| IN THE NEWS |
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| Safe Routes to Schools Grant Workshop February 29th: Caltrans District 7 invites you to attend a Free workshop on Wednesday, February 29th, 2012. The purpose of the workshop is to explain what comprehensive Safe Routes to School programs are and how to prepare a successful grant application. Topics will include discussion of appropriate engineering improvements, the funding application process, and suggested strategies. |
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| Caltrans Adopts 2012 CA MUTCD: As of January 13, 2012 the California Department of Transportation has adopted the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (California MUTCD) 2012 edition to provide for uniform standards and specifications for all official traffic control devices in California. |
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| MS Sedco Intersector makes headlines in Popular Science magazine: This article by Rebecca Boyle describes how the MS Sedco Intersector's Microwave Sensors auto-detect bikes at intersections, to trigger traffic signals and protect cyclists. |
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| City of Pleasanton receives ITS award: The City of Pleasanton was nationally recognized for its use of the MS Sedco Intersector devices on January 4th, 2012 by the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) by receiving the ITS America’s Smart Solution Spotlight award. |
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| VIDEOS |
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MS Sedco Intersector in ABC news broadcast: The City of Pleasanton recently installed several MS Sedco Intersectors, Bicycle Discrimination Detectors, along Foothill Blvd. & Stoneridge Dr. Click on this link to view the ABC Channel 7 News footage in which the benefits of this product are explained in detail.
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| Polara Navigator spotlighted in Extreme Home Makeover Home Edition: In this edition of Extreme Home Makeover, a Polara Navigator is installed in the City of Maple Heights, Ohio at a busy intersection along Libby Rd. much to the delight of the Anderson Family, a local family whose members are visually impaired. Click to watch the Anderson Family and their friends celebrate as they are finally able to cross the intersection safely. |
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| FUNDING INFORMATION |
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MTC Releases Call for Projects: JARC-Funded Mobility Management Program- Application Deadline February 24th.
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) invites your agency to submit applications for the Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC)- Funded Mobility Management program. Successful applicants will receive Federal Transit Administration funding to implement projects that support mobility management activities. Available funding is approximately $0.7 million for one or two larger-scale mobility management projects. Click on the link above for more information or to apply. |
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| Safe Routes to School National Partnership releases Safe Routes to School Local Policy Guide : The Local Policy Guide was published to help local communities and schools create, enact and implement policies which will support active and healthy community environments that encourage safe walking and bicycling and physical activity by children through a Health in All Policies approach. It highlights strategies to advance policy change and covers more than 20 policy change examples including: regional transportation plans, Complete Streets, fine based mechanisms, school bonds, crossing guards, health impact assessments, joint-use agreements, speed limits, and more. |
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Caltrans Releases 2012 Call for Projects: Job Access and Reverse Commute & New Freedom Programs
Caltrans Division of Mass Transportation has announced funding availability for the JARC and New Freedom programs. JARC funds projects that improve access to transportation services to employment-related activities for welfare recipients and eligible low-income individuals to transport residents of urbanized and non-urbanized areas to suburban employment opportunities. New Freedom funds projects that seek to reduce barriers to transportation services and expands the transportation mobility options available to people with disabilities beyond the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. Applications are due to Small Urban Area Local Agencies by February 22, 2012 and to Caltrans DMT by March 23, 2012. Click on the links above for more information about these programs or to apply. |
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