The Wonderful World of Sustainable Transportation - Trail Finder and Shelburne Street Roundabout

Live at 5:25
February 24, 2009
CCTV Channel 17
www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/wonderful-world-sustainable-transportation-shelburne-street-roundabout

Description

Chittenden County Transit Authority General Manager Chris Cole, Local Motion Director Chapin Spencer, Annie Bourdon of CarShare Vermont and other transportation leaders discuss transportation issues, ideas and initiatives. This show includes two exciting aspects of local transportation: Local Motion's Trail Finder - presented by Marketing Manager Todd Taylor and Shelburne Street Roundabout with Jason Van Driesche of Residents for a One-Lane Roundabout. Hosted by Chapin Spencer, Executive Director of Local Motion.

Response to Bike Math

WPTZ Editorial
Friday, November 14, 2008
www.wptz.com/station/17979513/detail.html

The following is a Newschannel 5 editorial response.

Building safe places to walk and bike makes sense – especially now with high gas prices, climate change and an obesity epidemic.

A new federal transportation bill will be drafted soon, and groups like Local Motion are working to secure $50 million dollars in federal funds to connect our region’s sidewalks, bike lanes, and paths.

The investment would put Vermonters back to work building these facilities and get more Vermonters active, thereby reducing our health care costs. It would also revitalize our village centers and reduce emissions.

VTrans found 55% of area residents are using our tails every year, and the US Census found 18% of commuters are walking and biking to work in Chittenden County’s core. This is not about lycra-clad cyclists. This is about kids walking to school; it's about seniors strolling to the local store, and commuters biking to work. Active Vermonters are healthy Vermonters.

That’s how I see it.

This has been a Newschannel 5 editorial response.

Editorial Response by Chapin Spencer, Executive Director Local Motion, Burlington, VT

Original editorial: Local Motion Media File: Bike Math?