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Coalition
Update:
September
2003
COALITION UPDATE is now a monthly email newsletter.
(formerly a quarterly print publication - see Archives below).
It contains articles about TALC's program initiatives,
announcements and calendar items, and is a great source of
information about recent TALC activities and victories.
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1. TALC Board of Directors
Elections - Nominate a Member Group Representative!
2. VTA proposes cutting future BART stations serving low-income communities and
students
3. TALC Developing Tools for Transportation Justice
4. Vote NO on Proposition 54 this October 7th!
5. Call for Input and Review of Instant Advocate Toolkit
6. Help TALC Develop a Submission for MTC’s RTP Project Search!
7. New Statewide Report on Children's Mobility
8. Join New Land Use and RTP Regional Goals Working Groups
9. Calendar
10. Members In Action - Bay Area Bicycle Coalition (BABC) |
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1. TALC Board of Directors Elections -
Nominate a Member Group Representative!
There are five Board of Directors openings, and you are
invited to nominate a candidate(s) by September 25,
2003. There are twelve members of the Board; terms are
up for four of them (although they may all run again),
and one more is stepping down. Nominees must be
designated by one of our 50 Member Groups. Those elected
to the Board will serve three-year terms beginning this
October. There are meetings every other month in San
Francisco, frequent e-mail exchanges, and Coalition
Working Groups that Board members are expected to
participate in. You can read the Board Roles and
Responsibilities at:
www.transcoalition.org/boardroles.
You can nominate online at:
www.transcoalition.org/about/board_nomform.html
by Thursday, September 25.
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2. VTA proposes cutting future BART-to-San Jose
stations serving low-income communities and students
Emergency VTA meetings have been called for this
week and next after the community reacted to this news!
With money for the new BART-to-San Jose extension drying
up, VTA proposed cutting future stations serving
primarily low-income communities and made bizarre
changes in their spreadsheets to make it appear that
BART was not the only project left from Measure A. In a
scathing column in the San Jose Mercury News, Mayor
Gonzales' push for BART was compared to Bush's push in
Iraq:
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/6713514.htm
To
read more and see our recommendations go to:
http://www.transcoalition.org/c/sus_vta/vta.html
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3. TALC Developing Tools for Transportation Justice
TALC is initiating an effort to provide the
resources and ongoing assistance to explain how
transportation funding and decision-making happen in the
Bay Area, and where community groups can start to win
the changes they want. We are developing a
Transportation Justice Handbook that will be available
at the end of the year, along with a companion website,
trainings, and ongoing technical assistance for leaders
in the Bay Area’s environmental justice communities. For
more information and to get involved, go to:
http://www.transcoalition.org/c/teach/teach_tj.htm
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4.Vote NO on Proposition 54 this October 7th!
Also known as the "Information Ban", Proposition 54
would bar state and local agencies from collecting and
analyzing data on race and ethnicity. While collecting
"data" might not seem important, state and local
governments (as well as non-profits like us) rely on
this information to guarantee equal rights for all
Californians. TALC and many of its member organizations
have already come out in opposition to the Information
Ban. For more details about Proposition 54 and how it
will impact working families, and what you can do to get
involved, please visit:
http://www.defeat54.org/
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5. Call for Input and Review of Instant Advocate
Toolkit
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. It will be designed in a user-friendly
format that allows community members to search for
appropriate solutions to problems that are affecting
their communities. We need volunteers to review, edit,
and/or fact-check the written summaries that will be
included in the Toolkit. We'll acknowledge your
contribution within the Toolkit and you'll receive a
copy of the complete report and CD-ROM. Read more at:
http://www.transcoalition.org/c/sus_tlr/tlr_toolbox.html
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6. Help TALC Develop a Submission for MTC’s RTP
Project Search!
For the first time, MTC is taking public submissions
for projects to be included in the next RTP. You can
submit projects over the web until September 17, 2003.
There are specific requirements a project must meet in
order to be considered:
www.mtc.ca.gov/T2030/project-search.htm
A few projects TALC has already supported include: a
regional Safe Routes to Transit program, Bus Rapid
Transit along Geary and Van Ness in San Francisco, and a
set of projects from the regional bike plan. But we know
there must be more great ideas out there, so please help
us brainstorm! Click here for more:
http://www.transcoalition.org/c/sus_rtp/rtp_home.html
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7. New Statewide Report on Children's Mobility to be
Released September 17
Co-sponsored by the Surface Transportation Policy
Project, TALC and the Latino Issues Forum
Location and time:
Garfield Elementary School
1640 22nd Ave -- just off Foothill Blvd.
