A $125,000 grant from the California Workplace of Visitors Security (OTS) will fund actions emphasizing the security of bicyclists and pedestrians.
“Bicycle ridership is rising and an enormous a part of San Diego County’s sustainable future,” stated San Diego County Well being and Human Providers Company Group Operations Officer Barbara Jiménez. “It has by no means been extra essential to advertise each the advantages of biking and making certain everyone seems to be utilizing our roads safely.”
“Each bicyclist and pedestrian ought to really feel secure on the street,” stated OTS Director Barbara Rooney. “Schooling is one in all many essential instruments that collectively work to verify everybody, no matter how they journey, reaches their vacation spot safely.”
Grant funds will assist a wide range of actions targeted on bicycle and pedestrian security:
- Schooling and outreach social media marketing campaign to interact an expanded viewers on security and energetic transportation matters.
- Participation in State and Nationwide campaigns, reminiscent of Nationwide Stroll to Faculty Day and California’s Pedestrian Security Month.
- Group, senior middle, and college schooling displays on most secure bike/strolling practices, with a concentrate on the advantages energetic transportation offers on well being, neighborhood, and local weather change.
- Participation in “Open Streets” occasions encouraging biking and strolling.
- Bicycle and scooter expertise coaching programs that educate on secure using behaviors.
- Strolling discipline journeys with older adults and disabled residents to determine strolling hazards and educate on secure energetic transportation methods.
- Shows at stakeholder conferences targeted on energetic transportation to share greatest practices and improve collaboration.
The providers, which can run by Sept. 30, 2023, will probably be offered by Flow into San Diego.
This security marketing campaign aligns with the County’s imaginative and prescient for a simply, sustainable, and resilient future for all.
Funding for this program was offered by a grant from the California Workplace of Visitors Security, by the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration.
For extra info, contact Dara Braitman from Flow into San Diego at planning@circulatesd.org.