Montreal, Thursday, December 6, 2018 - Vélo Québec congratulates the 5 communities and 13 organizations newly recognized by the VELOSYMPATHIC movement. The program promotes the development of a cycling culture throughout Quebec, and encourages communities and organizations to make cycling a real transportation and leisure option for all.
Through their commitment to the approach, the communities and organizations recognized today identify themselves as living environments that value active mobility, physical activity and healthy lifestyle habits. They join the 20 communities and 42 organizations already recognized by the program since 2016. They encourage their residents, employees, students and visitors to cycle by taking action in at least two of the five areas essential to the development of a genuine cycling culture: environment, education, encouragement, support, evaluation and planning.
«This round of certification is also an opportunity to recognize the efforts invested by the Sainte-Julie community and by the CAE and Polytechnique Montréal organizations, all three of which were applying in the fall of 2018 after having been recognized by the program for the first time previously. The Ville de Sainte-Julie, which received bronze level certification in 2016, has now been awarded silver level certification, while CAE, which received bronze level certification in 2016, has been awarded gold level certification. As for Polytechnique Montréal, it was awarded an honorable mention in 2017 and now receives bronze-level certification. We would like to congratulate this community and these organizations for implementing the recommendations obtained following their first submission, enabling them to increase the bicycle culture in their environment and thus achieve a higher level of VÉLOSYMPATHIQUE certification», says Suzanne Lareau, president and CEO of Vélo Québec.
