A Brief History Lesson: Academic Performance and Physical Activity
This guest blog post was written by our research adviser, Christina Galardi.
First, let’s start with a pop quiz to get your brain working - I’ll give the answers at the end.
This guest blog post was written by our research adviser, Christina Galardi.
First, let’s start with a pop quiz to get your brain working - I’ll give the answers at the end.
In May, a series of incomprehensible tragedies happened in the City of Portland and the surrounding region – vehicles hitting, hurting, maiming and killing people walking and riding bicycles. One crash after another.
This guest blog post was written by our research adviser, Christina Galardi.
Back to the basics: even though I’ve completed college-level mathematics courses, this month I returned to elementary school for an important lesson in my 1,2,3’s.
The Safe Routes Partnership is pleased to support the For Every Kid Coalition in the Pacific Northwest region. For Every Kid is a growing coalition calling for Safe Routes to School for every kid in the Metro-area; vocal support from cities and school districts is an outcome of key partners coming together to promote the benefits and work with communities and we have been an active part of the leadership of this effort.
Local leaders agree: creating safe options to walk, bike, or ride the bus to school is critical to improving the health of kids.
In Los Angeles County, two years collaborative efforts to make sure the County’s transportation investments add up to create a truly multimodal system are at a critical juncture!
The Portland, Oregon region, in many regards, is ahead of the curve when it comes to active transportation. The “Bike Bill” (ORS 366.514), passed more than 40 years ago by the Oregon Legislature in 1971, requires the inclusion of facilities for pedestrians and bicyclists wherever a road, street or highway is built or rebuilt.
Co-Authors:
Eric Bruins, Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition
Jessica Meaney, Southern California Policy Director, Safe Routes Partnership