 During his time in office, he served as chair of the city's Cycling Advisory Committee and was an architect of much of Toronto's cycling route structure.He also served as chair of "Disabilities Issues for Toronto" and headed up committees involved in sports related activities such as the 2010 Winter Olympics torch relay and the 2015 Pan American Games.Citing workload issues Heaps declined an offer by Mayor David Miller to sit as a councillor-at-large on the city's powerful executive committee.