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Contacts for More Information
Children's Shuttle Programs
For more information on the Alameda Kids Coach
program in the City of Alameda, contact Elizabeth Harris, Child Services Coordinator, City of Alameda by phone (510) 749-5819 or
eharris@ci.alameda.ca.us.
For more information about
OUTREACH's Give Kids a LIFT!
children's shuttle program in Santa Clara County, Anne Winthrop, Program Director at (408) 436-2865 ext. 264 or
annew@outreach2.org.
You can also contact Mario Urtecho, Program Administrator at (408) 436-2865 ext. 233 or
mario@outreach2.org.
For more information on Contra Costa County's Children's Transportation Project contact Paul Branson, Transportation Manager, Contra Costa County Employment and Human Services Department at (925) 313-1702 or
pbranson@ehsd.cccounty.us.
Transportation Equity Advocacy Groups
Transportation and Land Use Coalition (TALC).
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TALC offers Technical Assistance to help community leaders prepare effective policy proposals and focused campaign strategies on local transportation issues such as the need for a children's shuttle service. This service is available on an on-call basis to leaders in low-income and people-of-color communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. |
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TALC also conducts Transportation Justice Training Sessions, which are in-depth trainings and presentations on how to participate effectively in Bay Area transportation decision-making for groups representing low-income and people-of-color communities. Training sessions can be tailored to address the local issues faced by individual groups. These training sessions are helpful for community leaders who want to start a children's shuttle program or win other transportation changes in their community. |
To request
technical assistance or to schedule a training
session for your group, contact Jeff Hobson, TALC's Policy Director, at (510) 740-3150 or
jeff@transcoalition.org.
NOTE: During 2004, Trainings and Technical Assistance will be available to interested groups thanks to the support of an Environmental Justice Planning grant from the California Department of Transportation. TALC is seeking funding to continue these services for 2005 and beyond!
Urban Habitat's Social Equity Caucus
(SEC) provides Bay Area social equity and environmental justice organizations with a forum to
1) discuss issues that are disproportionately
impacting communities of color, 2) link their
local efforts with activities taking place at
the regional level, and 3) promote a shared
vision for a socially just region. The Caucus also provides technical support to help member groups participate in regional dialogues and to become more effective in lobbying decision makers. For more information, contact the Social Equity Caucus Coordinator at (510) 839-9510 or
info@urbanhabitat.org.
SEC's Transportation Justice Working Group, in which TALC participates, works on transportation equity issues in the Bay Area and will be able to assist you with your efforts to start a children's shuttle in your community. Contact either TALC or the SEC to learn more about the Transportation Justice Working Group.
Government Agencies
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
(MTC).
Two of the three children's shuttle programs operating in the Bay Area were funded by
MTC's Low-Income Flexible Transportation
(LIFT) Program. For more information on LIFT, contact Evelyn Baker, Associate Transportation Planner at (510) 464-7753 or
ebaker@mtc.ca.gov.
For more information about MTC's other efforts to promote transportation equity and improve transportation choices for low-income communities, contact:
For contact information of local city and county government agencies that you can lobby to operate and/or fund a children's shuttle service in your community, go to this
online directory
of local governments in California or check the government pages of your local phone book.
 
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