WINNIPEG, MB – Grass Routes – our (first) annual, week-long celebration of the skills, creativity and community required for a more sustainable planet – starts today.
Today’s theme is transportation. For the full schedule, see sustainability.uwinnipeg.ca, and all week don’t forget to fill out our sustainability survey here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/UWSustainability.
Today’s Events – January 31, 2011
Cyclist & Driver Road Safety Panel Discussion
12:30pm-1:30pm
InfoBooth/Gallery 1C03
How can we reduce conflict between drivers and cyclists and make roads safer for everyone? Does the answer lay in education, infrastructure, enforcement, or some combination of the three? Panelists are Robin Bryan, Dave Elmore, Howard Skrypnyk, and someone from MPI Road Safety (see website for bios).
Ice Rider Bicycle Maintenance Workshop
1:30pm-2:30pm
Atrium
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MEDIA CONTACT
Shawn Coates, Director of Marketing & Communications, University of Winnipeg
P: 204.988.7126, C: 204.230.0202, E: s.coates@uwinnipeg.ca
