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Matt Pinder

Cycling benefits everyone

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Matt Pinder discusses what it means to be a “cycling city” and why it matters.

Matt Pinder discusses the importance of building a “cycling city” and how everyone benefits from it, what other North American cycling cities are doing, and why Ottawa is actually very well-positioned to take the stage in the years to come.

About the speaker

Our next speaker is a transportation engineer at WSP Canada by day, blogger and community organizer by night. Matt Pinder is deeply passionate about how we move around our communities, and in turn, how those communities are designed to support our movement. 🚌🚲🚉

Matt is the author of the blog and Twitter handle Beyond the Automobile, and the founder of Better South Keys Centre, a community group advocating for vibrant, walkable, transit-oriented development in Ottawa’s south end.

In his talk, he will discuss what it means to be a “cycling city” and why it matters, what other North American cycling cities are doing, and why Ottawa is actually very well-positioned to take the stage in the years to come.

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