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Comment on Pedestrian Safety by Tim Sullivan

Tim Sullivan — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:02:06 +0000

Pedestreain responsibility I love to walk .I have walked everyday most of my life.I take my dog for an hour walk 3-4 times a week honest. I drive alot too on my job. I see cops set up sting opperations for peaple running through crosswalks. Its never a good idea to teach peaple its okey to walk in front of a car becuse they are supposed to stop. Cops and these stupid sidewalks with no stop lites are getting peaple run over. The older I get the harder it is for me to see its worse at night. PLEASE TEACH COMON SENCE sorry about the speling.

Comment on Commenting on the MTP-SCS by January Meeting: California State Network « Safe Routes to School in California

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:46:11 +0000

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Comment on Our Staff by Claire Finn

Claire Finn — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:11:36 +0000

Hello,
I read the Sac Bee article about WALKSacramento this past December, and I was struck how your organization does such great things that also happens to be a great blend of my interests.
I am a freshman at Macalester College (a small liberal arts college in Saint Paul, MN) pursuing a Geography major with a concentration in Urban Studies. I live in Davis, and I am searching for internship opportunities during my summer break that are related to my interest in cities and community planning.
If there are any upcoming or continuing projects that could use an intern, or if WALKSacramento could just use a more general intern, I would be very interested in the position.
I have strong research and communication skills, and I also have prior experience in the nonprofit sector. I’m home for the holidays until January 20th and will return home for summer in early May. I would be happy to hear about any opportunities at WALKSacramento. Thank you for your consideration!
Sincerely,
Claire Finn

Comment on Complete Streets Resources by Zandi

Zandi — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:07:08 +0000

Looking for video/walk audit resources/

Comment on Upcoming – Safe Routes to School Conference, October 21, 2011 by Planning Jargon » Blog Archive » WALKSacramento’s FREE Sacramento Safe Routes Five E’s Conference On October 21

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:51:52 +0000

[...] Third Annual WALKSacramento Sacramento Safe Routes Five E’s Conference will take place on 21 October 2011 (8:30AM-4PM PST) at the Sacramento County Office of Education (10474 [...]

Comment on Safe Routes to School by SABA Works to Make Schools Safer : Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates

SABA Works to Make Schools Safer : Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:02:47 +0000

[...] to WALKSacramento’s “walk assessments” or “walk audits”, SABA visited Marshall, Northridge, Skycrest, and Howe Avenue Elementary Schools and performed [...]

Comment on Safe Routes for All!! by Q&A with Jessica Meaney: Safe Routes to School National Partnership | TheCityFix

Tue, 24 May 2011 04:53:35 +0000

[...] beyond students and schools–a Safe Routes for all. It’s an idea they’re talking about in Sacramento as they develop their regional, long-range transportation [...]

Comment on Monthly Meeting: How Do You Get Around? by David Newman

David Newman — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:24:24 +0000

How do I get around Sacramento? What challenges do I face? What needs to change to make walking, bicycling better for me?

I’m a low income, displaced worker who has gone back to school. I live near McKinley Park and walk out of necessity, even if it’s walking to bus stops or light rail stops. I walk all over downtown, and midtown. I walk in east Sacramento as well.

The main challenges I face are bicyclists running red lights and bicyclists speeding on sidewalk/footpaths. Bicyclists in midtown routinely run red lights with no consideration for pedestrians walking in sidewalks on green lights. Sidewalks throughout downtown and midtown expose walkers to the same inconsiderate, hazardous bicyclists. The footpaths around and on Sac State are simply dangerous for walkers unfortunate enough to use them. Automobiles, trucks, and RT busses that accelerate through yellow lights or simply run red lights are another hazard to walking pedestrians.

To make walking better for me, urge the several local police agencies to enforce speeding and other traffic laws already in place. These laws regulate the operation of automobiles, trucks, busses and bicycles; that’s how they should be enforced.

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Sun, 20 Feb 2011 06:51:40 +0000

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Comment on Announcing WALKSacramento’s next executive director! by Ana

Ana — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:17:29 +0000

Congratulations, Teri.

After reading a newspaper article about you being involved with Design Sacramento 4 Health and the Light Rail being bike friendly, I thought I would drop you a line about my experience on the Light Rail with a bike.

First of all, this was my first experience on the Light Rail with a bike along with my girlfriends. That was also our last experience on the Light Rail because the adventure was not bike friendly at all. The Light Rail operator was not friendly, not helpful and down right rude when he found out that we did not know the rules of the train. In addition to him, we had to lift our bikes up steep steps and beat the doors from closing on us and they did! We all dreaded getting off the train because we knew we had to race against the doors again if we wanted to get off the train with our bikes. We like an adventure but we all would have been better off riding our bikes back from Old Sacramento to Folsom instead of trying out the Light Rail. So please, do not call the Light Rail service in Sacramento, “bike friendly”; it is not.