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PEDESTRIANS COUNT! DATA, MODELING & ADVOCACY WORKSHOP, HELD OCTOBER 3-5, A GREAT SUCCESS
123 learned from California's leading pedestrian activity and safety researchers and policymakers, about pedestrian trip prediction models, the economic case for pedestrian injury prevention, health impact assessments, GIS mapping, safe routes to schools, and the need to include pedestrian trips in travel demand modeling. Best practice in sustainable communities as walkable communities near transit (for all ages and incomes) was highlighted. Some 30, at Sunday's day long strategic advocacy workshop, helped shape California WALKS' advocacy future. See www.californiawalks.org for highlights and links to on-line presentations and photos. Thanks to all our partners who helped California WALKS make this a useful step in moving a walking agenda forward. |
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CDPH Pedestrian Safety Program Webinar
November 23----10:00-12:00 Pacific Time
To register for this FREE Webinar, please click on this link:
https://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg.aspx?webconfid=21797. Eduardo C. Serafin, PE, AICP (UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies), Brooke M DuBose (Fehr & Peers Transportation Consultants) and Bruce S. Appleyard, AICP (Dowling Associates, Inc) will discuss the state of California's very successful Pedestrian Safety Assessment Program.
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Join California WALKS at AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION EXPOSITION
NOVEMBER 6-10 in Denver, CO
Join California WALKS at the American Public Health Association 138th Annual Meeting and Exposition where we will be presenting our Community Pedestrian Safety workshops.
http://www.apha.org/meetings/registration.
Our presentation, titled "Community Pedestrian Safety Workshops in California" is scheduled for session 4243.0, Environmental Health & Public Safety on Tuesday, November 9th at 2:30 pm. |
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Sacramento Safe Routes Conference
November 12
Walk Sacramento invites you to the Second Annual Safe Routes Conference on November 12. Registration is free. Lunch available at $10.00.
If you:
Are thinking of starting a Walk/Bike to School program
Need to figure out liability issues or
Want to know how to get physical pedestrian improvements around schools i.e. sidewalks, crosswalks or signs
This conference is for YOU!
It's another exciting day of information, networking and getting practical tips for parents, school staff and transportation planners and engineers and you don't want to miss it. Sign up at: http://sacramentosaferoutes2010.eventbrite.com.
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SRTS Mini-Grants---Call for Applications
The National Center for Safe Routes to School is now accepting applications for 25 mini-grants of $1,000 each. The program seeks creative ideas that match a school's needs and interests together with ways to help improve safety and/or increase the number of students walking or rolling to school. |
Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Call for Applications------ Deadline December 9, 2010
Please click on the link below for information on available HSIP application process:
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Carbon Savings from Walking Trips
Save 1 lb Carbon with Every Mile You Walk!
1 mile driving foregone (walking trip) = 1 lb CO2 saved based on the following formula:
Average car gets 22 mpg
1/22nd gallon =1 mile foregone
per this site (http://timeforchange.org/what-is-a-carbon-footprint-definition) 1 gallon of gas= 8.7kg CO2. 1kg=2.2 lbs.
8.7 x 2.2 is 19.4 lbs
so, in a car that gets 22 miles to the gallon, the vehicle generates .88 lbs CO2 per mile.
The calculations change depending on MPG, so if a car gets less than 22 mpg, it generates more carbon per mile, with 19.4 MPG being the 1 mile=1 lb CO2 point.
Count each mile you walk instead of drive as saving 1 lb of CO2!!
(Formula from the Massachusetts Climate Action Network) Thanks to WalkBoston for this info. |
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Sign on to the Vision Statement for a Walkable America
California WALKS has endorsed the vision and you should too. America Walks, a national non-profit organization, is working for safe and attractive streets, neighborhoods and public plaes that encourage walking. To expand the network of people and groups that support a more walkable, active and healthy America, we encourage you to sign on. By signing onto the Vision, you will be an early adopter to a rapidly growing group of people and organizations that support improvements for walking nationwide and locally. Please read and sign on the vision here: http://www.americawalks.org/nationalwalkingvision.
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Sign Onto AAA Petition Urging Support for Active Transportation
Let AAA (Automobile Assn of America) know you do not support removing transit, pedestrian and bicycle (safety education, SRTS, transit operations, trails & more) from federal transportation funding. Roads and highways-only funding is not transportation for everyone. Tell AAA NOT to support highways-only funding. Sign the petition at:
http://support.railstotrails.org/site/PageNavigator/AAA.
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Tell Senator Boxer We Need Complete Streets!
As the autumn days get shorter and darker, it's time to shine a light on pedestrian safety. The end of Daylight Savings Time marks the most difficult time of year for drivers to see walkers and bikers. In fact, pedestrian fatalities during the hour around sunset can as much as quadruple from normal rates during the weeks after the time change. We need complete streets!
Congress needs to know that the next federal transportation bill must include provisions to ensure safe road access for everyone---including pedestrians, bicyclists, wheelchair users and others.
Senator Boxer heads the powerful Environment and Public Works Committee that is writing the bill. Let's demand that California roads be safe for all people year round!
Write or call Senator Boxer today! Tell her that complete streets and safe access for all must be a part of the next transportation bill. *Call the Senator's office at 202-224-3553 *Print and mail your letter to Senator Boxer, 2500 Tulare Street, Suite 5290, Fresno, CA 93721 |
60 MPG WOULD SAVE DRIVERS BILLIONS
New automotive fuel efficiency standards would save Californians more than $13 billion annually at gas pumps and cut oil use statewide by more than 5 billion gallons, according to a report released Thursday by Sierra Club California.
The analysis, done by the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Natural Resources Defense Council, was based on raising average fuel efficiency standards to 60 miles per gallon for passenger cars and light trucks by 2025.
"This report proves that ramping up fuel efficiency is a win-win situation for Californians," said Bill Magavern, director of Sierra Club California. The Obama administration is preparing to propose new fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks. Sierra Club California is urging adoption of a 60 mpg standard.
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"California Stops" to Remain Illegal in California
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PLEASE NOTE: Our next newsletter will go out in January 2011. |
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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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