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PEDESTRIANS COUNT! DATA, MODELING & ADVOCACY WORKSHOP
OCTOBER 3-5, 2010
David Brower Center
2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA This workshop promotes pedestrian safety, public health, sustainable community modeling, and walking transportation with cutting edge research, latest best practices in pedestrian data collection and analysis, together with strategic advocacy planning. Statewide professionals, academic and community leaders will share their current and most promising work. California WALKS is a co-sponsor in this event. $50 Registration includes all three days. For registration and information go to pedestrianscount.eventbrite.com. If you need a scholarship to attend, please contact info@californiawalks.org. We are looking for sponsors and exhibitors. JOIN US!
DON'T FORGET "WALK TO SCHOOL DAY", OCTOBER 6. |
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Youth Engagement at PROWALK PROBIKE
Workshop in Chattanooga
California WALKS is very pleased to offer Youth Engagement in safe walkable communities through VideoVoice, PhotoVoice and other social media on Monday, September 13 from 10-12 as part of ProWalkProBike conference in Chattanooga, TN. Go to www.bikewalk.org to sign up for this FREE workshop. To bring this workshop to your community, go to info@californiawalks.org. Wendy Alfsen, California WALKS will also be a presenter on Pedestrian Safety Across the Nation with FHWA's Tamara Redmon, Peter Lagerwey and others on Wednesday, 9/15. Don't forget the Equal Footing Summit of AMERICA WALKS on Thursday, 9/16 from 1:00-4:00, all in Chattanooga.
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| United Seniors of Oakland and Alameda County
(USOAC) Older Pedestrian Safety Workshops
Please join California WALKS and the United Seniors of Oakland and Alameda County (USOAC) for FREE wokshops focusing on pedestrian safety and walking for older adults on:
Wednesday, September 22nd---9am-12pm; West Oakland Senior Center
Thursday, October 21st--12:30pm-3:45pm; North Oakland Senior Center To RSVP or for more information, contact Sister Ansar at: (510) 729-0851
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CAPCOA Climate Change Forum
The California Air Pollution Control Officers Association (CAPCOA), along with its co-hosts, the California Air Resources Board and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, are proud to present "The CAPCOA Climate Change Forum". This forum will create a collaborative environment where progress can be made towards the harmonization of climate programs. The conference will focus on how federal, state, and local agencies can most effectively align efforts to advance climate change programs in California.
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Designing for Pedestrian Safety FHWA and PBIC Free Webinar Series
www.walkinginfo.org/training/pbic/dps_webinars.cfm to help communities address pedestrian safety issues through design and engineering solutions.
Part 4: Intersection Geometry
Presented by John LaPlante, Director of Traffic Engineering, T.Y. Lin International, Inc
and Keith Sinclair, Acting Assistant Division Administrator, FHWA Connecticut Division
Thursday, September 9 at 11:00 a.m. PST
Dates are not yet decided for the following:
Part 5: Signalized Intersections
Presented by Michael Moule, President, Livable Streets, Inc and Fred Ranck, FHWA Resource Center Safety Design Engineer
Monday, September 27 at 11:00 a.m. PST.
Part 6: Interchanges and Roundabouts
Presented by Fred Ranck, FHWA Resource Center Safety Design Engineer and Hillary Isebrands, FHWA Resource Center Safety Specialist
Tuesday, October 5 at 11:00 a.m. PST
Part 7: Pedestrians and Transit
Part 8: Road Diets |
 A Webinar to Help Promote Walk to School Day in Your Community
Title: Promoting Walk to School Activities at Your School
Date: Monday, August 30, 2010
Time: 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. PDT
This webinar will feature school activities, how to host a successful event, and available resources to get you started . California Active Communities is home to the California Safe Routes to School Technical Assistance Resource Center (TARC). TARC provides guidance to schools and communities to increase children's safety while walking and biking to school and other neighborhood destinations.
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America Walks Wants Your Opinion Take a walking survey and help America Walks develop a national strategy and walking action plan: Go to www.americawalks.org/2010/08/survey. Survey is closing soon so don't delay. |
CONGRATULATIONS TO CALIFORNIA WALKS
Healthy City.org selects California WALKS to participate in its Healthy City-Share & Connect! project:
"Congratulations to the winners of our Tell My Story drawing! Like many of you out there, they have a story to share about the great work they are doing-from building community collaboratives that aim to improve health outcomes to initiatives that tackle statewide issues. Healthy City will provide one-on-one technical assistance to these winning organizations to help them tell their story in the Share & Connect room:
. California WALKS --a project that works statewide to improve pedestrian safety by mentoring local groups and working to educate, encourage and empower community residents by providing community-based pedestrian safety skill building and advocacy workshops." |
Warming Climate Means Harsher Smog Season for California
In a new report released by the Air Resources Board, scienttists from the University of California at Davis and Berkeley estimate that rising temperatures from climate change will increase ozone levels in California's major air basins.
The study also predicts that peak concentrations of dangerous airborne particles will increase in the San Joaquin Valley due to the effects of climate change on wind patterns.
To view the full report, go to http.www.arb.ca.gov.
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Tell Senator Boxer to Deliver the Transportation Bill We Need For nearly a year, Congress has dithered over legislation to keep our roads, bridges and transit systems in safe, working order and to address our frustration with arduous commutes, unreliable public transportation and our desire to kick the oil habit.
Now the Senate is finally taking their very first steps to craft their version of a new transportation bill.
Senator Boxer is at the helm of the powerful Environment and Public Works Committee that is writing the bill--and you must let her know that California needs a cutting-edge transportation system that reduces our dependence on oil.
Write to Senator Boxer today! Tell her to deliver a transportation bill that creates an accountable, sustainable and clean transportation system. Send your letter to Senator Boxer, 2500 Tulare Street, Suite 5290, Fresno, CA 93721. |
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Please contact wendy@californiawalks.org or call 510.684.5705 if you have any questions or want information about our organization.  . Sincerely,
Wendy Alfsen
California WALKS
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