Thanks to Derek and Emily for taking time out of one of the most beautiful cycling days to participate with me in the Safe Routes to School webinar, Show Me the Money: Finding Local Funding Sources for Safe Routes to School.
Many communities ranging from states to counties funded their SRTS program with traffic violation fines. We should investigate the viability of that here.
Some communities succeeded in getting other funds for their SRTS program by inextricably linking SRTS to health. e.g. The Nashville MPO did a transportation and health study that substantiated the health advantage of non-motorized transportation.
Fostering stakeholder relationships, e.g. improving the linkage between school administration and municipal government strengthens the community's position for getting funding.
Some got very small grants, e.g. $3K from Advocacy Advance to support their planning and organizing to get larger grants to support their SRTS program.
Tomorrow, this webinar and previous webinars in the SRTS series can be downloaded from http://www.saferoutespartnership.org/resourcecenter/National-Partnership-Web... .
See you tonight! Now, to get in a little ride:)
Frank
Begin forwarded message:
From: Frank Gmeindl frank.gmeindl@comcast.net Date: October 3, 2012 11:22:04 AM EDT To: Bicycle Board bikeboard@bikemorgantown.com Subject: SRTS Webinar
Bicycle Board Members,
Tomorrow, Thu. 10/4 at 2-3 pm there's a Safe Routes to School Webinar at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8033167537065525248
This is probably the most important one. It's title is, Show Me the Money: Finding Local Funding Sources for Safe Routes to School.
Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles