Safe & Healthy Streets

Janette Sadik-Khan, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation will be giving a free lecture at Occidental College on Thursday, March 18, 2010. The lecture will start at 7:30 p.m. at the Keck Theater . To register for this free event, please visit the Registration Page here.

New York City’s Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan will be discussing her work in New York City, as well as addressing energy, sustainability, and mobility issues facing Los Angeles and ideas in promoting a bicycle-oriented and pedestrian-friendly environment. Click here to see a speech by Sadik-Khan on long-range sustainability goals.

Since being appointed to her current position in 2007, Sadik-Khan has been responsible for a significant increase in bicycle usage as a primary source of transportation in New York City and has implemented such programs as car-free Summer Streets, weekend pedestrian walks, and the NYC Plaza Program. Her agency’s goal is to create a safe and sustainable environment in New York City, while improving mobility and air quality. One aspect of Sadik-Khan’s project, PlaNYC, is to reduce the city’s carbon footprint 30 percent by 2030. Click this link to see an interview with Janette Sadik-Khan on the transformation of New York streets. In February 2010 New York City’s Department of Transportation conducted an experiment by closing off sections of Times Square to car traffic. It is this kind of imaginative efforts that could reinvent the bicycling and walking culture of any congested city. You can watch a video on the Times Square pedestrian experiment by clicking here.

For those who would like to ride to the lecture, bicycle racks are available on-site and by the Ramsen Bird Hillside Theater. Car Parking is also available. Click here to review the campus map for better orientation. You can also get to Occidental College from Glendale by taking Metro Bus 180 Eastbound, transfer to Metro Bus 84 southbound and get off at Eagle Rock and Avenue 45. You can double check this route or look for another at Metro’s trip planner .

Janette Sadik-Khan is one of the nation’s most celebrated experts in mobility and sustainability and Occidental College is only a short bike ride or bus ride away from Glendale! We hope to see you there. For additional information about the lecture, please call (323) 259-1494 (Message only – your call will be returned) or send an e-mail to info@lastreetsummit.org.

L.A. Street Summit, March 20, 2010

The second annual L.A. Street Summit  will take place on Saturday March 20th, 2010 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at L.A. Trade Tech College.  Attendance is free, but registration is encouraged. Please register by clicking here.

“L.A. Street Summit 2010: Biking, Walking, and Beyond” is once again hosted by the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental College. Last year more than 300 community residents, activists, researchers, and others gathered at L.A. Trade Tech College for the 2009 L.A. Bike Summit. This year the organizers are expanding the scope of the event to include discussion of pedestrian and transit issues in an effort to make an even bigger impact on policy in Southern California. Since Los Angeles is already enjoying a growth in bicycle ridership thanks to advocacy groups, organized rides, and the rise in cost associated with automobile use, this event presents a place for the discussion of alternative transportation and sustainability issues for local communities.

The summit will include workshops proposed by numerous groups throughout the LA area and will include a workshop presentation by the Glendale Safe & Healthy Streets team of individuals from the LA County  Bicycle Coalition, the City of Glendale, and the LA County Department of Public Health PLACE Program. There will also be prominent speakers, including Janette Sadik-Khan (the keynote speaker) as well as Carl Anthony, and Charles Gandy.

Carl Anthony  is the former President of Urban Habitat  and former head of the Sustainable Metropolitan Communities program at the Ford Foundation. He is a nationally recognized leader in the African American community who has been in the forefront of linking sustainability, regional equity, healthy communities, and environmental justice for more than four decades.

Charles Gandy is the Mobility Coordinator for the City of Long Beach. He is an expert in community design and has played a key focal role in Long Beach’s emergence as one of the premier bike and pedestrian friendly cities in the country.

For additional information about the LA Street Summit, visit the website here or call (323) 259-1494 (Message only – your call will be returned) or send an e-mail to info@lastreetsummit.org.

Glendale Bicyclist and Pedestrian Survey

We still need people to complete the online bicyclist and pedestrian survey. We’re using the survey to collect information that we didn’t get from the community meetings in the fall of 2009. If you live, work, or go to school in Glendale (or if you sometimes walk or ride a bike in Glendale), we want you to complete this survey! The information we collect will be used to help draft the Safe & Healthy Streets Plan. Please take a few minutes and click the link below to take the survey. Thank you!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GlendaleBikePedSurvey

Quick Reminders

Glendale Downtown Dash Family Fun Bike Ride - Sunday March 14

10th Annual Los Angeles River Ride - Sunday June 6