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The Alameda County Transportation Commission is in the process (Fall 2017 - Fall 2018) of developing a long term vision for the San Pablo Avenue corridor, which carries thousands of people every day along north-south connections throughout the East Bay. They are seeking your input to help them identify short-term projects that will improve the safety and experience of all users, including pedestrians, bicyclists and transit users.

The Active Transportation Resource Center (ATRC) will be hosting a free webinar on Thursday, November 28, to discuss and reflect on the early California Active Transportation Program (ATP) project outcomes and achievements:

Since 2004, the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Adminstration (FHWA) Safety Office has been working to aggressively reduce pedestrian deaths by focusing extra resources on the cities and states with the highest pedestrian fatalities and/or fatality rates. Part of this effort has included development of the guide, "How to Develop a Pedestrian Safety Action Plan", which helps state and local officials know where to begin to address pedestrian safety issues.

Vision Zero and the Safe Routes to School National Partnership have published a new 2017 report highlighting the potential benefits from closer alignment between Safe Routes to School and Vision Zero - Vision Zero and Safe Routes to School: Partners in Safety.

As traffic fatalities are up across the board, bicyclist deaths rose 12.2% in 2015, the largest percentage increase of any other roadway user group that year.

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), in partnership with the Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) at University of California, Berkeley will co-host the 2017 California Transportation Planning Conference, Partnering for Sustainable Transportation on May 3 - 5, 2017.

Madera County Transportation Commission will be hosting a roundtable meeting and workshop on Thursday, March 9 to gather input on the amendments to the 2014 Madera County Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Stategy RTP/SCS update.

Please see the flyer below for additional information.

Roundtable Meeting & Workshop
Thursday, March 9, 2017
5:30 pm to 7:30pm

Webster Elementary School
36477 Ruth Avenue
Madera, CA  93636

Sunday, March 26

9am-4pm

Save the date! On March 26, CicLAvia- Culver City Meets Venice will return to the Westside.

2017 Transportation Equity Summit

                                                                     (Photo courtesy of TransForm)

TRB’s recently published Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2587 consists of 17 papers that explore issues related to bicycles and motorcycles, including:

Caltrans is developing a Bicycle Plan for the Bay Area district to improve bicycling on and across the State-owned transportation network.

Caltrans has recently released “Toward an Active California,” the Draft California State Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. The public is invited to provide comments (by March 1st) through their online comment tool or by attending an upcoming meetings/webinar. Caltrans will be hosting four meetings across the state from February 23- March 1, 2017. 

Beginning December 5, 2016, the Office of Traffic Safety (OTS)will start accepting online applications for grants scheduled to start on October 1, 2017. OTS will launch a new electronic grant system GEMS (Grant Electronic Management System). 

Get on the #WalkingSchoolBus! New Safe Routes to School National Partnership toolkit can help you start or grow a program at your school! 
This toolkit is designed to help parents, educators, and community members plan and organize a walking school bus using adult volunteers as leaders. 

Visit the site for more information.

National Walk to School Day is observed annually in the first week of October. This day brings together students, school administration and staff, parents and the community to celebrate the value of walking to school. Please join us in walking to campus, your school or anywhere else to improve physical health and highlight the need for improvements to create safer spaces for students that walk to school.

Mark your calendars for upcoming Walk to School Day dates for 2017-2019.