Hi all, Here is an item with link to a lengthy profile of SafeTREC Director David Ragland and our team research on health and safety effects of Safe Routes to School. Best, Phyllis http://safetrec.berkeley.edu/content/david-ragland-rwj-profile SafeTREC's David Ragland Profiled by RWJ's Active Living Program In an article titled "Safe Routes to School Examined: How Structural Changes Around Schools Affect Children's Mobility and Safety: A Profile of Active Living Research Investigator David R. Ragland, PhD, MPH," the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Active Living Research program discusses the origins of SafeTREC director and founder David Ragland's work in traffic safety in general and his and SafeTREC researchers' series of studies evaluating various effects of Safe Routes to School projects, including: - Safe Routes to School Safety & Mobility Analysis <http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5455454c> - Ten Years Later: Examining the Long-Term Impact of the California Safe Routes to School Program <http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/8m59g6vx> (presented at TRB 2014 Annual Meeting) Links Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Profiles David Ragland for Safe Routes to School <http://www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwjf/newsroom/newsroom-content/2014/06/safe-routes-to-school-examined--how-structural-changes-around-sc.html> -- Phyllis Orrick Communications Director Safe Transportation Research and Education Center <http://www.safetrec.berkeley.edu/> (SafeTREC) 2614 Dwight Way UC Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720-7374 510-643-1779 @transsafe <https://twitter.com/#%21/transsafe> @trbhealth <https://twitter.com/#%21/trbhealth> Skype: pmorrick