SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION FILM EVENT
Planners Network Manitoba, Bike to the Future, Winnipeg Rapid Transit Coalition, and the Centre for Sustainable Transportation invite you to come down to Osborne Village and find out what's been happening with sustainable transportation here and in other parts of the world. These three short films and the panel discussion afterwards will generate a lively discussion on this timely issue. Everyone is welcome.
Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Time: 7:30pm, panel discussion to follow
Location: Gas Station Theatre, 445 River Avenue (at Osborne)
Tickets: $5 in advance, $7 at the door
Advance tickets available at The Canadian Centre for Sustainable Transportation, 520 Portage Avenue between M-F 8:30 and 4:30 or by contacting Jan Miller or Katy Walsh.
Velorution: One City's Solution to the Automobile
When the USSR collapsed, Cuba lost 80% of their oil supply. See how they switched from automobiles to bicycles and in the process generated more human interaction and a stronger sense of community.
Bus Rapid Transit: Bogota
Find out how a big city can move half a million people around daily in a way that is efficient, comfortable and affordable. Coutesy of Streetfilms.
Mark Gordon Interviews Enrique Penaloza
As mayor of Bogota, Enrique Penaloza initiated remarkable changes to the city's transportation system, including wider sidewalks, bicycle paths and bus rapid transit, in only three years. Coutesy of Streetfilms.
Panelists:
Jackie Avent Spokesperson for Bike to the Future
Paul Hesse, Spokesperson for Winnipeg Rapid Transit Coalition
Councillor Russ Wyatt, City of Winnipeg - Transcona Ward
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