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September Extra: October 12 Webinar - Public Involvement in the

Transportation Planning Process

September 2011

Dear Friend,

Welcome to Extra, Easter Seals Project ACTION's monthly

newsletter.

The news this month:

Upcoming Training

Public Involvement in the Transportation Planning

Process?Webinar

On October 12 at 2 p.m. Eastern Time, Project ACTION will

partner with the National Center on Senior Transportation to present a webinar

on Public Involvement in the Transportation Planning Process. This event is

designed for transportation advocates who want to be better informed and

prepared to offer input that decision-makers will hear, understand and

incorporate into their regional transportation plans. The presenters will also

include information on how decision-makers can open the planning process to

people with disabilities, older adults, aging and human service agencies, and

other advocates for accessible transportation. For more information or to ask

the presenters questions in advance, email ESPADistanceLearning@....

Registration deadline: October 7.

Transcripts from Summer Webinars Now Online

Miss some of our webinars this summer? Check out the

transcripts and presentations, now posted online:

a.. June 1-22: Paratransit Operations Q & A's (one with FTA

and one with ESPA staff)

b.. June 8-July 26: Determining ADA Paratransit Eligibility:

An Approach, Guidance and Training Materials

c.. July 20: Signals for Pedestrians Who are Blind?Overview

of Current Issues and Available Training

d.. July 27: Environmental Barrier Analysis and Options for

Remedy

ESPA News

President Obama Appoints ESPA NSC Member Hart to

U.S. Access Board

On August 18, President Obama announced key administration

appointments including S. Hart, director of urban and transportation

projects at the Institute for Human Centered Design and member of the Project

ACTION National Steering Committee, to the U.S. Access Board. In addition to his

work for the Institute for Human Centered Design and Project ACTION, Hart serves

as an appointed member of the Governor's Transportation Reform Committee in

Massachusetts and as a board member for Livable Streets Alliance, Disability Law

Center and Agassiz Village. He has also served as a consultant on transportation

issues for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and Boston's

disability community. Project ACTION joins the disability and transportation

community in congratulating Hart on this esteemed appointment!

ESPA Blog Post Viewpoints - Pathways to Accessible

Transportation

Check out one of our latest blog postings, Offering Youth with

Disabilities a New Beginning to Transportation, posted August 29. Since

convening the Youth with Disabilities Roundtable in 2009, ESPA has developed a

new initiative called Enhancing Youth Mobility with the goal of improving access

to transportation for youth with disabilities, specifically youth in transition.

Read more about how ESPA has shared this message with the autism community and

about how one program, Subway Sleuths, is teaching children with autism about

trains and transit.

Industry News

2011 Rail~Volution Conference

The 2011 Rail~Volution conference will take place October

16-19 in Washington, D.C. The conference is an opportunity for citizen

activists, developers, business leaders, planners, local elected officials,

transit operators, government officials, and others to engage in discussion

about building livable communities with transit. Attendees will explore the

answers to " What is the next American dream? " and " Whose responsibility is

livability? " and hear about successful local and regional efforts to create

livable communities in and around the nation's capital. Beyerle, ESPA

resources & publications manager, will discuss ESPA technical assistance tools

related to accessible paths to transit during an October 17 session on Advancing

Complete Streets: New Tools and Guides for Implementation. Register online now;

the registration fee increases after September 23.

Complete Streets Materials Available in Spanish

The National Complete Streets Coalition has announced a new

Spanish-language section on their website. The webpage includes an introductory

fact sheet (*.PDF) that covers frequently asked questions as well as a

downloadable presentation on the benefits of complete streets.

Research

Guide to Sustainable Transportation Performance Measures

(*.PDF)

Transit agencies are increasingly measuring the ability of

their systems to help protect natural resources, improve public health,

strengthen energy security, expand the economy, and increase mobility for all.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a report that describes

opportunities to incorporate environmental, economic, and social sustainability

into transportation decision-making through the use of performance measures.

Among the many measures explored in the report, the first one, transit

accessibility, measures the ability of people to reach destinations using public

transportation.

Safe Routes to School Noteworthy Practices Guide (*.PDF)

Since 2005, when the U.S. Congress established the national

Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program, states and local communities have been

empowered to make walking and bicycling to school a safe and available mode

choice. This guide provides examples of noteworthy SRTS program practices and

management approaches, and it includes information on state programs that have

provided additional support for children with disabilities. The Michigan SRTS

program, for instance, awarded grants to three schools, one of which used the

funding to create a mock intersection to teach students with disabilities how to

safely cross intersections.

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