Hamilton awarded Bicycle Friendly status

The City of Hamilton has been awarded Bicycle Friendly Status for its efforts to promote cycling as a mode of transportation, recreation and fitness.
The Ontario Bicycle Friendly Communities Awards were announced in Ottawa on Tuesday by Share the Road Cycling Coalition (SRCC), an Ontario based non- profit organization.
The program was launched by the SRCC in Canada in August 2010 in partnership with the Washington- based League of American Bicyclists. The program provides incentives and recognition for communities that actively support cycling. Municipalities must go through an application process and are judged in five categories; engineering, education, encouragement, enforcement and evaluation and planning.

Congratulations to Hamilton.