California’s climate change legislation continues to provide opportunities for bicycle and pedestrian advocates to influence regional transportation policy and finance.
Resource Library
Page 101 of 107 pages. This page shows results 2001 - 2020 of 2139 total results.
Fact Sheet
This website provides information about pedestrian and bicyclist safety policy and program initiatives by the FHWA.
I’ve been immersed in our latest progress reports for the regional network project, and it is so easy to get lost in the minutiae of editing. But when I stop and think back upon our efforts this year, I am proud of the work of everyone involved in our regional efforts.
The first weekend of December, I joined 18 fellow citizens at the National Capital Transportation Planning Board (TPB) Community Leadership Institute (CLI). The purpose of the CLI is to learn more about how transportation decisions are made in the region and how to become more involved in the decision-making process.
Report
How Localities (in States that Penalize School Absences) Can Support Student Health, School Attendance, and Educational Achievement
Improving the Grade describes how attendance-based financing hurts struggling school districts serving poor children and offer policy solutions that support student health and academic success.
Since it has been a full six months since MAP-21 was signed into law, we are now seeing progress and decisions on the implementation of the law.
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet describes the impact of transportation funding recissions on transportation enhancements for biking and walking infrastructure and ways to protect funding for these projects and programs.
Did you make a new years resolution in 2013 to be more physically active? How about to lose weight? Spend more time with your kids? Or do you want to get more involved with your community?
If any one of these represent your goals, I’ve got one word for you – WALK.
Report
The purpose of this document is to show that bicycle and pedestrian projects are eligible for funding through CMAQ, describe the criteria and process, provide examples of successful projects, and give advice for answering tough questions.
This is it!
Can you feel the momentum building for getting kids active in schools? Can you feel the walking movement growing? Can you hear the call to action to ensure our communities are designed to help people move?
We are ready to seize the moment. Are you ready to join us?
Evaluation, Report, Case Study
Final Report, 2007-2009, Making Change Through Partners and Policies
The Safe Routes Partnership launched the State Network Project in 2007 to influence state-level Safe Routes to School implementation and to leverage additional resources and build a supportive environment through other state-level policies.
Use the extra energy and daylight of this springtime of year to help more children walk, hop, skip or bicycle to school. The Active Living Research annual conference, held in February 2013, highlighted research relevant to Safe Routes to School that can help you show the proven benefits of your program.
Two of the session presentations are highlighted below:
Toolkit, Evaluation
The aim of the Active School Neighborhood Checklist (ASNC) is to provide decision makers with a quantitative tool for evaluating the potential long-term health impacts of candidate school sites on the children who will attend them.
One of the most important and basic lessons we all learn is how to share. As children we are taught to share our toys and time on the swings, as employees we are encouraged to share ideas and successes, and as bicyclists we request that cars share the road.
Fact Sheet
This resource provides information about developing funding and policy support for joint use of school facilities.
I was 12 years old and it started out as just another spring weekend with my Dad in New York City in the 1980s.
Webinar
Getting Safe Routes to School and Student Transportation Departments to Work Together
This webinar from July 17, 2014 addresses how collaboration between Safe Routes to School and student transportation departments can enable children to get to school safely, while supporting a comprehensive school transportation system.
The second annual Tennessee Bike Summit took place during May in Memphis, Tennessee. I had the pleasure of attending with a few hundred others from all across the volunteer state, who support bicycling as a form of transportation and recreation.
Fact Sheet
Research Implications for School Board Members
This research brief is one of a series of three briefsthat use the findings from the 2007 research report,School Wellness Policy Development, Implementation, andEvaluation: Perceptions, Barriers and Opportunities, toinform action steps tailored to each of the key audiencestargeted in the study
This spring, families and schools across the country joined in the Fire Up Your Feet activity challenge, a program designed to encourage students, families, and school staff to walk, bike, and get physical activity in daily life. Together, families and schools logged a collective 292,400 minutes of activity and more than 7,000 miles.