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Active Community Environments are places where people
of all ages and abilities can easily enjoy walking, bicycling,
and other forms of recreation. Priority recommendations
include utilization of urban planning, transportation
policy and infrastructure changes to promote non-motorized
transportation, as well as enhancement of safety and perceived
safety of communities.
The descriptions
below illustrate what organizations and communities are
doing to support active community environments.
Our
project is to improve programs to get more kids
walking and bicycling to school, coordinate a system
to facilitate a Walk to School Day Event, improve
functionality of Active Living task forces, increase
the proportion of trips taken by walking or biking,
promote change in policies as a result of the Active
Living task forces’ work, and develop a communication
effort.
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Target
audience: Elementary school children and staff
and the PTAs for Safe and Active Routes to School,
members of selected communities for ACEs, and the
general population of Washington, particularly seniors
(for physical activity promotion).
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Evaluation:
Instruments designed for evaluating the safety of
"safe routes to school," counts of how
many people participate in task forces, improvement
of walking trails, surveys to evaluate responsiveness
of task forces, visual counts of people walking/biking
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Partners:
Cascade Bicycle Club, Washington State Department
of Transportation, the Department of Health, Public
Health-Seattle & King County, the Bicycle Alliance
of Washington, select elementary schools in the
Burien/Highline area, and the King County Physical
Activity Coalition
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Lead
agency role: Washington Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity is a statewide coalition of individuals and organizations
from the public and private sectors working in partnerships
to promote regular physical activity to enhance
health, fitness and quality of life for Washington
residents in accordance with public health recommendations.
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For
more information:
Shannon
Turner
Tel: 206-412-1037
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Access!
Ability! Toward a Livable Community
is an upcoming workshop with the following goals:
1) Provide inspiration and create enthusiasm for
the development and use of safe pedestrian and
bicycle friendly streets for all ages and abilities,
and 2) present engineering and design options
to achieve safe neighborhoods and commercial vitality
with improved facilities for pedestrians, bicyclists
and transit users.
The
conference will be March 23, 9:30 to 4:00 at the
Fort Worden State Park and Conference Center in
Port Townsend. There is no charge to attend this
conference. Various lunch options will be available
for under $10.
Please
register by March 16 by sending your
name, mailing address, phone number and email
address to dash@olypen.com, and put "Dan
Burden" in the subject line. You may also
register by US Mail by sending your information
to: Dan Burden Workshop, Olympic Area Agency on
Aging, 11700 Rhody Dr, Port Hadlock WA 98339-9773.
Special
diets and ADA accommodation requests need to be
submitted by March 9 to dash@olypen.com
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Target
audience: Walkers, wheelers, bicyclists, public
health officials, city and county staff, elected
officials, business leaders, and everyone who is
interested in a livable community.
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Evaluation:
Evaluation plans unknown
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Partners:
This workshop is sponsored by DASH, City of Port
Townsend, Jefferson County, Jefferson Transit and
Washington State Department of Transportation.
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Lead
agency role: Disability
Awareness Starts Here (DASH) is an organization
of people who share a commitment to total accessibility
and to achieving a community environment in which
people with disabilities have opportunities to participate
in every aspect of community life equal to those
of people without disabilities. DASH is a community
advocacy project of the Olympic Area Agency on Aging.
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For
more information:
Lesa
Barnes
Tel: 360-379-0274
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This publication was supported by Grant/Cooperative Agreement
Number U58/CCU019291 from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility
of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official
views of the CDC. |
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