An essential component of the Community Transportation Academy curriculum is conducting a walk/roll audit as a class. Using the AARP Walk Audit Tool Kit as a guide, we choose a stretch of road and intersections to examine closely for pedestrian and bike safety challenges before dividing into groups and conducting the audit. For this audit, […]
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UW La Crosse Campus Connections published a feature article on the Community Transportation Academy, which debuted there earlier this year. Check out the article – Bridging policy and people, to read more about the Academy and the impact it had on participants! Some highlighted comments from the students: “The class has given me the knowledge […]
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October is Pedestrian Safety Month, a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiative which brings together stakeholders to create a transportation system that is safe for all people to walk.
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On Friday, October 6, 1000 Friends of Wisconsin hosted a special all-day event called Moving Communities Forward on Active Transportation. It was the first time since the Covid pandemic began that members of the Active Wisconsin* network had an opportunity to meet face-to-face. We met in downtown Appleton at the Warch Campus Center on the […]
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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is trying to Re-imagine Highway 175. The public had an opportunity to share their thoughts on changes to the highway Monday night, Oct. 2. WisDOT is doing a two-year study on the stretch of highway. On Monday, they offered walking tours of the Wisconsin 175 Corridor and people shared opinions about its future. 1000 Friends […]
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Our current transportation system poses a public health problem, exacerbated by outdated approaches to safety planning and prioritization. Shifting the way engineers, planners, and policymakers think, by adopting a Safe Systems framework, may foster collaboration, new strategies, and an overall emphasis on the factors that will have the largest impact on safety and public health. […]
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