Peterborough Cycling Summit: Safe Streets for Everyone

Join us for a two-day summit to share knowledge, tools and tactics that can lead towards a future where the safety of ALL road users is paramount. Through powerful keynotes, interactive design workshops, informative tours, and knowledge-sharing; our goal is to inspire actionable change in Peterborough and beyond.

As advocates for cycling, we recognize that safe streets encompass more than just bike lanes. This summit presents a unique opportunity to broaden the discourse on safe multimodal transportation.

Brief Summit Overview:

Wednesday, April 24, 7 – 9:30 pm | Showplace Performance Centre
Join us for an evening kick-off event, featuring Ian Lockwood who will share impressive stories of cities transformed through complete streets initiatives. In his presentation, Ian will talk about lessons learned and how people-centred street design has led to renewed prosperity in the cities he has worked. Grazing table, cash bar, door prize draw & networking to follow.

Thursday, April 25, 9am – 5pm | McDonnel Activity Centre
Hear from speakers who will share proven approaches to transportation safety, including tools, tactics and lessons learned from around the world, participate in a walking or biking tour, and re-imagine roads and intersections in collaborative design workshops. Breakfast & Lunch will be provided.

Bike Rentals & Billeting
Coming from out of town and need a place to stay? Want to participate in a bike tour but don’t have a bike? We have you covered! Bike rentals and billeting will be available.

Bike & Walking Tours
More Details about tours to come. Stay tuned!

Cost
The cost for both days of the summit is $15 or by donation.

Speakers
We have an incredible lineup of speakers who approach safe streets from the perspectives of public health, city planning, accessibility, engineering (and more!), who will help broaden the conversation around road safety and building a transportation network that can benefit everyone.