PUBLIC POLICY CONCEPT · August 2026

Bike downtown. Buy local.

A secure bike parking and local rewards pilot for Collingwood. Free up convenient parking. Reward local trips. Drive measurable downtown activity.

A concept, not a commitment.

This is a proposal with its evidence, its costs and its downsides written down so they can be argued with. Nothing in it has been approved, costed or decided by the Town, and the figures are illustrative unless they carry a source.

THE WHOLE REPORT15 pages, as a PDF.If you would rather read it offline, print it, or send it on to somebody else.Download the PDF

THE OTHER REPORTS2 more like this one.Each sets out a problem, what other towns did about it, what it might cost and what could go wrong.See them all

Start here The question Why it matters What other communities do Case studies The concept Program options How it could work What it could generate How we could pay for it The trade-offs Accountability From idea to pilot Sources

Start here — page 1 of 15 of the Bike Downtown, Buy Local report — Start here · 1

The question — page 2 of 15 of the Bike Downtown, Buy Local report — The question · 2

Why it matters — page 3 of 15 of the Bike Downtown, Buy Local report — Why it matters · 3

What other communities do — page 4 of 15 of the Bike Downtown, Buy Local report — What other communities do · 4

Case studies — page 5 of 15 of the Bike Downtown, Buy Local report — Case studies · 5

Case studies — page 6 of 15 of the Bike Downtown, Buy Local report — Case studies · 6

The concept — page 7 of 15 of the Bike Downtown, Buy Local report — The concept · 7

Program options — page 8 of 15 of the Bike Downtown, Buy Local report — Program options · 8

How it could work — page 9 of 15 of the Bike Downtown, Buy Local report — How it could work · 9

What it could generate — page 10 of 15 of the Bike Downtown, Buy Local report — What it could generate · 10

How we could pay for it — page 11 of 15 of the Bike Downtown, Buy Local report — How we could pay for it · 11

The trade-offs — page 12 of 15 of the Bike Downtown, Buy Local report — The trade-offs · 12

Accountability — page 13 of 15 of the Bike Downtown, Buy Local report — Accountability · 13

From idea to pilot — page 14 of 15 of the Bike Downtown, Buy Local report — From idea to pilot · 14

Sources — page 15 of 15 of the Bike Downtown, Buy Local report — Sources · 15