California State Network – May Meeting

Please join us Thursday, May 24th via conference call from 9-10am for our Safe Routes to School State Network Meeting.  All are welcome and invited to join.   Please note, we hold these meetings monthly, on the 4th Thursday of the month from 9-10am.

Details:
Thursday, May 24th from 9-10 am
Conference Call Number (toll-free):  1-866-394-4146,
Access Code: 553816012#
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See You at Peds Count!

Broadway in Downtown LA. Photo credit: J. Meaney

We are excited to participate in the nearly sold out Statewide Pedestrian Conference, Peds Count! 2012, led by California Walks, that will take place Thursday May 3rd and Friday May 4th in downtown Los Angeles.

Check out the awesome line up of speakers - click here

Stay tuned for posts on our twitter and facebook and it’s not too late to join, especially for the walking social on Thursday night or Friday sessions!

Hope to see you there!

Caltrans issues $100Million Call for Projects that improve Safety

On April 23, 2012, Caltrans announced a combined call for HSIP and HR3 projects based upon anticipated federal safety funding in the upcoming 2013 FSTIP starting in October 2012. Caltrans expects the available funding apportioned to local agencies in the 2013 FSTIP to be approximately $100 million for HSIP and $15 million for HR3 in their respective 4 year plans. Applications are due on Friday, July 20, 2012 and should be submitted to the attention of your Caltrans District Local Assistance Engineer. Applications received or postmarked after July 20, 2012 will not be accepted.

In an effort to provide clear guidance to local agencies on how to efficiently prepare their applications that will compete effectively and provide the greatest opportunity to improving the safety of their local road networks, Caltrans, FHWA, and the National Highway Institute are hosting a webinar that will review the Call for Projects process and documents. Click her to register for the May 3rd webinar.

May Complete Streets Action Team Meeting

Background: 

In California, Complete Streets Policy Legislation exists at the state level with AB1358 (2008), requiring cities and counties to include complete streets policies as part of their general plans as they are updated.  There is also statewide policy on Complete Streets at Caltrans through Deputy Directive 64-R1, and revisions to the CA Highway Design Manual are taking place now.  Throughout California, many counties and other local jurisdictions have, or are in the process of implementing complete streets policies.

On our March call we discussed some of the alternative tools (other than Auto LOS) that can be used for implementing complete streets.  There was an interest in talking about methods that can be used to create different standards for urban and rural areas within a jurisdiction as well as an interest in learning more about the individual methods.

This action team will be meeting via conference call on  May 9th, 10-11 am. 

Conference Call Number: 1-866-394-4146
Access Code: 553816012#
Mute/unmute: *4

California State Network – April Meeting

Please join us Thursday, April 26th via conference call from 9-10am for our Safe Routes to School State Network Meeting.  All are welcome and invited to join.   Please note, we hold these meetings monthly, on the 4th Thursday of the month from 9-10am.

Details:
Thursday, April 26th from 9-10 am
Conference Call Number (toll-free):  1-866-394-4146,
Access Code: 553816012#
*4 mute/unmute

Joint Use and Community Based Schools Action Team Meeting

Joint Use and Community Based Schools Action Team Meeting

Meeting via conference call on  Wednesday March 21, 1-2 pm. 

Conference Call Number: 1-866-394-4146
Access Code: 553816012#
Mute/unmute: *4

2012 California Healthy Cities and Communities Annual Conference

The Center for Civic Partnerships announces the opening of registration for the 2012 California Healthy Cities and Communities Annual Conference on April 19, 2012 in Los Angeles.

The 2012 California Healthy Cities and Communities Annual Conference focus will be “Designing and Living in Healthy Cities and Communities” and will feature Dr. Richard Jackson, Professor and Chair of Environmental Health Sciences at UCLA’s School of Public Health as the keynote. Confirmed interactive panels and roundtable sessions include:
·         Using GIS and mobile technology
·         Innovative community-based strategies for healthy eating
·         Health and equity in transportation planning
·         Collaborating to create healthy communities

California State Network – March Meeting

California Safe Routes to School Network Meeting

Agenda – Thursday March 29, 2010:  9 – 10am

Call (toll-free):  1-866-394-4146, 553816012#

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California State Network – Obligation and Funding Action Team Meeting

California Safe Routes to School Network Meeting

Agenda – Tuesday February 28, 2010:  2 – 3pm

Call (toll-free):  1-866-394-4146, 553816012#

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This meeting will be to discuss getting Federal Cycle 3 Safe Routes to School Grants obligated and underway by 06/30/12.   These funds were awarded in October 2011 and it is critical to support Caltrans, TARC and other efforts to ensure these funds are programmed and initiated in a timely manner.  Please join us if you are working on a cycle 3 grant.

1. Introductions

2. Background of Action Team, Jessica Meaney, SRTSNP

3. Status and Background on Cycle 3 Grants, Resources and Efforts available to get funds moving – see written update here, Patti Horsely, TARC

4. Status of RFA packages, Dawn Foster, Caltrans

5. Group Discussion on achieving goal of having all Cycle 3 grants, particularly NI grants are obligated by 06/30/12

• Lessons learned from jurisdictions and Caltrans District who are moving quickly on this process

Register now for the 2012 Complete Streets Conference in Los Angeles!

The second UCLA Complete Streets conference will present speakers from academia and practice to share observations and findings about recent accomplishments and explore new research and complete streets implementation examples.  As the support behind the complete streets movement continues to evolve, exemplary on-the-ground projects are steadily growing in strength and in numbers.  What are recent accomplishments that have made appearances on the horizon of this movement, how have these efforts fared in their objectives to redefine and repurpose streets as public spaces?  What are promising new approaches and strategies for implementing complete and living streets in California and in the U.S.?

Complete Streets for California 2012
Hosted by UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
March 2nd, 8am – 5pm
Kyoto Grand Hotel
120 South Los Angeles Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Click here for more information and to register