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Halloween is coming which is also the deadliest night of the year for American children under 18...because of drivers. Not because of fictional news stories about drugs in candy.
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You’re like, really pretty 🤩 🍁
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Check out the 🍂October 2022 In Motion Newsletter from CDTC - mailchi.mp/cdtcmpo/septem
Headline: $1M in Planning Funds Available
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Visit the link below to register for today’s virtual workshop & learn about the 2023-24 program guidelines and application process.
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CDTC is calling for local & regional transportation planning initiatives for inclusion in our 2023-2024 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP). Local governments or other members orgs can submit proposals for $1M in funds. Deadline Nov. 30th!
More info at cdtcmpo.org/2023upwp
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Federal funds headed to the Capital Region for electric buses & charging infrastructure. The region continues to lead Upstate NY in electrifying the transportation system ⚡️ #dumpthepump
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CDTC is making up to $1M available for local transportation planning projects. Applications are due November 30th & a program workshop is scheduled for October 20th! Program guidance & registration info 👇🏻
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🚶♀️IT'S PEDESTRIAN SAFETY MONTH!
This month's New Visions Learning Series topic: A panel of speakers will provide insight & tools for improving pedestrian safety in all contexts. How can pedestrian safety be woven into planning more seamlessly?
Register: cdtcmpo.org/news/nv-webina
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Ultimate 🚩 when a man has to advertise having like a 7 liter engine so no one would question his sexuality or something. 🥴
If you need to haul something big fine but nobody is fooled by you larping as a rancher; you live in the suburbs
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America's average cost per mile for tunnel projects isn't just higher than Japan, Germany, Chile, or Norway.
Our construction costs are higher than those 4 countries' tunneling costs-per-mile *combined*
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this is an _extremely_ grim table projectdelivery.enotrans.org/international/
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🚶♀️Celebrate National Walk to School Day on Oct. 5 at your child’s school by organizing a Walk & Roll to School event! CDTC’s Walk & Roll to School Toolkit has everything you need!
Visit: ow.ly/FRCB50KRTeN
Free safety materials & giveaways available:ow.ly/F14Z50KRTaE
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"Officers said the teenage driver wasn't reckless, but inexperienced. He wasn't cited because a vehicle-code infraction wasn't committed in an officer's presence, authorities said."
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Happy to be at Quackenbush Square this evening as the ribbon was cut on this beautifully redesigned public space. Kudos & everyone downtown who helped bring this vision to reality 👏🏻 #Albany
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You can take the Nature Bus (#872) to get to Fall Fest! (Use the Slingerlands Trailhead bus stop.) This Saturday is the last day of Nature Bus for 2022--don't miss out on this great FREE service! 🌲
#AlbanyNatureBus
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Our Fall Fest and 5K on the County Rail Trail and at the Firefighter's Memorial Park is less than a week away! There are still some slots available if you're running in the race, so don't miss your chance to register!
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Only 2 days left until our Quackenbush Square Ribbon Cutting Celebration! We hope to see you there for this energetic event in #DowntownAlbany!
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On Thursday September 22nd from 4:00pm to 8:00pm, ParkAlbany and the City of Albany will be celebrating the Ribbon Cutting of the newly renovated Quackenbush Square along with Albany’s newest Capital Walls Mural by Adam Fujita. And we would like to invite you to join us!
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The Department of Transportation has estimated that highway construction has displaced over a million people in the United States since the 1950s.
#EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateJustice #ej
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#BurningMan created an art installation one can see from space. It's called INSANITY and included tens of thousands of people burning thousands of gallons of gas while spending up to 13 hours trying to exit the festival in 110 degree heat.
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Out to eat & across from couple complaining loudly about how their neighborhood has “like 14 kids” & parents put up signs asking cars to slow down & they had to confront them because they thought it was ridiculous that parents expected cars to stop for their children #carculture
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Just from what I’ve heard from parents & seen posted online in parent groups, the school transportation issues have not improved yet. There’s a lot of information & advertisements about how important attendance is though 😑
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The launched the Smartphone Rewards Program to learn more about commuting decisions.
Thru Sept. 30th, log your trips to help earn gift cards from Amazon, Target, Starbucks, etc., & improve future travel in the Capital Region!
Sign up: metropia.com/smartphone-rew
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“We already had 400 million guns in circulation. So when you bump that up and include a lot of first-timers in the population … you get people reacting to small insults and conflicts with their guns because they’re in their pocket now.”
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As our kids go #BackToSchool, never forget that we ARE the traffic that we’re using as an excuse. If they walked, biked or rode transit to school, it would erase a massive number of car trips each day, and our kids would be safer, healthier and better at school.
Spread the word.
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🚸Kids all over the Capital Region are headed back to school today & next week. Let’s all remember as we head out in our cars to work to be a little more patient & alert so our children can get to school safely #safestreets #WalkToSchool #BiketoSchool
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What happens when we don’t prioritize kids in policy making 👇🏻 They deserve better.
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NEW: From a gold standard national test that has been tracking the achievement of 9-year-olds since the 1970s:
- First ever drop in math
- Largest drop in reading in more than 30 years
- Students today are performing at a level similar to 1999/2004
nytimes.com/2022/09/01/us/
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Cities should be designed for kids.
Not everyone has kids, and that's ok.
But when cities are designed with kids in mind, we end up designing vulnerable-friendly places.
That should be a goal we can all get on board with.
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When I see news about gun violence & it’s young victims I wonder if things would’ve been different if our youth weren’t asked to sacrifice & suffer the most during the pandemic. What if we made sure they had safe places, services & programming the whole time?
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Perfectly timed drive to LI so that we hit NYC traffic at 5pm because we obviously hate ourselves #yourenotintrafficyouaretraffic
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True story
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Three stages of career development are: I want to be in the meeting, I want to run the meeting, I want to avoid meetings.
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NEED AICP CREDITS?
🚶 The latest New Visions Learning Series topic will be Pedestrian Safety Solutions: Selecting Locations for Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFBs). What are RRFB and how effective are they?
Register now to attend: cdtcmpo.org/news/nv-webina
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We want to hear from you if you have had experience with radon, and are especially interested in connecting if:- You’ve tested your home- You’re interested in testing your home- You’ve worked w/ government agencies or nonprofits related to radon
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First time traveling with & I can’t say enough good things after 12 hours on a plane with my family. Mohalo 🌺
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The best & easiest solution to low turnout at public meetings is flipping it & going to the public #mobility
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DOCTOR: Your kids need to walk more. Walking is healthy.
SCHOOL: Please use carline. Walking is dangerous.
POLITICIAN: Why would I support traffic calming? Nobody walks.
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