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1.  America On the Move Conference Call on 12/7
2.  Libraries for the Future
3.  AASHTO Pedestrian Guide Published
4.  Marin County (CA) Transportation Sales Tax Approved
5.  Thunderhead Alliance Adds Walking to Mission
6.  Is Car-Free Central Park Coming to NYC?
7.  The Built Environment and Health
8.  Transportation and Public Health:  The State of the Science; Satellite
Videoconference 12/16
9.  Initiative for Healthy Infrastructure Symposium, Albany, NY  3/18/2005

1.  AMERICA ON THE MOVE
If your organization, school or community is interested in learning more
about the America On the Move program, implementation strategies and/or
sharing lessons learned, Be Active New York State would like to invite you
to please join us on:

Tuesday, Dec 7, 2004
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Conference Call in #: (641) 497-7200
Access code: 314026.

Please RSVP by: Thursday, Dec 2 to: Amy Forrest:
aforrest@ch.ci.buffalo.ny.us
When RSVP'ing, please include:
YOUR NAME
ORGANIZATION NAME
WHETHER YOU HAVE IMPLEMENTED AOM, PLANNING TO IMPLEMENT (WHEN) or JUST
THINKING ABOUT IMPLEMENTING?

c/o The Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo
65 Niagara Square, Room 607
Buffalo, NY 14202
Phone: 716.851.4052
Fax: 716.851.4309
Email: aforrest@ch.ci.buffalo.ny.us


2.  LIBRARIES FOR THE FUTURE


Libraries for the Future, with support from the MetLife Foundation, is
sponsoring Get Real, Get Fit!, a program of library-based activities and
discussions focused on physical fitness and healthy eating for teens and
their families. Get Real, Get Fit! was developed by Libraries for the
Future in response to the MetLife FoundationÕs interest in how libraries
could be helpful in educating teens and their families about healthy
lifestyles based on good nutrition and physical fitness.


ELIGIBILITY: Public libraries.


FUNDING: Forty libraries will be selected for the program, with winners
receiving a cash grant of $1,500 to $2,500.


DEADLINE: December 10, 2004.


FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit www.lff.org/news/GRGF_rfp.html

3.  AASHTO PEDESTRIAN GUIDE PUBLISHED

According to the CATS** Bike-Ped newsletter, "The American
Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has
adopted and published its 'Guide for the Planning, Design and Operation
of Pedestrian Facilities.' According to AASHTO, 'appropriate methods
for accommodating pedestrians, which vary among roadway and facility
types, are described in this guide. The primary audiences for this
manual are planners, roadway designers, and transportation engineers,
whether at the state or local level, the majority of whom make
decisions on a daily basis that affect pedestrians. This guide also
recognizes the profound effect that land use planning and site design
have on pedestrian mobility and addresses these topics as well."

The guide is available at the AASHTO bookstore at
https://www.transportation.org/publications/bookstore.nsf/Home?OpenForm
(in the 'design/operations/planning' section) or by calling
1-800-231-3475.

4.  MARIN CO. (CA) TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX APPROVED

-> According to the Nov. 4th Marin County Bicycle Coalition newsletter,
"On November 2, 2004 Marin County residents overwhelmingly approved
Measure A, a half cent transportation sales tax that will raise
approximately $331 million over the next 20 years for local
transportation projects. Deb Hubsmith, executive director of the Marin
County Bicycle Coalition said, 'This is a huge victory! We are
especially pleased that bicycling, walking and Safe Routes to Schools
are well represented in the expenditure plan. Marin's transportation
sales tax is the first in the nation to include funding for Safe Routes
to Schools. We hope that this precedent will serve as a model for other
communities.'..."

For more information, go to:
http://www.marinbike.org/Campaigns/Infrastructure/MeasureAVictory.htm

5.  THUNDERHEAD ALLIANCE ADDS WALKING TO MISSION

-> According to an article in the Nov. 1st BikeLeague News, "The
Thunderhead Alliance, the national coalition of state and local bicycle
advocacy organization, has decided to expand its mission beyond
bicycling to offer support for pedestrian issues and provide pedestrian
resources. Its new mission is 'Creating, strengthening and uniting
state and local bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations.' The
expanded mission will attempt to achieve synergies between the needs
and advocacy efforts of pedestrians and bicyclists.

For more information, contact Sue Knaup at <sue@thunderheadalliance.org>
or  (928) 541-9841; or visit http://www.thunderheadalliance.org.

6.  IS CAR-FREE CENTRAL PARK COMING TO NEW YORK CITY?

-> According to an article in the Nov. 4th issue of Transportation
Alternative's E-Bulletin, "Thanks to the 1,000 supporters who rallied
last Tuesday, our campaign to win a car-free Central Park has now
gained the undivided attention of City Hall. Mayor Bloomberg is now on
the verge of approving more car-free hours and more car-free space
within the park. To ensure these gains and to capitalize on an
unprecedented opportunity to win a car-free park, we need you to act
now..."

To learn what to do when you "act now," go to:
http://www.transalt.org/press/askta/041029cfcp.html


7.  THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH:


11 Profiles of Neighborhood Transformation


There is growing recognition that the built environment -- the man-made
physical structures and infrastructure of communities -- has an impact on
our health. Through a series of program profiles, The Prevention Institute
highlights examples of neighborhood-level successes in altering elements of
the built environment to improve health behaviors and outcomes. Because
low-income communities are more likely to be sites of hazards and less
likely to be conducive to physical activity and healthy eating, profiles
focus on interventions that have occurred in low-income communities and are
most likely to contribute to reducing health disparities in the United
States.


The Prevention Institute has developed a set of 11 profiles that include:
1) a description of the geographic area and the specific changes that were
made; 2) the process required to implement the changes including leadership
and organizational collaboration; 3) any documented impacts (positive and
negative); and 4) lessons learned.


To receive more information about this project please contact Manal
Aboelata, MPH at (323) 296-5750 or manal@preventioninstitute.org.


Read about the 11 Profiles of Neighborhood Transformation:


http://www.preventioninstitute.org/builtenv.html
Funded by: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of
Emergency and Environmental Health Services (EEHS), National Center for
Environmental Health (NCEH)


8.  TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH:  THE STATE OF THE SCIENCE

Upcoming national broadcast "Transportation and Public Health: The State of
the Science" will air Thursday, December 16 (1:00 Ð 4:00 p.m., EST). The
program website is located at
www.itre.ncsu.edu/cte/2004teleconferences.html#Dec16.

9.  INITIATIVE FOR HEALTHY INFRASTRUCTURE SYMPOSIUM, ALBANY NY, MARCH 18,
2005

This symposium will be geared around generating solutions to today's
pressing bicycle and pedestrian transportation issues.  The bulk of the
symposium will take place in small groups each assigned to deal with a
current issue.  We are presently looking for people to head up these
breakout sessions.  If you are interested in volunteering to be the
chairperson for a topic, please email ihi@albany.edu for more
information.  So save this date and more details are on the way.

Our website has been recently updated and improved.  Please take a few
minutes to visit it at http://www.albany.edu./~ihi.  The website includes
information about the upcoming symposium, current news around the nation,
and more information about iHi projects.

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