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Bike Walk to Work Day Planning
Help make Bike Walk to Work Day (May 14) a success in St. Paul!
Our first meeting happens:
Friday, April 10
9:00 - 10:00 am
St. Paul Smart Trips
55 E 5th St. - Suite 202 St. Paul (map)
More details
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Cyclopath, the Twin Cities community-edited online bike map has
added videos.
more...
1/3 of all air travel in this country is for trips under 350 miles - view
a striking illustration of 24 hours of air travel over North
America. more...
Madison (WI) passed a law last month to keep cyclists from being
shown "the door." more...
New study shows that 100 steps/min. is best for staying in
shape. more...
U.S. federal government raises mileage standards for 2011 to 30.2 mpg.
more...
Study shows regardless of income levels, living in walkable
neighborhoods is good for you. more...
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Last month's contest winner
Congratulations to Joanna Backer who won two tickets last month to
the Minnesota Historical Society to see their Going Places exhibit.
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Carla, who lives car-free with her husband and young daughter, is all
about riding transit and inspiring others to do the same. Watch...
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St. Paul Smart Trips
is a non-profit organization that improves access and mobility for those
who travel in and around St. Paul.
www.smart-trips.org
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Announcing
the 2009 Commuter Challenge!
Looking for a way for your organization to try smarter ways of getting
to work? Want to introduce some friendly competition at the same time?
Take the Commuter Challenge!
Now through June 30, participants can pledge to take transit, share a
ride, telework, bike or walk. Challenge yourself or others- i.e.
"you have to breakdance on the light rail if I take transit more
than you this month!"
Bring the Commuter Challenge to your workplace
- Host a
Commuter Fair. You supply the table and we'll provide everything
else.
- Display
Commuter Challenge posters and pledge forms in high-traffic areas.
Get
free resources: Request materials and schedule a
Commuter Fair with our online order form.
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Free
lunch hour Biking + Walking Commuter Clinic
This is a great way to get ready for this year's Commuter Challenge and
biking and walking season. We'll have experts on hand to answer your
questions about choosing the right gear, planning your route,
stretching, connecting to transit, staying clean and safe and doing
basic bike repairs.
Bring your helmet for a free fitting, and be sure to enter to WIN a
bike tune-up!
May 6,
11am - 1pm (drop in any time)
Alliance Bank Building - Skyway level
55 E 5th St.
Downtown St. Paul
Download a poster: Help us promote this event by
printing out our downloadable flyer (pdf) for this event!
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St. Paul
Transportation Summit a success!
Thanks to everyone who participated in our first annual Transportation
Summit. Our varied partners and presenters generated a lot of good questions
and discussion that spilled over into the networking time.
"I especially enjoyed the variety in presentations and the
testimonies from those who have applied TDM efforts and
succeeded!"
-Transportation Summit
attendee
Watch, view and listen: We've posted video and photos of the event so you can check out anything
you missed or want to hear again.
Thanks to Brad Baso for photographing!
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Good
news: MN got $600M in stimulus money
Bad news: Most of it is funding highway expansion
 Mn/DOT and the Metropolitan Council
are considering a plan that would spend the minimum required on transit
and pedestrian projects, and spend the majority of the metro area
money, $220 million or more, on two highway expansion projects (TH610
and a new I-494/TH169 Interchange).
Whatever the pros and cons of these highway projects, the region should
not neglect the importance of improving sidewalks, intersections,
signals, and other pedestrian and transit facilities to meet the travel
needs of all citizens, including elderly and people with disabilities.
Now is the time to invest in the mobility and independence of all
Minnesota travelers.
What you can do: Contact Transportation Advisory Board (TAB) members before April
15 and let them know you support funding transit, pedestrian and
transportation projects over highway expansion.
via Transit for Livable Communities
- view the original letter here (pdf)
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Smart
Tip: New personalized transit trip tools
Save time by customizing Metro Transit's powerful Trip
Planner to meet your specific needs. The two new tools below allow you
to make shortcuts for your most common trips.
For your daily trips
Difficulty level: Easy
Set the Trip Planner to remember your default starting
point and/or destination. This way, whenever you visit the Trip Planner
from your computer you're just one click away from instant schedules!
Here's how: If you've ever planned a trip using the planner,
you're already an expert! If not, what are you waiting for? Start by planning a trip and then click the "customize
my trip planner" link on the upper right corner of the results
page.
For your organization
Difficulty level: Medium
 Help people reach your location or event
easily using transit. Add this tool to your website to automatically
use your location as the destination or starting point.
We added a customized Trip Planner to our website, allowing visitors to plan their
transit trip to our office in one click!
Here's how: You'll need to include some custom code from this webpage
into your website. Do it yourself if you know what that means, or send
the link to your webmaster.
Need more help? Contact Brady Clark, our Communications &
Outreach Specialist at 651-224-8555 x23 or brady@smart-trips.org.
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St. Paul
first in Minnesota to adopt Complete Streets
 Last
month the St. Paul City Council unanimously adopted a resolution for a
Complete Streets policy making us first in the state!
The policy, which was introduced by Councilmember Russ Stark (Ward 4),
will help to ensure that streets in St. Paul are designed and built for
safe movement and crossing by users of all ages, abilities and modes
(including biking, walking and transit).
Timing: The resolution requested that the Planning Commission
create guidelines for implementing Complete Streets in St. Paul by
January 1, 2010.
via Twin Cities Streets for People
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