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4 communities for Active Transportation, including a walking review of existing pedestrian and bicycling infrastructure; � An exercise, using large scale maps of the communities of the Town of Penetanguishene, Township of Springwater, and Township of Tiny, to identify their principal destinations for AT, the most important routes for AT, and particular danger areas; � An exercise for participants, in groups initially and then in plenary session, to recommend a series of next steps that their communities might undertake in order to advance AT; � Participant observations and workshop evaluation. The workshop was attended by twenty-six persons, including municipal staff, elected officials, volunteers, health professionals, and others. In addition to participants from the three communities, there were planners from the County of Simcoe and the Midland Director of Parks and Recreation. The initial presentation of the workshop provided the participants with a common definition of Active Transportation: any form of travel undertaken by human power, and provided background information on the importance of
promoting AT. It stressed the three principal areas in which an increase in levels of Active Transportation can provide benefits: � Traffic congestion � Greenhouse gas emissions/air pollution � Lack of physical activity, leading to increased levels of obesity and a rise in the incidence of life-style related diseases, such as diabetes This was followed by a presentation that provided detailed examples of various types of physical infrastructure required in order to provide safe walking and cycling environments on community streets. In addition to showing illustrations from numerous Canadian communities of effective infrastructure solutions, this presentation provided cases where the infrastructure was inadequate. Following the infrastructure presentation, John McMullen conducted a session on AT in rural settings, while Michael Haynes conducted the Walkabout through the village of Elmvale. The two groups rejoined afterwards to conduct the community evaluation exercise. 5
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