Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) is one of 12 U.S. Senators who have signed on to co-sponsor the Complete Streets Act of 2011, which was sponsored May 24 by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa). The bill was read twice on May 24 and referred to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. The Complete Streets Act [...]
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• Sen. Mark Begich signs on as co-sponsor for Complete Streets Act of 2011
Posted in bicycling, community design, Legislation/Laws, Public health, safety, walkability, tagged Alaska, bicycling, Complete Streets, Complete Streets Act of 2011, Dangerous By Design 2011, H.R. 1780, healthy neighborhoods, National Complete Streets Coalition, Rep. Doris Matsui, Rep. Steven LaTourette, S.1056, Safe and Complete Streets Act of 2011, safety, Sen. Mark Begich, Sen. Tom Harkin, sidewalks, walking on June 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
• Haines starts bicycle club, hopes to pursue Bicycle Friendly Community status
Posted in bicycling, Public health, safety, Uncategorized, Winter biking, tagged Alaska, Bicycle Friendly Community, bicycling, Chilkat Valley News, Daymond Hoffman, Haines, Haines Bikes, Haines Junction Yukon Territory, Haines Well and Fit Committee, healthy neighborhoods, Heather Lende, Jan Hill, Kluane-Chilkat International Bike Relay, League of American Bicyclists, Mark Earnest, National Bike Month, National Bike to Work Day, National Bike to Work Week, Norman Hughes, safety, school, SEARHC Haines Health Center, Seward, Seward City News, sidewalks, Sitka on May 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
According to the Chilkat Valley News weekly newspaper, the community of Haines, Alaska, is starting a bicycle club, and the leaders of the group hope to eventually pursue a Bicycle Friendly Community designation from the League of American Bicyclists (the club plans to use Sitka as a model, since it is a smaller community in [...]
• Today (Wednesday, Oct. 6) is International Walk (or Bike) to School Day
Posted in bicycling, community design, Public health, safety, walkability, tagged Alaska, Anchorage, bicycling, bike helmets, built environment, CDC Nutrition and Physical Activity Program, Cordova, Grist, healthy neighborhoods, International Walk (or Bike) to School Day, Kasuun Elementary School, Kids Walk To School, Parents, reflectives, Safe Kids USA, Safe Kids Walk This Way, safety, Scenic Park Elementary School, school, School Health and Wellness Institute, Seward, sidewalks, State of Alaska Safe Routes To School program, students, Tok, Type 2 diabetes, walkability, walking, WalkScore.com, Wasilla on October 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re of a certain age, you probably remember walking or biking to school every day. As recently as 1969, more than half of all U.S. students walked or biked to get to school each morning. Now that percentage is less than 15 percent, and in some areas of the country it is against local [...]
• Two Anchorage-based health organizations win Bicycle Friendly Business awards
Posted in Awards, bicycling, Public health, safety, tagged Alaska, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC), Anchorage, Andy Clarke, ANTHC, Bicycle Friendly Business, Bicycle Friendly Community, Bicycle Friendly State, bicycling, bike helmets, Green Star Inc., League of American Bicyclists, Municipality of Anchorage, Providence Alaska Medical Center, Sitka, Southcentral Foundation on September 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to the Southcentral Foundation and the Providence Alaska Medical Center, which became Alaska’s third and fourth businesses to win a Bicycle Friendly Business Award from the League of American Bicyclists. Southcentral Foundation, a regional tribal health organization based in Anchorage, won a silver level Bicycle Friendly Business Award when the Fall 2010 winners were [...]
• Homer college student starts bike-lending program for local campus
Posted in bicycling, Public health, tagged Alaska, bicycling, Carol Swartz, Cycle Logical, Derek Reynolds, Homer, Homer News, Kachemak Bay Campus, Kachemak Bay Campus Student Association, Kenai Peninsula College-University of Alaska Anchorage, Lucas Wilcox on September 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
There’s a nice story in the Homer News this week about a new bike-lending program at the Kachemak Bay Campus, Kenai Peninsula College-University of Alaska Anchorage. The program is sponsored by the Kachemak Bay Campus Student Association and coordinated by Lucas Wilcox, who spent the past couple of years watching for repairable bikes at the [...]
• Walk Friendly Communities program prepares to make national launch in November
Posted in Awards, community design, Hiking, Public health, safety, walkability, tagged 5 E's model, 5 E's model (Engineering Education Encouragement Enforcement and Evaluation), Alaska, Alaska Bicycle and Pedestrian Alliance, Anchorage, Bicycle Friendly Business, Bicycle Friendly Community, Bicycle Friendly State, built environment, Complete Streets, Federal Highway Administration, healthy neighborhoods, League of American Bicyclists, safety, Sitka, The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center, U.S. Department of Transportation, walkability, walking on September 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Since 2003, cities and towns across the United States have been able to apply for Bicycle Friendly Community awards offered through the League of American Bicyclists. Starting in November, American cities and towns will be able to apply for Walk Friendly Community awards through a new program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal [...]
• Two new resources will help people work on Complete Streets in their communities
Posted in bicycling, community design, Public health, safety, walkability, tagged Alaska Campaign for Active Transportation: Anchorage, Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Alaska Health Summit, Alaska Public Health Association, Alaska Transportation Priorities Project, Alliance for Biking and Walking, American Planning Association, Anchorage, Anchorage Assembly, Anchorage Bicycle Plan, Bicycle Friendly Community, Bicycle Friendly State, bicycling, built environment, Complete Streets, Complete Streets: Best Policy and Implementation Practices, Federal Highway Administration, Guide to Complete Streets Campaigns, healthy neighborhoods, Municipality of Anchorage, National Complete Streets Coalition, Palmer and Wasilla, Planet Bike, U.S. Department of Transportation, walkability, walking on June 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Local bicycle and pedestrian advocates have two new resources that will help them get Complete Streets for their communities. The Alliance for Biking & Walking this week released a new edition of its Guide to Complete Streets Campaigns, a 117-page book that updates the 2006 edition with Complete Streets policy examples and other tools for [...]
• Report shows investing in biking and walking could save lives
Posted in bicycling, community design, Public health, safety, walkability, tagged Alaska, Alliance for Biking and Walking, benchmarking, bicycling, Bicycling and Walking in the United States: The 2010 Benchmarking Report, Bikes Belong Coalition, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), chronic disease rates, Complete Streets, healthy neighborhoods, Planet Bike, policies, safety, school, sidewalks, traffic fatalities, Type 2 diabetes, walkability, walking on February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A new report released Jan. 28 by the Alliance of Biking and Walking shows that a lack of investment in biking and walking could be contributing to higher traffic fatalities and chronic disease rates in the U.S. According to a press release from the Alliance of Biking and Walking, Bicycling and Walking in the United [...]
• Alaska Public Health Association passes resolution promoting transportation planning that includes pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure
Posted in bicycling, Public health, safety, walkability, tagged Alaska, Alaska Health Summit, Alaska Public Health Association, Anchorage, bicycling, built environment, community health, Complete Streets, Health Impact Assessments, healthy neighborhoods, Improving Health Through Transportation and Land-Use Policies, safety, transportation and land-use policies, walkability, walking on January 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Alaska Public Health Association passed a series of resolutions at the Alaska Health Summit on Dec. 7-9 in Anchorage. One of the resolutions is about “improving health through transportation and land use policies” (link opens PDF file of resolution). According to the resolution: Transportation and land use policies are significant factors in the built [...]
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