Submitted on Wed, 2012-10-24 08:52 by Jeanie Ward-Waller
I spend a lot of my working hours getting into the weeds of transportation project funding and implementation, and working with our state network to sort out the complexities of state policy and bureaucracy.
Submitted on Thu, 2012-10-18 13:39 by Marty Martinez
October 3 was International Walk and Bike to School Day and we had an amazing experience all over the Bay Area celebrating the benefits of active transportation for our children. I spent the day at a media event in San Francisco with students at Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8 School.
Submitted on Tue, 2012-10-16 16:52 by Jessica Meaney
Happy Walktober!
Submitted on Wed, 2012-09-26 08:15 by Jeanie Ward-Waller
Advocates for Safe Routes to School and active transportation have long recognized the health impacts of our transportation system. The transportation decisions we make – or worse, the opportunities many people lack because of barriers in the built environment – can have beneficial or detrimental effects on our health. During an inspiring week at the Pro Walk Pro Bike Pro Place Conference in Long Beach, h
Submitted on Tue, 2012-09-25 08:39 by Marty Martinez
Like a number of staff at the Safe Routes to School National Partnership, I spent much of last week at the Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference in Long Beach. In addition to getting to see my co-workers in the flesh, I really enjoyed the networking opportunities.
Submitted on Thu, 2012-09-06 19:53 by Rye Baerg
Next week, the City of Long Beach will host Pro Walk Pro Bike, a multiday conference that will bring together advocates from across the country.
Submitted on Thu, 2012-08-30 14:39 by Marty Martinez
One of the things I’m most excited about in my position as Bay Area policy manager is how perfectly the work fits my interest in public health. As someone who spent almost a decade working in public health policy, the shift to transportation-related policy such as working on Complete Streets was indeed a change. But in another way it wasn’t a change at all.
Submitted on Thu, 2012-08-30 01:00 by Deb Hubsmith
This fall marks 20 years since I moved to California. I was born in Manhattan and grew up there and in New Jersey – learning important lessons about taking initiative and being direct - but I always had an eye toward the west and a fascination with the innovative ideas and policies that often originate in California and then go nationwide.
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