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National Safe Routes to School Conference highlights

We had a blast at the 3rd National Safe Routes to School Conference which was held last week in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Here are some of the highlights. Prioritizing funding of SRTS projects is an issue for applicants because funding is very competitive. A few presentations addressed methods of prioritizing projects. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation

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Draft Analysis of the Detailed Outline of the House “Transportation Reauthorization Bill”

Funding The outline indicates that the proposal will fund the federal transportation program with the revenues deposited into the highway trust fund.  Assuming this level is in line with the Ryan budget figures this would mean a 34% cut in FY2012 from FY09 highway funding levels.  According to FHWA this would result in the loss

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Summer of Service – Walk Audit at Luther Burbank HS

On July 5, 2011, two groups of students from John Hull’s media class in the “Summer of Service” summer school program at Luther Burbank HS conducted walk assessments on local routes to identify barriers to safe walking and bicycling to the school. Students videorecorded missing crosswalks and sidewalks, parking lot entrances and exits  that are

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