All, I found this from our Southern California Safe Routes to School
coordinator.
Phyllis
http://www.dialogue4health.org/webforums/4_24_12.html
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Promoting Active Transportation in Rural
Areas
Available online for listening. Also some slides and many useful links to
rural active transportation groups and resources
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 | 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM Pacific
There are unique barriers to active modes of transportation in rural
communities. Rural environments typically lack pedestrian facilities and
bike lanes; stores, schools, jobs, and services are sometimes located far
apart from homes; and parks and recreation facilities are rare. In
addition, some small town and rural residents see "active transportation" -
the ability for people to be physically active in the course of daily life,
e.g. walking to school or the supermarket or bicycling to work - as out of
place in the rural context.
Understanding these barriers is the first step towards finding
opportunities to remove them. In fact, the active living movement is
gaining momentum in small towns, rural and tribal communities in every
region of the US. This Web Forum will feature a frank roundtable discussion
of how, through persistence and inspiration, small towns can implement
policies, programs, and environmental changes that support walking and
biking. Learn about strategies, tools, and resources that you can use to
improve your community so that children and adults can be more physically
active and healthier on a daily basis.
Join us for what will surely be a dynamic and thought-provoking forum on
how rural communities can support walking and biking. Unlike our
traditional events, this Web Forum will feature an entirely unscripted,
round table conversation with five leaders in the field of promoting Active
Transportation. We look forward to your comments and questions to help
shape our open discussion.
--
Communications Director
Safe Transportation Research and Education
Center<http://www.safetrec.berkeley.edu/>
(SafeTREC)
University of California Transportation Center <http://www.uctc.net/> (UCTC)
Institute for Urban and Regional Development <http://www.iurd.berkeley.edu/>
(IURD)
California Active Transportation Safety Information
Pages<http://catsip.berkeley.edu/>
(CATSIP)
2614 Dwight Way
UC Berkeley
Berkeley CA 94720-7374
510-643-1779
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