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Robert Ping bio
Robert Ping manages the SRTS State Network Implementation Project in the District of Columbia and nine states: CA, GA, IL, KY, LA, NY, OK, TX, and VA. Robert supervises and supports Network Organizers in each of the ten jurisdictions, providing program development and training, and attending network meetings in addition to giving conference presentations throughout the country.
A Portland, Oregon resident since 2004, Robert provided three years of Safe Routes to School technical services to Oregon communities and the Oregon Department of Transportation. He remains co-chair of the Oregon Walk+Bike to School Committee and as a liaison to the Oregon Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee. He co-designed and formerly managed Portland, Oregon’s SRTS program, providing comprehensive services to 19 schools. Robert was appointed to the National Safe Routes to School Task Force in 2006 (representing local and state SRTS programs), and is a member of the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals.
Formerly a San Francisco Bay area resident, Robert was administrative and communications director of the Bay Area’s Transportation and Land Use Coalition and worked as director of the Bicycle Community Project. He was also director of Pedal Power youth education programs and the associate director of Trips for Kids-Marin, focusing on serving low-income youth. Robert has more than 20 years experience in youth non-profit program management and has been an alternative transportation and environmental advocate for 25 years.
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