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CALL FOR INPUT AND
REVIEW OF TALC'S
Instant Advocate Toolkit CD-ROM & WEBSITE
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Help make the Instant Advocate Toolkit an even more powerful
tool for community change and ensure that your group's local
success stories are included!
WHAT'S THIS TOOLKIT ALL ABOUT? For the past 6 months, several
volunteers and interns at TALC have been researching innovative
land use and transportation programs and policies to include in
the Instant Advocate Toolkit (scheduled to be released with the
Transportation for Livable Region report at the end of 2003).
The Toolkit will be an interactive CD-ROM and Website summarizing
innovative ideas and case studies for improving transportation and
land use patterns in the Bay Area. The list below is a sample of
the topics the Toolkit will address:
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Making Transit Work Better (universal transit ticketing,
community shuttle buses connecting to fixed-route transit, etc.)
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Revitalizing Neighborhoods (Community Development Block Grants,
split-rate property taxes, etc.)
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Promoting Affordable & Transit-Oriented Housing (inclusionary
zoning, location efficient mortgages, etc.)
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Improving Safety for Bicyclists and Pedestrians (Safe Routes to
School, pedestrian scrambles, traffic calming, etc.)
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Removing Incentives for Solo Driving (parking cash-out at work,
congestion pricing, lowering parking requirements, etc.)
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Promoting Transportation Equity ('Lifeline' transit standards,
free transit pass programs for low-income youth, etc.)
The Toolkit will be designed in a user-friendly format that allows
community members to search for appropriate solutions to problems
that are affecting their communities. Each of the 'tools' will
include information on how program works, where it has been
implemented, how much it costs to implement, and what impact it is
having. Most importantly, each tool will outline the specific
steps that community members must take in order to successfully
implement these solutions where they live. It will also provide
resources (e.g., model ordinances, press releases, etc.) that can
help Bay Area residents advocate for smarter transportation and
land use planning at both the local and regional levels.
WE NEED YOUR HELP! TALC's hard-working volunteer researchers have
already finished or are currently completing written summaries of
over 40 programs and policies. Now we need your expertise to make
the Instant Advocate Toolkit an even more powerful tool for
community change! We need several volunteers to help us put the
finishing touches on the written summaries that will be included
in the Toolkit by reviewing, editing , and/or fact-checking for
one or more of these write-ups. These written summaries are
currently in MS Word format, so it will be very easy for you or
someone in your group to review one or more of these tools and
provide us with feedback (comments, suggestions, contacts,
additional resources, etc.) as well as case studies that highlight
your group's successes on a particular issue. As a small token of
our gratitude for your help, we'll acknowledge your contribution
within the Toolkit and you'll receive a complimentary copy of the
Transportation for a Livable Region report and the final Instant
Advocate Toolkit CD-ROM.
WANT TO VOLUNTER (OR FIND OUT MORE)? For more information or to
volunteer to review any of the tools to be included in the Instant
Advocate Toolkit, please contact Jeremy Nelson, Innovative
Programs Coordinator at 510-740-3150 or
jeremy@transcoalition.org |
