Looks like our Walking and Wheeling webinar
series<http://greenactioncentre.ca/content/walking-and-wheeling-webinar-series/>was
such a success that our Active and Safe Routes to School partners in
Ontario will be doing one as well!
We will not be able to host all of them here at the Eco-Centre, but when we
can I will send a reminder and invitation. Please register with Sandra
Jones to watch from your own computer: scjones(a)telus.net
Please check your own access to the WALKS room on this link below. Click
'Allow' when promoted, or follow the instruction; for instance to update
JAVA. Guest Link
here<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001txjSoZpK2mCKvai5APqy9DIcNLkRylU3EDFTaS3mOGEE…>
.
*Wednesday March 6 - 11am-1:30pm CST *
*THE REALITY OF WORKING WITH HIGH SCHOOLS*
This active school travel webinar will include presentations and discussion
of the rewards and challenges of working with high school students. These
are the projects and presenters:
*Adapting School Travel Planning for High Schools
*Jamie Stuckless will present findings of a Green Communities
Canada-directed pilot in Ottawa that took place between September 2010 and
December 2012.
*Experiences Engaging High School Students
*Omar Bhimji with HASTe BC will share his insights.
*Making Tracks With High School Students
*Jen McGowan will present on programs offered through the Ecology Action
Centre, Nova Scotia
*Supporting Our High Schools
*Share The Road representative Jamie Stuckless will update on their latest
work.
*
*
*Wednesday April 3 - 11:00am-12:30pm CST*
*PROGRESS IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES*
We are pleased to have municipal planners and other community professionals
join us to present on School Travel Planning and active school travel
projects in:
- The City of Vernon, BC
- The City of Edmonton, AB
- Rural Yukon communities
- Bridgewater, Nova Scotia (to be confirmed)
- Case study highlights from Ontario
*Tuesday April 30 - 11:00am-12:30pm CST*
*TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS IN STP AND ASRTS*
Developers of unique active school travel apps for web and mobile devices
will share their latest findings and updates. The presenters are:
- Anders Swanson. Background information is at
www.greenactioncentre.ca<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001txjSoZpK2mDWbaAyS3pX5W1K9BKtlMIkmvj_hKjj1VsQ…>
Bike,
Walk Roll Project mapping app development
- Ken Martin. A link for app use is at iSchoolTravel: Active Travel and
Emissions Calculator<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001txjSoZpK2mC4JuEOKTwu146CR934GtkXL2wN0_Seu2uD…>
*Wednesday June 19 - 11:00am-12:30pm CST*
*LOCAL AIR QUALITY AND CHILDREN'S MOBILITY*
This session will provide results and highlights from the Hamilton, Ontario
air quality monitoring project at St. Lawrence Catholic School. The
project, a joint effort of Green Venture, Rotek Environmental, Clean Air
Hamilton and Green Communities Canada, with support from Environment
Canada's Air Quality Health Index, has involved elementary students in the
collection and analysis of air quality data around the school and in action
planning. St. Lawrence has been an active participant in the Stepping It Up
(School Travel Planning) project with Metrolinx as well as Share the Road
and Green Communities' Wheeling to School pilot.
Funding for the above webinar series is provided by the Ontario Ministry of
Health.
Thank you!
--
*Shoni Litinsky* | Active and Safe Routes to School
Green Action Centre <http://greenactioncentre.ca/>
3rd floor, 303 Portage Avenue* | *(204) 925-3773
Green Action Centre is your non-profit hub for greener living.
Support our work by becoming a
member<http://greenactioncentre.ca/support/memberships/>
Find us here<http://greenactioncentre.ca/content/ecocentre-directions-and-travel-options/>
Thought this might be of interest from an AT perspective, among others of
course. Apologies for cross-postings. Please see attached, and circulate
widely:
*Whose Winnipeg? A forum to discuss public process and city decisions*
Thursday March 14, 6-8pm
Carol Shields Auditorium
Millennium Library
251 Donald St
Hosted by the Social Planning Council of Winnipeg
in partnership with
Planners Network Manitoba
OURS Winnipeg
For the Love of Winnipeg
For more information, call the Social Planning Council:
204-943-256<204-943-2561>
http://www.theprovince.com/Stay+safe+take+transit+says+study+revealing+great
er+risks+driving+cycling+especially+motorbikes/8032362/story.html
Stay safe, take transit, says study revealing greater risks of driving,
cycling and especially motorbikes
By Ian Austin, The Province February 28, 2013
The lead author of a new study endorses Vancouver's efforts to make cycling
and walking safer, with a growing network of greenways and separated bike
paths.
If you want to be safe, take the bus - and leave the motorbike on blocks.
That's the conclusion from a new study on the relative safety of the car,
bicycle and motorcycle as opposed to walking and public transit.
Buses and public transit are much, much safer than any other mode of
transport, while motorbikes are much, much more dangerous than anything
else.
Canada is about twice as dangerous as the model transportation nation - tiny
Holland, with its hordes of cyclists - and considerably safer than the most
dangerous nation, the car-crazed United States.
Meghan Winters led a group of Simon Fraser
University
and University of B.C. researchers who found that 200 B.C. lives would be
saved each year if we could emulate the safe streets of the Netherlands.
"Lower speeds, and put in separate areas dedicated for cyclists and
walkers," said Winters, when asked where she'd start to make Vancouver
safer. "Public transit, cycling and walking are all sustainable modes of
transport we should be encouraging."
Buses and public transit were far and away the optimum choice for the safety
conscious - 20 times safer than cars, bicycles and walking, which all scored
roughly the same.
For those who live on the wild side, riding a motorcycle is fully 25 times
as dangerous as driving, cycling or walking.
Rehabilitation facilities such as G.F. Strong are full of the victims of
tragic motorbike crashes, with lengthy regimens for bikers who are
particularly vulnerable to crashes.
Winters endorses Vancouver's efforts to make cycling and walking safer, with
a growing network of greenways and separated bike paths along with traffic
calming roundabouts.
Concerned about a spike in pedestrian deaths, Vancouver also recently
lowered the speed limit to 30 km/h on a high-volume Downtown Eastside
corridor as a pilot project.
"Speed kills," said Winters, an SFU assistant professor of health sciences.
"Reducing speeds lowers the severity of the injuries."
- See more at:
http://www.theprovince.com/Stay+safe+take+transit+says+study+revealing+great
er+risks+driving+cycling+especially+motorbikes/8032362/story.html#sthash.lTV
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