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News from Around the Network
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Proposals for individual presentations, full sessions, and mobile workshops are now being accepted for the 2016 PedsCount! Summit
through Monday, February 8, 2016, 5 PM Pacific
. Submissions will only be accepted online via the following Google Form
http://goo.gl/forms/9le5zFNxd6.
To support the theme
Unlocking Community Vibrancy, Health, & Prosperity for All Walks of LIfe, the Programming Committee is committed featuring new and diverse voices at the Summit and strongly encourages community-based organizations and community residents from traditionally underrepresented communities and/or regions of the state to apply. Additionally, partial and full scholarships will be made available-dependent upon funding-to speakers who contribute to the diversity of the Summit and who require financial assistance for registration, travel, and/or lodging.
To help prepare your proposal submission, you can review the entirety of the Call for Speakers form-including example session ideas-in
English and
Spanish.
The host venue for the 2016 PedsCount! Summit will be the
Courtyard Marriott Long Beach Downtown (500 East First Street Long Beach, CA 90802), where we have secured a group rate for Summit attendees for
$150.00/night (plus tax) for single or double rooms. Additionally, there will be a limited number of rooms available at the
state government rate of $120.00/night (plus tax); reservations under this rate will require a valid government ID at the time of check in. Complimentary wireless internet is included for the duration of your stay.
Reduced rates are available until Sunday May 8, 2016
, so make your reservation today! Reservations for the Summit must be made directly with Marriott reservations at 1 (800) 321-2211 or (562) 435-8511. Request the "Pedestrians Count 2016" or "California Walks" rate.
Visit
californiawalks.org/pedscount2016/travel for more information on how best to plan your trip to Long Beach.
High-profile Summit Sponsorship opportunities offer a number of ways to interact and network with Summit participants and their agencies or organizations, while underscoring your commitment to the health and safety of people walking in communities all across California. 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.
Registration is set to open in January 2016--stay tuned to californiawalks.org/pedscount2016 for more details.
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Jane's Walk is a global festival of free, locally-focused, citizen-led walking tours. On the first weekend of May, to commemorate the birthday of writer and urban activist Jane Jacobs, thousands of people around the world come together to explore, talk about, and celebrate their neighborhoods.
This year's festival will happen in over 180 cities worldwide on May 6, 7 and 8. It will be the 10th annual festival, on what would have been Jane Jacobs' 100th birthday!
All walks are volunteer-led and free for participants, but that means we need your help! Become a Jane's Walk City Organizer today and help create an appetite for action that catalyzes interest groups and inspires residents to convene around the issues that matter to them. Learn more at janeswalk.org
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As we reported In September, the Surgeon General released
Step It Up! Call to Action to Promote Walking and Walkable Communities, outlining five strategic goals to promote walking and walkable communities in the United States. To furt
her help communities "Step It Up," the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is providing competitive funding for
interdisciplinary teams from Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) regions to attend the second Action Institute to Increase Walking and Walkability. Teams will be equipped with skills and strategies to strengthen efforts to pursue policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) supports for walking and walkability. Read the full funding announcement here.
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New FHWA Resources on Pedestrian & Bicycle Networks
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has developed two new resources on successful pedestrian and bicycle network planning and implementation:
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report examining why people walking or biking account for a rising share of traffic deaths in the United States. One contributing factor identified by the GAO identified is street design practices that seek primarily to move cars.
This University of Minnesota study estimates the accessibility to jobs by walking in the 50 largest (by population) metropolitan areas in the United States, and is a companion study to the Access Across America: Transit 2014 report.
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