Reimagining streets: GreenUP working to make school zones safer for local kids

Active School Travel, From GreenUP

Next phase of pedestrian-friendly street planning will bring car-free pop-ups to Peterborough school zones. By Brett Throop, active transportation program coordinator, GreenUP Peterborough’s Market Hall clock tower stood tall in the background as a young boy shakily...

Transit education opening doors for local youth

Active School Travel, Climate Action, Education

By Ashley Burnie Seeds, education & active transportation program manager, GreenUP  Following successful pilot transit workshops in the City of Peterborough, Selwyn Township has partnered with GreenUP and Peterborough Transit to bring hands-on transit education to...

Playfully rethinking the winter walk to school 

Active School Travel, Education

By Ashley Burnie Seeds, education & active transportation program manager, GreenUP, and chair of Active School Travel Peterborough  Winter is certainly making itself known this year. Between the growing snowbanks, surprise snow days, and the cold that seems to...

Slowing down to speed up safety: Celebrating steps to a safer walk to school 

Active School Travel

By Ashley Burnie Seeds, active transportation program coordinator, GreenUP October is “Walktober,” a month to celebrate the joys and simple pleasures of walking to school. To mark the occasion, Active School Travel Peterborough is highlighting how far the city has...

Step into the new school year with Active School Travel

Active School Travel, Climate Action

By Ashley Burnie Seeds, chair of Active School Travel Peterborough, active transportation program coordinator for GreenUP The school year is underway, and families across Peterborough are busy packing lunches, setting alarms, and adjusting to new schedules. Safe to...