Environment Committee Meeting on 7-18-23: Enabling Active Transportation – Tools, Capacity, and Barriers
Presentations:
- Funding Opportunities, also Statewide Active Transportation Plan – Maggie Czerwinski, Advocacy Manager, Active Transportation Alliance (ATA)
- Project Sidewalk – Devon Snyder, Project Coordinator of Project Sidewalk, UIC Dept. of Disability and Human Development
- Safe Travel for All Roadmap (STAR) – Victoria Barrett, Senior Transportation Planner, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)
Survey:
The Caucus, Active Transportation Alliance, and Metropolitan Planning Council are seeking your input to better understand the common barriers municipalities face when trying to advance walking, biking and transit projects as well as ideas that can help communities overcome those barriers. We appreciate your feedback both at the meeting and through this survey.
Resources:
Grants:
- Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods (RCN) Grants (deadline September 28)
- This is a combined opportunity that includes the Neighborhood Access and Equity Grant and Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program.
- Rural Surface Transportation Grant (deadline September 28)
- Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Grant (deadline October 2)
- Transit-Oriented Development Pilot Program – upcoming, waiting for announcement for 2023
Webinars:
- Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Grant Webinars:
- Webinar 1 recording & slides: https://busreports.activetrans.org/resources/education/safe-routes-to-school
- SRTS Webinar 2 – Q&A with IDOT Staff
- Wednesday, August 23, 11:30am – 1pm
- Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_spFA0MjARiqMatdB5oND9g
- SRTS Webinar 3 – Q&A with IDOT Staff
- Wednesday, September 20, 11:30am – 1pm
- Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mfloVU7kSuG8vSgCi14Iow
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