In June, articles in the Akron Beacon Journal highlighted the safety inequity between urban and suburban students that walk or bike to school (you can read them here and
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Fact Sheet
The new transportation law, MAP-21, gives Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) moreresponsibility for distributing federal transportation funds. MPOs serving areas with more than200,000 residents are required to run a competitive grant program to distribute federal funds fromthe Transportation Alternatives (TA) program.
In less than a week, the fourth Safe Routes to School National Conference will kick off in Sacramento, California. Since 2007, the biannual National Conference has brought Safe Routes to School champions together to share success stories, learn from one another and chart the course for the future.
Journal Article, Report, Research
Impact of the Walking School Bus Program on Children's Pedestrian Safety Behaviors
A March 2012 research brief by Active Living Research, Impact of the Walking School Bus Program on Children’s Pedestrian Safety Behaviors, reported that parents listed their children’s safety as one of the top concerns regarding walking to school, and that improving safety may lead more parents to allow their children to walk to school.
The Greater Washington communities in Virginia gained four new Safe Routes to School coordinators in the last round of Virginia Department of Transportation Safe Routes to School funding!
Fact Sheet
An Overview for California Advocates
This resource provides an overview of the Safe Routes to School program.
Last week, while visiting the doctor for flu-like symptoms, Safe Routes Partnership director Deb Hubsmith was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). This type of leukemia comes on very quickly, and Deb's doctors caught it early and started treatment right away. She will be in and out of the hospital over the next couple of months while going through chemotherapy. Once treated, AML has a good remission and survival rate. Her doctors fully expect remission following her treatment course.
Toolkit, Report, Case Study
A Guide for Citizens, Planners and Engineers
Steps to a Walkable Community compilesmultidisciplinary tactics that readers can assemble into customstrategies designed for their community’s circumstances.
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Evaluation
This resource provides a compilation of tools developed for the Safe Routes Partnership's Local School Project and other projects to help in creating a user-friendly quantitative and qualitative framework, data collection tools, and a data collection plan. It includes a parent survey in English and Spanish.
Walking to school is not a new concept - up until the 1970s, most schools were located in residential neighborhoods, and communities were built with pedestrian traffic in mind. Unlike many suburban and rural areas, this still holds true in urban communities, where sidewalks are present and homes are clustered around schools.
Fact Sheet
Walking and Bicycling Audits
These briefings sheets were developed with funding support from the National Center for Safe Routes to School. The briefing sheets are intended for use by transportation engineers and planners to support their active participation in the development and implementation of Safe Routes to School programs and activities.
During the month of February, America paused to celebrate the historical achievements of African-American pioneers all over the nation. In March, the celebration continues, but with a different theme.
Report, Case Study
11 Profiles of Neighborhood Transformation
In this monograph, the Prevention Institute has profiled eleven projects in predominantlylow-income communities where local residents mobilized public and private resources to makechanges in their physical environments to improve the health and quality of life for their citizens.
In April, we celebrate Earth Day. So much of what we do to at the Safe Routes Partnership not only benefits health and wellness, but is also good for the environment. I am using a BIG win in New Jersey as an example.
Report
Assessing the Mode Shift Potential of Walk to School Programs
With support provided by the Barr Foundation, WalkBoston and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) developed a spatial framework for the following:
As the 2013-14 academic school year ends, report cards are issued across the country. Grades in academic courses, physical education and the arts can lead to celebrations of achievement, or discouragement about not making the grade.
Model Policy
This Model suggests language for a comprehensive plan's transportation vision statement and policy package, as well as additional language to be used throughout other chapters to encourage the integration of Complete Streets policies in interagency planning for land use, schools, public facilities, parks and recreation, and community health.
After only a handful of hearings in the Senate and House this year focusing on a long term fix for our nation’s surface transportation needs, Congress sent a clear message last week to all those who hoped for long-term action: let’s talk next year!
Here’s how it all went down:
Fact Sheet
In an era of scarce public funds, this economic value justifies the investment in livable communities. Active transportation and livability should be funded because governments can recover their investment through enhanced tax revenues, and developers can recoup their investment in higher sales or rents.