SafeTREC-UCTD Seminar

                     Friday, June 3-- Noon to 1:30 p.m.

"Analyzing Travel Behavior Using the National Household Travel Survey"

Presented by: Swati Pande, MS, SafeTREC Research Associate

Location: 2nd floor conference room at SafeTREC,

2614 Dwight Way, Berkeley CA 

Free. Register at http://www.safetrec.berkeley.edu/education/seminars.html 

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3rd Safe Routes to School National Conference August 16-18 in Minneapolis, MN. Register at www.saferoutesconference.org for early bird rate through June 17! California WALKS Youth Video Voice panel will be a part of this conference. 

Safe Route 5 E's and engineering grant applications due July 15. Go to www.dot.ca.gov/hq/LocalPrograms/saferoutes/saferoutes.htm.   

Action Alert:   Urge Senator Boxer to Stand Strong for California Transportation Safety

including Toward Zero Pedestrian Deaths. California's 18% is too many!

Requring each state's department of transportation and metropolitan planning organization to put in place a Complete Streets policy ensureing all Federally-funded transportation projects accommodate the safety and convenience of all users. Click here for complete article: Safe Streets legislation 

                                                            
 California Department of Public Health Webinar Series

Creating a Health Framework for Climate Action and Adaptation Planning

June 22---11-12 pm

Learn how cities and counties throughout California are planning for climate change, how health and equity can be integrated into these efforts and the important role community members can play.

Register at: https:/ /publichealthinstitute.webex.com/publichealthinstitute/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=961150280.

For questions about any of these webinars, please contact Kathy Dervin at Kathy.dervin@cdph.ca.gov.

 MAP YOUR PEDESTRIAN DEATHS & INJURIES!

CRASH MAPS FREE:   New Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS) Web site: GIS maps of all pedestrian crashes in your city or county, created by researchers at UC Berkeley SafeTREC based on SWITRS crash data. Go to http://www.tims.berkeley.edu for more information & set up your own account.

Safe for All: WalkSanDiego's Complete Streets Best Practices  (walk)

                              MUTCD Comments due by June 30

Send your letters supporting longer crossing times and adding of RRapid Flashing Beacon to 2011 CA MUTCD and implementing Complete Streets in Highway Design Manual update: Send in two comments:  1) on proposed updates to Caltrans Highway Design Manual (implementing Complete Streets) and 2) to California MUTCD (signal timing, traffic signs, signals, markings) [see D4PAC Letters] and urge Caltrans to add the Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon due June 30, 2011.

RRFB

For HDM comment submissions due July 8, 2011, send to wendy@californiawalks.org and she will forward them.

June 14 1:00 pm, 1120 N Street, Room 3442 (3rd floor), Sacramento

HDM Update, answer questions, and clarify submitting comments: 

 In person, or via free-to-you webinar, join and call: 

1 Join the meeting; http://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?siqKey=mymeetings&i=741621865&p=&t=c

2 Enter required fields [meeting number 7416211865, name, email

3 Indicate that you have read the Privacy Policy

4 Click on Proceed  

To join the phone bridge:

1   Call the phone bridge number: 1-877-562-0462

2   participant code: 8900273                             

October Conference for Older Adults

California WALKS "Engaging Older Adults" (using video and photovoice) as effective health advocates for increased access, safe mobility, physical activity and access to goods and services" a joint HTN-NHTSA, PBIC, UNC Older Adult Pedestrian Safety project has been accepted for oral presentation at APHA conference this fall!

                                   Carbon Savings from Walking Trips

 Save 1 lb Carbon with Every Mile You Walk!

1 mile driving  (20 mpg) 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.