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NEWS FROM TALC
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We need your help today!
Contact the Governor now to sign AB 2444
AB 2444, the first bill TALC has ever sponsored, has passed the Legislature!
Please join us in telling the Governor that he needs to sign the legislation to
help tackle our transportation and environmental challenges in the Bay Area. The
Governor could have this bill on his desk in less than a week, so contact him
today! If signed, AB 2444 would mean up to 60 million new dollars a year to fund
air and water quality improvements and congestion management -- including public
transit operations and pedestrian and bicycle safety.
Call the Governor's office at 916-445-2841. Press
1 for English, then 2 to voice an opinion, then 0 to speak to someone in the
Governor's office. Tell the staffer your name and which organization, if any,
you represent. Say "I want the Governor to sign AB 2444. AB 2444 lets the Bay
Area solve our own transportation and environmental challenges."
Please take action now before reading the rest of
this newsletter!
Take action:
www.transcoalition.org/legislation.html#ab2444
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TALC meeting on housing
the future - September 20
You're invited to attend TALC's September regional meeting, featuring an
engaging presentation by Don Weden, a retired senior planner with Santa Clara
County. He will discuss the major economic, demographic, development, and
environmental trends and challenges that the Bay Area faces, and why these
trends are closely connected to decisions about how and where we house people.
We will take time to strategize how we can increase the scale and impact of our
efforts in dealing with these challenges, including finding better ways to
communicate about the quality-of-life issues at stake in a way that really
connects with people.
Wednesday, September 20, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the
Sierra Club, 85 2nd Street, San Francisco. (Optional orientation with background
on TALC for new attendees from 5:00-5:30.) Pizza and beverages will be served.
Please RSVP so that we order enough food. If you have questions about the
meeting, contact Marta Lindsey at
marta@transcoalition.org.
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Speak out on TOD plans in any
of six cities
As part of TALC's Great Communities Initiative, community groups around the
region are getting involved in planning for new transit-oriented development (TOD).
Partners are involved in TOD plans in: Pittsburg, San Leandro, Santa Rosa,
Hayward, Milpitas, and San Mateo. If you live in one of these cities, or know
someone who does, see our website for details on the plans and how to get
involved.
Learn more:
www.transcoalition.org/c/gci/local.html
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TALC kicks off Safe Routes
to Schools program
TALC will launch its Safe Routes to
Schools (SR2S) program at three Oakland schools on October 4 as part of
International Walk to School Week. Working with the City of Oakland, we are
ready to build on the day’s momentum to transform the way kids get to and from
schools as dozens of Oakland elementary schools participate in Walk to School
Day activities.
Learn more:
www.transcoalition.org/c/sr2s
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TALC supports SMART rail ballot measure
TALC is pleased to announce its support for the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail
Transit proposal, which is Measure R on the November 2006 ballot. Approval by
two-thirds of voters would create 70 miles of commuter rail line and an
accompanying 70 miles of bicycle and pedestrian trail that would reach from
Cloverdale to the Larkspur Ferry. TALC's Carli Paine will be lending a hand to
the grassroots campaign. To learn how you can help visit the campaign website.
Learn more:
www.gosmarttrain.com
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NEWS FROM TALC MEMBER GROUPS
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TALC welcomes two new members groups
TALC would like to welcome our two newest member organizations. The
Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy is based in Sonoma County and
works to educate future and current leaders, as well as the local community, on
the need to integrate environmental, economic, and social equity issues.
CarFreeCity, USA promotes car-free development that enhances local and global
environmental quality, improves personal health, and fosters a sense of
community -- simply by minimizing the use of cars.
Learn more:
www.ecoleader.org and
www.carfreecity.us
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EVENTS
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Oakland CarFree Day -
September 22
Oakland will celebrate its third-annual CarFree Day to highlight smart growth,
transit, bicycling and pedestrian programs and projects that make a car-free (or
car-reduced) lifestyle viable. The event will be held on Friday, September 22
from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in front of City Hall at 14th and Broadway, with a
press conference at noon. TALC, several coalition Member Groups, and
transportation agencies will all have exhibits and materials.
Learn more:
www.oaklandpw.com/CarFreeDay
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Celebrate progress on
improving access to health in Contra Costa - September 23
Since 2003, TALC's Transportation Equity And Community Health (TEACH)
Program has worked to improve transportation access to health care facilities in
two low-income Contra Costa County communities: the Monument Corridor in Concord
and Bay Point/Pittsburg. TEACH's community organizing -- which brought together
community members with transportation and health agency representatives --
empowered the communities on this issue and resulted in tremendous access
improvements. Now it's time to celebrate!
Whether you helped with the project or would just
like to learn more, you are invited to join TEACH Working Group members and
allies for "A Celebration of Changes in Transportation Access" on Saturday,
September 23 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Meadow Homes Park in Concord. Share good
food and company, view our maps and displays from the program, and chat with
these community advocates about their experiences. For more details, contact
Sandra Padilla at
sandra@transcoalition.org or 510-740-3150 x14.
Learn more:
www.transcoalition.org/c/teach/teach_ccc.htm
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