets and zones downtown.
- Making Princess Street "car-free" on Sundays.
- Creating rest stations, with washrooms and drinking fountains, every 10 to 15 km.
- Promoting cycling and cycling safety.
- Developing bike lanes and a bike network that links popular destinations across Kingston.
The City is already moving forward on many of the suggested measures based on its Cycling and Pathways Study and the Downtown Action Plan. The links at right also offer an overview of the City's various trail systems and other efforts to encourage active transportation.
The report is now available.
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The workshop was also co-sponsored by Ontario's Ministry of Health Promotion (Active 2010), Queen's University, KCAT and Hearts@work.
Walk and Bike for Life — lead by Gil Penalosa, who served as Bogata, Colombia's Commissioner of Parks, Sport and Recreation — is an international not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving awareness of the benefits of walking and cycling as activities, and of urban parks and trails as great places.
