Transportation Equity in the Face of Police Profiling
“Are they going to kill me?”
Local Practice & Policy
Champions for Active Transportation: Is Your Mayor on Board?
USDOT Secretary Anthony Foxx has issued a challenge to mayors and elected officials: take action to support safety for bicyclists and pedestrians of all ages.
Back to School in Milwaukie, Oregon, Adds Another E: Excitement
"It is just not safe to let my child walk or ride their bike to school." So said respondents from the initial survey that the PTA of Linwood Elementary in Milwaukie, Oregon, sent out last spring. They didn’t know that 'Safe Routes to School' – with capital letters – existed. But they knew something was not right, and they wanted to fix it.
Safe Routes Partnership Leads in LA: Raising Voices for Better Walking and Bicycling
In Los Angeles County, two years collaborative efforts to make sure the County’s transportation investments add up to create a truly multimodal system are at a critical juncture!
Florida Rallies Around Bike to School Day
May is the last month of the school year for many Southern states, and one where we see great numbers of children actively commuting to and from school. Maybe there are so many people walking and bicycling because the weather is so nice, or maybe because teachers and parents want an outlet to that pre-summer energy the kids seem to have bundled inside them! Regardless, walking and bicycling to school are great ways to enjoy the outdoors in our Southern state as well as get some much needed physical activity.
Rural School District Finds Success in Creating a Safe Routes to School District Policy
Last fall, in the rural community of Winton, California, there was lot of excitement building around walking, bicycling and Safe Routes to School. Winton is a small town with two schools less than two miles apart from each other, and parents and community members had been frustrated about the congestion that was created when schools released students at the end of the day. Parents wanted to be able to walk or bicycle to school with their children, but couldn’t because of a lack of sidewalks and infrastructure. The district needed a solution.
Exciting Public Private Partnership in Los Angeles County to Support Safe Routes to School Funding
Bicycle Safety Education: Beyond the Bike Rodeo?
Over the past decades bicycle safety education has developed into its own field, ultimately being implemented in a variety of ways, depending primarily on the amount of time and resources available to convey important concepts. These choices are not easy and inevitably we, as educators, must make informed compromises.
A Countywide Complete Streets Policy for the Los Angeles Region
Co-Authors:
Eric Bruins, Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition
Jessica Meaney, Southern California Policy Director, Safe Routes Partnership
Tennessee Advocacy Organizer is a Guest Blogger for Green Trips!
This October I was asked to write a guest post for the Green Trips program blog on how families and children can learn about their impact on the environment, their health, and their budgets by choosing to bike or walk for transportation instead of using a car.