Thursday, March 22, 2001

Cars are killing us

In Hamilton, between 1990 and 1998
289 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes,
77 of whom were pedestrians or cyclists.
Cars are the leading killer of
North American children aged 0 -14 yrs.

CARS ARE KILLING US.

But it doesn't have to be this way...
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Join us for a Memorial Procession for Change
Meet at 2:30 pm. Thursday MARCH 22, 2001
corner of King Street East at Wellington
solemn procession to Hamilton City Hall

A procession to remember the hundreds of cyclists and pedestrians who are killed and injured by automobiles in Hamilton each year.

Bring a flower to create a temporary memorial on the street.

Bring your bicycle, wheelchair, roller blades, walking shoes, skateboards, or scooters and join the struggle to make our city streets safe for children.

Practical solutions towards safer streets will be presented to a representative of the City of Hamilton.
Contact TLC - Transportation for Liveable Communities
c/o OPIRG-McMaster, 905 525-9140 ext.27289; opirg@mcmaster.ca

and later

SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION and Healthy Communities:
Visions for the New City of Hamilton


-a public speakers series-

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TOOKER GOMBERG

"Activism for Healthy Transportation"

Thursday March 22, 2001
7:00 room A
Hamilton Central Library

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