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Amendment to Preserve Dedicated Funding for Walk/Bike Voted Down!

sbrindle — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:10:32 +0000

We’re down, but not out! Stay tuned for our follow-up strategy to save walking and biking. Yesterday, the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted down (27 to 29) an amendment to preserve dedicated funding for walking and biking in the proposed transportation bill. Find out more about the transportation bill and why it’s bad for walking and biking.

House Bill Reverses Decades of Progress on Walking/Biking

sbrindle — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:35:51 +0000

Take action NOW! If your US Representative is on the Transportation Committee, tell them to preserve walking and biking. The House released its transportation bill, the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act. We expected the bill to be bad news for walking and biking. But we didn’t think it would go so far as to reverse all progress pedestrian and bicycle advocates have made over the past 20 years.

California AG Sues Over San Diego’s Transportation Future

sbrindle — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:52:03 +0000

The San Diego Association of Governments was the first regional agency to have to comply with a new state law requiring its transportation plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next 25 years. The governor’s office and state Attorney General Kamala Harris said the plan didn’t go far enough to get San Diego drivers off the road and into buses, trolleys or bike lanes. Read full voiceofsandiego.org article.

Cutting-Edge Planning and Pedestrian Safety Report Issued

sbrindle — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:41:58 +0000

Fehr & Peers Transportation Consultants and America Walks have partnered to produce a new report to educate urban planners and U.S. citizens about signalized intersection enhancements that can improve pedestrian safety and convenience: Signalized Intersection Enhancements that Benefit Pedestrians. Read press release.

Weight of the Nation Conference Registration Open

sbrindle — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:50:21 +0000

Registration is now open for the CDC’s Weight of the Nation Conference: Moving Forward, Reversing the Trend on May 7-9, 2012, in Washington, DC. This is the CDC’s annual national conference on obesity prevention and control.

Signalized Intersection Report Now Available

sbrindle — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:07:42 +0000

This wonderful resource has just been released for your use. Our partners, Fehr & Peers, prepared this report for America Walks to educate decision makers, planners, engineers, and citizens on signalized intersection enhancements that can improve pedestrian safety and convenience. Please see full report here.

Required Parking: More Impacts from Accommodating the Automobile

sbrindle — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:24:56 +0000

This is a good article on the impacts of “required parking” and over-accommodating for the automobile.

Webinar: US Transportation Policy Briefing

sbrindle — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:46:47 +0000

On Wednesday, January 11, 2012 from 3-4 pm EST, you can attend a free webinar to learn what Congress is contemplating regarding policy and funding for walking, bicycling and complete streets. This webinar is co-sponsored by APBP and the Alliance for Biking and Walking. Register here.

Watch Out for Santa Crossing Las Vegas Streets

sbrindle — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:06:04 +0000

According to a Dec. 20th FOX5 story, “Police officers Tuesday won’t make it too hard for motorists to see them cross streets. Authorities will don red Santa suits to make sure drivers adhere to pedestrian safety rules and allow these Jolly Old foot movers to cross the street. The operation setup by Las Vegas Metro police’s traffic safety bureau is the recent crosswalk event in which officers remind drivers safety rules when it comes to crosswalks. Last month, Metro officers donned turkey suits while crossing crosswalks as part of a campaign leading up to Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, the events are in response to the rash of deadly automobile-pedestrian collisions that has run rampant over the fall months…”

Complete Streets Amendment Update

sbrindle — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:08:23 +0000

Thanks to everyone who worked hard to gain support for a Complete Streets amendment in the Commerce committee. The amendment offered by Senator Begich and amended by Sen. Thune received unanimous support in committee this morning. The entire bill was passed on a party-line vote. We’ll have more details on next steps soon.