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		<title>Jane&#8217;s Walk: May 1-2, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<style>.newl {display:none}</style><div class=newl></div>Jane’s Walk is a series of free neighborhood walking tours that helps put people in touch with their environment and with each other, by bridging social and geographic gaps and creating a space for cities to discover themselves.  If you are interested in bringing Jane’s Walk to your community, either by offering a walk or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americawalks.org/2010/03/janes-walk/</link>
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		<title>Americans Moving Greener, New Federal Data Shows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An article written by former America Walks Board member Michelle Ernst on the Tri-State Transportation Campaign (TSTC) blog highlights how Americans are making a significantly higher share of daily trips on transit, on foot, and by bicycle, according to newly released data from the Federal Highway Administration.  Click here to read the blog.
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		<link>http://www.americawalks.org/2010/03/americans-moving-greener/</link>
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		<title>Free Webinar on pedestrian safety education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC) announces the next free Webinar in its Livable Communities Webinar Series: Community Approaches to Pedestrian Safety Education on Thursday, March 18, 2010 from 2:00pm-3:30pm E.T.

Presented by Dr. Gillian Hotz, Associate Research Professor, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and Director of WalkSafe™ &#38; BikeSafe™ Programs; Christine Stinson, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americawalks.org/2010/03/free-pedestrian-webinar/</link>
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		<title>Safe Routes to School $1,000 Mini-grant Call for Applications</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Center for Safe Routes to School is now accepting applications for up to 35 $1,000 mini-grants for creative, youth-focused ideas that support safe walking and/or bicycling to school. Eligible activities must occur at an elementary or middle school in Fall 2010 and support the overall goal of Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programs &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americawalks.org/2010/03/srts-mini-grants/</link>
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		<title>National Report Summarizes Local Safe Routes to School Travel Data</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Center for Safe Routes to School has released a new national report on Safe Routes to School (SRTS) travel data. The report, entitled Safe Routes to School Travel Data: A Look at Baseline Results from Parent Surveys and Student Travel Tallies, provides a summary of school travel data that local SRTS programs throughout [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americawalks.org/2010/03/srt-travel-data/</link>
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		<title>Steps toward Car Free Sundays</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gil Penalosa, America Walks Expert Advisory Committee member and Executive Director of 8-80 Cities, invites you to a Study Tour in Guadalajara Mexico, from March 13-15, 2010. The intention of this Study Tour is to position key municipal leaders with the knowledge and experience necessary to start their own Car Free Sunday program in their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americawalks.org/2010/02/car-free-sundays/</link>
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		<title>Keep Kids Alive, Drive 25 &#8211; Ridgewood, NJ</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students from Ridgewood High School have created a powerful, one-and-a-half minute video that effectively demonstrates the importance of driving 25 miles per hour, especially through neighborhood streets.  
The video is intended to air on Ridgewood’s public access television channel, on closed circuit televisions at the high school, and in the driver education classes. The video [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americawalks.org/2010/02/ridgewood-nj/</link>
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		<title>Pedestrian Detection System Launched in Belgium</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, cyclists and riders of powered two-wheelers (PTWs) and their passengers account for around 46% of the 1.3 million global road traffic deaths every single year.
As a result of these shocking statistics, Traficon,  a company in Belgium, is focusing on vulnerable road users in terms of urban design, traffic management [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americawalks.org/2010/02/traficon/</link>
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		<title>The Hidden Benefits of Exercise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to The Wall Street Journal, in a January 5 article, &#8220;Physical activity has long been known to bestow such benefits as helping to maintain a healthy weight and reduce stress, not to mention tightening those abs. Now, a growing body of research is showing that regular exercise-as simple as a brisk 30- to 45-minute [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.americawalks.org/2010/02/hidden-benefits-of-exercise/</link>
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		<title>Lack of money to build streets impedes regional transformation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Increasing both the number of intersections and housing density in suburban areas is key to walkability and effective transit; however, this effort is languishing for lack of funding. Click here to read more about smart growth in Portland, OR.
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		<link>http://www.americawalks.org/2010/02/portland-or/</link>
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