More than 100 CfSC members, politicians and the cycling public attended CfSC's 25th annual general meeting at Tom Brown Arena on October 20.

The meeting opened with a talk from Marie Lemay, the CEO of the National Capital Commission, who said the NCC was studying whether to twin NCC multi-use paths, and was looking to work with other partners to improve cycling in Ottawa.

She was followed by Roger Geller, the cycling coordinator for Portland, Oregon, who showed many pictures of facilities in his city to explain how Portland had given more space to cyclists.

Lastly, Christine Leadman, city councillor for Kitchissippi, the ward that contains the arena, talked about challenges and opportunities for cycling in Ottawa, including increasing the city cycling budget next year, and ensuring that Scott Street would not be ruined as a cycling route if light rail is introduced from downtown to Tunney's Pasture. She is concerned that the huge numbers of buses that now use the Transitway would be diverted on to Scott between Holland and downtown.

Members elected a new Board of Directors. Zlatko Krstulich moved up to President, and Hans Moor was elected as vice-president and Alayne McGregor as secretary. Two new directors were also elected: Rob Brooks and Paul Clarke.

The meeting also gave the board a mandate to investigate changing the name of Citizens for Safe Cycling. The change must be ratified by the membership: either by a mail-in vote with at least 50%+1 of members in favour, or at a general meeting.

View Roger Geller's slideshow "Portland, OR: A Tale of Three Cities"    (67 MB pdf)

Marie Lemay's speaking notes

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