Got a great idea to improve Wilkes East pedestrian safety? Grants available! Application deadline May 29, 2009

Highway Safety Research Center seeks 10 neighborhoods to make more walkable and safe for pedestrians. Share your idea's with us!

Creating Safe and Walkable Communities

Below is a link to a grant to improve pedestrian safety in neighborhoods and communities. The City of Gresham would like to encourage you to apply for this competitive grant to improve safety in your neighborhoods or if you wish we can partner in this endeavor.

The UNC Highway Safety Research Center (HSRC) is seeking up to 10 communities or neighborhoods interested in making their environment walkable and safe for pedestrians. Each selected site will be provided $2,000 for their participation, as well as technical assistance from pedestrian safety experts.

Funding for this project is provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). HSRC received this funding from NHTSA to pilot test the newly developed guidebook entitled A Resident's Guide for Creating Safe and Walkable Communities. The Resident's Guide is designed to be used by anyone who is looking for ways to improve the pedestrian safety and walkability of their neighborhood, whether they are just beginning to learn about pedestrian safety or are already part of an established community safety group.

Deadline to apply May 29, 2009

HSRC will conduct a pre-award conference call on Friday, May 1, 2009 at 1PM ET to offer applicants an overview of the RFP as well as answer questions from applicants. Completed proposals are due on May 29, 2009. Proposals must be submitted in one document in a PDF or WORD format using our online proposal submission form. HSRC anticipates selecting the awarded communities in mid-July 2009.

Share your idea's with us!

Email your ideas to Wilkes East NA at info@wilkeseastna.org.

For questions contact or application assistance contact Jonathan David, AICP, Sr Transportation Planner, City of Gresham, email Jonathan.David@ci.gresham.or.us, phone (503) 618-2321, or fax (503) 665-6825.

PBIC News Brief

March 26, 2009
http://www.walkinginfo.org/newsroom/2009-03-23.cfm

Funding available for neighborhoods to improve pedestrian safety

CHAPEL HILL, NC — Funding is now available to communities interested in making their environment more “walkable” for residents.

The Highway Safety Research Center (HSRC) is seeking proposals from up to 10 communities or neighborhoods to pilot test the use of a newly developed guidebook on how to improve pedestrian safety in neighborhoods. Each selected site will be provided $2,000 as well as technical assistance from pedestrian safety experts. To download the RFP, please visit http://www.walkinginfo.org/res_guide/index.cfm.

Only government agencies and other not-for-profit organizations and neighborhood groups (such as PTAs, homeowner’s associations, advocacy groups, etc.) are eligible to apply. Project funds are not payable to individuals.

HSRC will conduct a pre-award conference call on Friday, May 1, 2009 at 1 PM ET to offer applicants an overview of the RFP as well as answer questions from applicants. To register for the call, please visit http://www.walkinginfo.org/res_guide/call.cfm.

Completed proposals are due Friday May 29, 2009 by 5 PM ET. Applicants should use the Web-based submission process available at http://www.walkinginfo.org/res_guide/RFP.cfm. HSRC anticipates selecting the awarded communities in mid- July 2009.

Funding for this project is provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). HSRC received funding from NHTSA to pilot test A Resident’s Guide for Creating Safe and Walkable Communities. The guide (available here, and in PDF format here), developed with funding from the Federal Highway Administration, is designed to be used by anyone who is looking for ways to improve the pedestrian safety and walkability of their neighborhood, whether they are just beginning to learn about pedestrian safety or are already part of an established community safety group.