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News from Around the Network
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Our Southern California Policy Manager, Caro Jauregui, shares her personal experience living car-free in southeast Los Angeles County and why she and our partners are fighting for dedicated investments in active transportation in Southeast LA County's Gateway Cities subregion. Home to 2 million people, the Gateway Cities subregion is comprised of a high number of low-income communities and communities of color in dire need of active transportation and transit investments. Despite the subregion's own adopted policy goals for active transportation, the Gateway Cities Council of Government's latest transportation priorities list dedicated zero dollars to active transportation.
Read Caro's full update here
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Join us June 6 & 7, 2016 in Long Beach for the 2016 PedsCount! Summit! We're working hard to finalize our exciting program for you all, so stay tuned to californiawalks.org/pedscount2016 for the latest updates.
In the meantime, secure your discounted Summit lodging
at the
Courtyard Marriott Long Beach Downtown
(500 East First Street Long Beach, CA 90802) today! Single or double rooms will be available for $150.00/night (plus tax), and a limited number of rooms will be available at the state government rate of $120.00/night (plus tax). Reduced rates are available until Sunday May 8, 2016, so make your reservation today!
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Register before April 15, 2016 for Early Bird Pricing. Registration closes on May 25, 2016. Late exceptions on a case by case basis.
Summit Registration includes two (2) lunches, one (1) breakfast, and coffee/tea breaks.
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Early Bird
(ends 04/15)
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04/16-
05/25
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| Regular Admission |
$275 |
$300 |
| Single-Day |
$125 |
$150 |
Sponsorship Opportunities
The
Summit Sponsorship Brochure outlines the numerous sponsorship levels and benefits. For more questions about sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities, please contact Caro Jauregui at
caro@californiawalks.org.
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Responding to the
Governor's proposed transportation budget, Cal Walks and
38 organizations from all around the state submitted joint recommendations calling on the Administration and Legislature to match investments in repairing and maintaining our existing roadway infrastructure with an investment in repairing and operating public transit systems and expanding transit, walking, and bicycling networks statewide, especially in low-income and otherwise disadvantaged communities.
Read our recommendations here on how we can
leverage transportation investments smartly to advance our state's climate, health, and equity goals in tandem with the state's highway and road system maintenance and preservation goals.
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2016 Legislation Watch
California Walks is hard at work with our statewide coalition partners to advance a transportation equity package of bills that together will improve sustainable, affordable transportation options across the state, especially for low-income Californians
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Stay tuned for more details on our transportation equity package and follow
californiawalks.org/legislation for the latest updates on bills we are tracking and supporting.
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Share your priorities for walking and biking to Caltrans by taking this survey today: English; Spanish
Caltrans has launched a new planning effort to develop the first ever
California Sate Bicycle & Pedestrian Plan over the next year to identify goals, objectives, strategies, and recommendations to make walking and biking safer, more accessible, and more convenient for all Californians.
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New Funding Opportunities
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Set to open in April 2016, roughly $150 million will be made available statewide for projects that improve traffic safety on any publicly owned road--this includes pedestrian and bicycle safety projects!
In this new program, Caltrans has made available $10 million of HSIP funds to assist local agencies conduct systemic safety analyses of collision data in order to identify safety issues on their roadway network and develop a list of systemic low-cost and competitive safety improvement projects for future HSIP funding. There will be two application rounds for this inaugural program cycle: Applications for
Phase 1 funding will be due March 25 2016
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Phase 2 will open in June 2016 and applications will be due August 2016
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Visit Caltrans' SSARP page for more details
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Signed into law last fall,
SB 508 (Beall)
clarifies and makes explicit the eligibility of pedestrian safety education projects and programs under the Transportation Development Act, Article 3 (TDA-3). Now, up to 5% of a city or county's TDA-3 funds may be used to fund bicycle and/or pedestrian safety education programs.
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May 7, 2016 | Mountain View, CA | Hosted by TransForm
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