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The early bird registration deadline of May 31 is quickly
approaching. This is a reminder using SHIP funding to support
conference attendance is an approved expenditure. Many SHIP grantees
are recruiting teams of stakeholders who can attend the conference and help
lead and sustain the work back in the community. Have you thought
strategically about who could make a difference in your Active Schools work?
In addition to public health staff, consider supporting the attendance of:
- Traffic engineer
- City planner
- School district
transportation director
- Local law
enforcement/school liaison officer
- Parent representative
- Principal or other
staff
- High School student
Group registration can be accommodated. Visit the conference
website- Safe Routes Conference - for
more information.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is accepting applications for
Safe Routes to School
infrastructure projects. Approximately $4.2 million is available for
infrastructure projects to be
approved for the years 2012 and 2013. The selected projects will be in the
2012-2015 Statewide
Transportation Improvement Program.
The Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program was created in Section 1404 of
the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users Act (SAFETEA-LU).
The program
provides communities with the opportunity to improve the existing conditions
and promote bicycling
and walking to school with infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects.
The goals of the program
are threefold:
- to
enable and encourage children, including those with disabilities, to
walk and bicycle to school;
- to
make bicycling and walking to school a safer and more appealing
transportation alternative, thereby encouraging a healthy and active
lifestyle from an early age; and
- to
facilitate the planning, development, and implementation of projects and
activities that will improve safety and reduce traffic, fuel
consumption, and air pollution in the vicinity of schools.
This solicitation notice is only for infrastructure projects. The
solicitation for non-infrastructure
projects will be announced at a later time. An electronic version of the
application and five copies of the signed application and supplemental
documentations are due by 4:30 PM CDT on June 15, 2011.
Minnesota
Department of Transportation Safer Routes | SRTS Project Structure | SRTS Funding and
Special Requirements
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) and its partners want
your help in a new initiative to shape a long-range transportation vision for
the state.
Minnesotans will help determine the state’s transportation system vision
for the next 50 years when the Minnesota Department of Transportation hosts a
series of workshops across the state.
“Our current financial challenges and aging infrastructure make
establishing a vision even more important,” said Tom Sorel, Mn/DOT
commissioner. “The Minnesota GO workshops are Minnesotans’ opportunity to
communicate their expectations for transportation today and for the next
generation.”
The process will help the agency ensure future transportation planning
efforts better align with
Minnesotans’ expectations. Local public health partners are encouraged
to participate in workshops to be a voice for bike and pedestrian planning as
well as broader health promotion strategies. See the attached press release
and flyer for information and workshop dates and locations.
Minnesota GO
Minnesota's Safe Routes to School State
Network is happy announce the official launch of Way to Go, an art
contest designed to engage Minnesota youth in their mission and the third
national Safe Routes to School national conference, to be held August 16 –
18, 2011 in Minneapolis. The contest is an opportunity for students to
reflect on their own walking and/or biking experiences, assert their vision
for future walking/biking infrastructure and support, and remind students and
adults about the importance of pedestrian and cyclist safety.
Students are encouraged to artistically interpret their personal experiences,
reservations, benefits and other thoughts about walking and biking to school
via any medium and submit their entry for the chance to win a bike rack for
the school or nonprofit organization of their choice, as well as numerous
individual prizes.
Way To Go Art
Contest | Contest Rules | Enter the Contest
Calendar of Events
- May
16, 2011 | 6:30-8:30 PM | Minnesota GO Workshop
| Atwood Conference Center, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud
- May
17, 2011 | 6:30-8:30 PM | Minnesota GO Workshop
| Bigwood Event Center, Fergus Falls
- May
18, 2011 | 6:30-8:30 PM | Minnesota GO Workshop
| Crying Wolf Room, Bemidji State University, Bemidji
- May
19, 2011 | 6:30-8:30 PM | Minnesota GO Workshop
| The Depot, Duluth
- May
23, 2011 | 6:30-8:30 PM | Minnesota GO Workshop
| Como Conservatory, St. Paul
- May
26, 2011 | 6:30-8:30 PM | Minnesota GO Workshop
| Mankato Civic Center, Mankato
- June
7, 2011 | 6:30-8:30 PM | Minnesota GO Workshop
| Ridgewater College Outreach Room, Willmar
- June
8, 2011 | 6:30-8:30 PM | Minnesota GO Workshop
| Rochester Community and Technical College, Rochester
- June
15, 2011 | 4:30 PM CDT | Minnesota Department of Transportation Safe
Routes to School Infrastructure Applications Due | Minnesota
Department of Transportation Safer Routes
- June
28-July 1, 2011 | 6th
Biennial Childhood Obesity Conference | San Diego, CA
- August
16-18, 2011 | 3rd Safe Routes to School
National Conference | Minneapolis, MN
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