Welcome to MCN!
Who are we? Former members of the Mississauga Cycling Advisory Committee (MCAC) for the 2015-2019 term, freshly collaborating on Mississauga Cycling Now! Our objective is to create the digital infrastructure necessary to support and promote citizen cycling advocacy and provide a reference/archive for cycling issues in Mississauga. While the MCN! website is under construction, released webpages are marked in the drop-down menus with ✴️
Mississauga Cycling Master Plan - 2024 Update
[Posted: September 9, 2024]
The Mississauga Cycling Master Plan was last updated in 2018. This was not a full review, but an overdue update to the original CMP created in 2010. The 2018 CMP update never met its targets (neither did the 2010 plan), and now collectively we must again advocate for a structured plan that will be successfully implemented, year by year, with clear targets and measurable milestones leading to priority completion of a safe, connected cycling network.
Image at left: Mississauga CMP Update - Notice of Study Commencement (1p PDF).
Public engagement will begin this Fall. Track the project and upcoming meeting dates on the City's dedicated webpage: 2024 Cycling Master Plan update. Note that contact info for the project team is posted on the City's webpage, where you can subscribe for project updates.
Join an Autumn Group Ride
[Updated: September 27, 2024]
Slow Rolls, Community Rides and special cycling Tours will be plentiful this Spring, Summer and Autumn in Mississauga and Peel Region. The Port Credit Slow Roll, Roll Cooksville, Streetsville Slow Roll and Lakeview Slow Rollers group rides have started up again in Spring 2024, as well as the City's Community Rides program. Also look for special annual rides/tours listed as information received. Frost Bike Mississauga 🥶 rides will return next winter!
Bike to a Farmers or Artisan Market
[Updated: September 29, 2024]
What's more fun than going to a Farmers Market? Getting there by bike! The journey is (also) the destination! Why not try cycling to a weekly Farmers Market in Mississauga:
Port Credit: *OPEN* Saturdays for the 2024 season
Lakeview: *OPEN* Sundays for the 2024 season
Mississauga Downtown: *OPEN* Sundays for the 2024 season
Celebration Square: *OPEN* Wednesdays for the 2024 season
Streetsville First Fridays Market: *ENDED* for 2024
Malton: *REOPENS* Thursday, August 22, 2024
Erin Mills: *PERMANENTLY CLOSED*
Take a Walking Tour
[Updated: September 27, 2024]
We are all pedestrians the moment our feet touch the ground. Walking tours are just a slower form of active transportation allowing for up-close examination and understanding of the local environs, including safety (or not) for walking, cycling and other forms of micro-mobility.
PRO TIP: Ride to the event, then walk your bike, using it to catch up with the group if you stop to take photos along the way!
Many annual Walks series will be added as we get them!
Pilot Project: Shared (rental) e-Scooters and e-Bikes
[Posted: August 23, 2024]
The City embarked on a study of micro-mobility issues in 2020 (News Release, Dec. 2020), and began conducting a pilot project for shared e-bikes and e-scooters in the Summer of 2024. Below is an August 2024 update from the Active Transportation Dept. based on questions submitted by MCN!
HELMETS: The purpose of requiring the service providers to have helmets available on each device is to ensure that anyone who does not have access to a helmet or those taking spontaneous rides are still able to make the safe decision to wear a helmet and ride in accordance with provincial requirements. Both of our service provider’s helmets are certified to comply with United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) 16 CFR Part 1203 Safety Standards for Bicycle Helmets, which is a recognized standard under s.4(1) of the R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 610: SAFETY HELMETS.
WHERE TO RIDE: E-bikes can operate anywhere a regular bike is permitted to ride; this includes on any municipal roads, cycling infrastructure (bike lanes, cycle tracks, multi-use trails), and park trails unless signed otherwise. E-scooters are permitted to be ridden on roads with speed limits of 50 km/h or less, on cycling infrastructure adjacent to the road (bike lanes, cycle tracks, multi-use trails) and on certain park trails unless signed otherwise. E-bikes and e-scooters are not permitted to be ridden on the sidewalk. More information on where to ride, safety, and trail etiquette can be found here.
PARKING MODEL: With regard to your concerns around parking, users are not permitted to leave the devices anywhere they wish and can only end their trips at approved parking locations. Over 600 parking locations for the shared e-bikes and e-scooters have been approved across the City. The parking model the City is using restricts where devices can be parked in order to ensure the e-bikes or e-scooters do not negatively impact accessibility or interfere with regular City operations. The e-bikes and e-scooters must be locked to an approved bike rack, pole, or sign post before a trip can be properly ended. These locations can be found in the Bird or Lime apps. The devices are available across the City 24/7 and remain parked at designated parking locations. If you see e-bikes or e-scooters that have not been properly parked (neatly locked to a bike rack, pole, or sign post), you can contact the service providers directly. Our service providers operate 24/7 and are required to address misparked devices within the hour:
Bird Canada (orange e-scooters, blue e-bikes): Phone: 1-866-205-2442
Email ;
Online Form
Lime Technology Inc (white and green e-scooters and e-bikes): Phone: 1-888-546-3345
Email ;
Online Form
EDUCATION & ENFORCEMENT: The service providers track devices and can issue warnings and fines for improper riding behaviour, improper parking, and missing helmets. As the shared e-bikes and e-scooters are a new program in Mississauga, many residents and visitors may not be familiar with the parking model and proper riding etiquette. The City and the service providers are engaging in a number of education initiatives including in-app, through social media campaigns, with online information, and at in-person events and pop-ups to remind residents and visitors of the rules and etiquette when using the shared e-bikes and e-scooters.
Further updates to be made to this article.
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