September 17th at 10am
For more information and if you would like to attend the
release please contact: Nathan James, Urban Ecology,
510-251-6330 x12
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8. Join New Land Use and RTP Regional Goals Working
Groups
As part of a new strategic plan, TALC has created
several workgroups which are focused on specific
coalition campaigns or policy areas, and you are
invited! Two different TALC workgroups have now formed:
RTP Goals/Performance Measures Workgroup, and Land Use
Workgroup. Both workgroups are currently focused on
MTC's 2004 Regional Transportation Plan -
Transportation 2030.
Read more at:
http://www.transcoalition.org/c/sus_rtp/rtp_home.html#rtp
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9. Calendar
September 17 - TALC REGIONAL MEETING,
5:30-7:30pm, Sierra Club, 85 2nd St., SF, Agenda not
yet available
Learn more at:
http://www.transcoalition.org/calendar.html
September 18 - TALC RTP Regional Goals Workgroup
Meeting, 12:30-2 PM, Sierra Club Death Valley
conference room, 85 2nd Street, 4th Floor, SF
Learn more at:
http://www.transcoalition.org/c/sus_rtp/rtp_home.html#rtp
October 3 - TALC Land Use Workgroup Meeting,
12:45 - 2:30pm, 414 13th Street, 5th floor, Oakland
Learn more at:
http://www.transcoalition.org/c/sus_rtp/rtp_home.html#rtp
October 7 - VOTE NO on the Information Ban -
Proposition 54...
For
more information go to:
http://www.defeat54.org/
October 15-18 - WALK/BIKE CONFERENCE, CBC and the
City of Oakland's CA Walking and Bicycling Conference.
Learn
more at:
http://www.WalkBikeCalifornia.net
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10. Members In Action
Bay Area Bicycle Coalition Serves the Nine-County
Region
There's a new name in town for bicycle advocacy:
the Bay Area Bicycle Coalition (BABC). Formerly called
the Regional Bicycle Advocacy Coalition (REBAC), BABC's
Board of Directors includes leaders of existing bicycle
groups in all nine Bay Area Counties.
The mission of the BABC is "to assure that bicycles are
part of an integrated transportation plan throughout the
San Francisco Bay Area." The group's focus is on
inter-regional projects such as bicycle access on Bay
Area bridges, and securing funding for bicycle projects
through the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's (MTC)
Regional Transportation Plan process.
In addition to changing the name to the Bay Area Bicycle
Coalition, the group's July 2003 meeting included the
following highlights:
* Election of Officers: Dave Burch (who works at
the Bay Area Air Quality Management District) was
elected Chair of BABC. Josh Hart (of San Francisco
Bicycle Coalition) was elected Vice-Chair. Mark Birnbaum
(an advisor to the MCBC) was re-elected as Treasurer.
* New Board Members: Deb Hubsmith of MCBC and
Carol Levine (who works at Wilbur Smith) were elected to
BABC's Board of Directors.
* Platform for the Regional Transportation Plan:
BABC adopted an initial platform for MTC's Regional
Transportation Plan update. It includes a request for
full funding for "Safe Routes to Transit" and the
Regional Bicycle Plan, and bike access on bridges.
* Committees for Bridge Access: Committee chairs
were selected for bridge access projects. If you'd like
to help with the West Span of the Bay Bridge, contact
Josh Hart of SFBC at (415) 431-BIKE. If you'd like to
help with direct access on the Richmond-San Rafael
Bridge, contact Deb Hubsmith of MCBC at 415-456-3469 or
Robert Raburn of EBBC at 510-433-RIDE.
The Bay Area Bicycle Coalition is also preparing grant
applications to hire a part-time staff person who will
coordinate plans and involvement for all of the projects
listed above. The future looks bright for shifting into
high gear on regional bicycle projects. See the REBAC
website:
http://www.bayareabikes.org/ |
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Update:
10/08/2003 |
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