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Bay Area Increases Walking and Bicycling – and Research Shows We’ll Reap Health Benefits

Submitted on Fri, 2013-04-05 00:38 by Marty Martinez

Marty Martinez New data released from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), the Bay Area’s Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), shows that rates of bicycling and walking have increased throughout the region.

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Getting Fresh in New Jersey

Submitted on Thu, 2013-01-24 18:19 by Laura Torchio

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Tracking County Funding in the Bay Area

Submitted on Wed, 2012-12-19 16:29 by Marty Martinez

Marty Martinez Right now my work in the Bay Area region is at a very exciting phase. While earlier in the year our efforts were concentrated on our metropolitan planning organization (MPO)—the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)—our work now needs to focus on the nine counties of the San Francisco Bay Area.

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So Many Resources, So Little Time: Announcing a New Library of Resources

Submitted on Wed, 2012-09-26 16:51 by Robert Ping

Co-authored with Kathy Cooke, network coordinator - One of the most common interests shared by staff at the National Partnership is a love of books. Reading books, belonging to book clubs, haunting book stores when we're not working -- you name it.

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Implementation Must Follow Policy

Submitted on Fri, 2012-09-14 14:38 by Christine Green

Christine Green On the heels of our Greater Washington, DC area regional Complete Streets policy, the National Complete Streets Coalition (NCSC) released their

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Tackling Childhood Obesity

Submitted on Thu, 2012-08-30 14:39 by Marty Martinez

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.

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Working for Complete Streets in the Bay Area

Submitted on Mon, 2012-07-23 14:08 by Marty Martinez

Marty Martinez On May 17, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) approved the One Bay Area Grant program to provide $800 million more than four years to cities and counties for transportation projects.

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Ohio’s Safe Routes to School Network: Improving Ohio’s Health and Connectivity!

Submitted on Mon, 2012-07-02 17:07 by Kate Moening

Kate Moening The first Ohio network meeting was held on Tuesday, June 19 at the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) Central Office, to kick off the National Partnership’s efforts in Ohio.

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Creating Collaborations

Submitted on Thu, 2012-06-21 10:57 by Marty Martinez

Marty Martinez One of the best things about my job is being able to work with a diverse coalition of organizations toward common purpose.

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North Carolina Partnership Takes Flight

Submitted on Fri, 2012-06-08 14:38 by Terry Lansdell

Terry Lansdell As a longtime advocate who loves nothing more than getting kids on bikes, I was inspired and energized by the first North Carolina state network meeting!