The Toronto Cycling Committee is an advisory committee to Toronto City Council and is limited to dealing with issues within the city limits of Toronto. Toronto cyclists, especially Toronto Bicycling Network (TBN) members, don't just ride within those borders. If they have concerns that need to be dealt with at a provincial level they need another organization to take on that issue.

There is a new organization forming that wants to take on that role. VeloOntario is being set up to promote the interests of Ontario Cyclists. One of their initial projects is to lobby for a Provinical Cycling route. If you want to learn more you can come to the Toronto Bicycling Network's (TBN) Education night on this organization. The details are below quoted from TBN's web site . Non members are welcome.

Monday, August 19, 2002

EDUCATION NIGHT: VELOONTARIO AND THE PROVINCIAL CYCLING ROUTE NETWORK

(PCRN) - VeloOntario is a relatively new organization developed to promote the interests of Ontario cyclists. David Hunt will explain the joint OCA/VeloOntario project which has a goal of developing an interregional on-road bicycle network across Ontario. VeloOntario has a web site at http://www.veloontario.ca for those who may wish to investigate more about the organization and project.

Time: 7 - 9:00 p.m.

Location: North Toronto Community Centre North Toronto Community Centre, 200 Eglinton Ave, 3 blocks west of Yonge on Eglinton

The next meeting of VeloOntario will be a provincial cycling conference on October 5th, 2002. You can go to the VeloOntario web site to sign up to receive more information.