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NEWSLETTER CONTENTS

See details below for contents featured in each issue.

Spring 2010

Spring 2010 - WalkSanDiego FootNotes
  • City Dwellers Worldwide Healthier than Suburban Counterparts, by Gina Jacobs
  • Monarch in Action: Youth advocate for Neighborhood Improvements
  • The Footbridges of San Diego County: Andy Hamilton looks at the Spruce Street Bridge in San Diego's Bankers Hill
  • Dangerous by Design: Solving the Epidemic of Preventable Pedestrian Deaths (and Making Great Neighborhoods)
  • Historic Highway 101: Planning for Pedestrians
  • Meet the Walkers: Dan Burden

Fall 2009

Fall 2009 - WalkSanDiego FootNotes
  • Sizzling Summer! - by Kenneth Grimes, Executive Director
  • What Happens When Granny Can't Drive? - By Leah Ostenberg
  • City Heights Walks to School! - by Kristin Mueller, WalkSanDiego & Michelle Luellen, City Heights Community Development Corporation
  • The Footbridges of San Diego County: Vermont Street Bridge, Hillcrest / University Heights - by Andy Hamilton
  • Making Great Strides Toward Walkable Communities - by City of San Diego Councilmember Todd Gloria
  • Meet the Walkers - by Dr. James Sallis

Summer 2009

Summer 2009 - WalkSanDiego FootNotes
  • Looking Back, Moving Forward
  • Meet the Walkers
  • Kudos to the 2009 Golden Footprint Award Winners!
  • SB 375 Underscores the Need for More Walkability!
  • The Bird Rock Transformation
  • Weighing Up Obesity - What Surrounds Us Shapes Us
  • The People-Powered Commute: Get to Work on Your own Two Feet

Winter 2009

Winter 2009 - WalkSanDiego FootNotes
  • Walkability: Healthy Wealthy & Wise
  • Advocating for Change
  • Walking to School Is Cool
  • Walking to School Then and Now
  • City Heights Walks to School
  • City of San Diego Pedestrian Master Plan
  • 'Foot' for Thought
  • Empowering Youth in the South Bay

Winter 2007-2008

  • WSD welcomes new executive director
  • WalkSanDiego schedules open house at new office
  • WSD solicits annual award nominations
  • 'Next Steps' Project gains footing in Chula Vista
  • CV students embrace pedestrian design issues
  • SANDAG adopts highway-heavy Regional Transportation Plan
  • Neighborhood Notes
  • Designing for walking leads to... MORE WALKING
  • Americans prefer walkable communities
  • Obesity levels off, but still high
  • San Diegans active but overweight
  • Californians understand global warming threat

Spring 2007

  • Big grants enable WSD to add staff, office space
  • Kristin Mueller joins WSD team
  • Would European traffic safety approach work here?
  • 'De-pedestrification' contributes to obesity epidemic in America
  • Brain breakthrough points to physical activity as crucial
  • WalkSanDiego Consulting Activities
  • Pedestrian tragedy hits close to home
  • 'Keep those donations coming!' says the IRS
  • New 4-legged Member

Fall 2006

  • WSD tackles diversity puzzle
  • Way to pay for more street lights
  • Report cites increase in pedestrian deaths
  • WSD reaches out to Chula Vista
  • WSD launches webpage for traffic engineers
  • Brown bag lunches get off to a great start

Spring 2006

  • WSD partners to fight obesity
  • WSD partners with coalition in West Chula Vista
  • Changing of the Guard
  • El Cajon unveils walking routes
  • Flexcar offers discount to WalkSanDiego members
  • My take on Walk & Roll
  • Who's at fault when pedestrians are hit?
  • Changing the system through pedestrian planning
  • City of San Francisco tackles serious pedestrian crash problem
  • Bridge Anyone?
  • Mission Bay Park's lights create spectacular site for evening stroll
  • Calling all projects...
  • Pedestrian master plans move forward
  • Friendship Plaza awaits pedestrians at border
  • San Diego plans to launch traffic calming program in June

Fall 2005

  • Next Steps Project Gains Footing
  • Fall 2005 Footprints - Annual Report Issue
  • Next Steps Project Neighborhoods
    • National City
    • Old Town National City
    • Sherman Heights (City of San Diego)
    • San Ysidro (San Diego)
    • North Park (San Diego)
    • Imperial Beach
    • Chula Vista
  • Consulting Projects
  • Federal "Safe Routes to School" Program Launched
  • WalkSanDiego in Top Tier of US Ped Groups

Spring 2005

  • WalkSanDiego hires executive director
  • TransNet passes - Now what?
  • WalkSanDiego bestows Golden Footprint Awards
  • WalkSanDiego contracts advance
  • City initiates pedestrian master plan and traffic calming program
  • Streets perilous for walkers
  • Mean Streets report show pedestrians more endangered; safety spending lags
  • Observations on San Diego's walkability - View from the United Kingdom
  • Walking sharpens the mind

Fall 2004

  • Prop A - TransNet - You Decide
  • Our newest sponsors
  • Uptown Partnership launches 'Be Alert' safety campaign
  • Grant, sponsors help low-income areas
  • Should we put in a crosswalk?
  • Narrow streets more efficient
  • The care and feeding of pedestrians
  • Walk to school day shines
  • Keep the faith
  • Study shows 87% of intersections hazardous to schoolchildren?
  • Governator signs 'Safe routes to school'
  • Homebuyers favor shorter commutes, walkable neighborhoods, says survey
  • WSD to launch ped safety campaign in Imperial Beach
  • WalkSanDiego opposes bridge proposal

Spring/Summer 2004

  • TransNet pedestrian funding at risk
  • Summer warms up with walking tours
  • Neighborhood Notes
    • Valley Center: Town Center vs. Strip Mall
    • A Vision for Carlsbad Village
    • Protected Crosswalk on Adams Avenue
  • Obesity costs outweigh cost of bike/pedestrian trails
  • North Park to implement historic plaques and interpretive walkimg tour program
  • Study shows people will walk farther than planners thought
  • Lessons abound at national event
  • Drivers unaware of pedestrian laws
  • Legislative update: Federal transportation bill in limbo
  • Obesity: The Limits of Personal Responsibility
  • Aging Americans stranded without options

Winter 2004

  • And the winner is... Oceanside!
  • 2nd annual fitness fair 'just for the health of it'
  • Show Me the Money!
    • Regional funds for walking
    • Funding Pedestrian Advocacy
    • Funding Pedestrian Planning
  • The Crowning Jewel
  • Two WSD board members to attend 4th National Congress of Pedestrian Advocates
  • Uptown Staff makes plan to calm traffic
  • Book review by Marcia Banks 'Not another dry rice cake!'
  • My New Year's walking resolution: calories in < calories out
  • Legislative Update

Fall 2003

  • Traffic Calming Manual 'Slow Down!' now available
  • Fall Events
  • Song rail bridges two communities
  • Walk to School Day
  • TransNet negotiations get underway
  • Uptown strives to calm traffic
  • Neighborhood Notes
    • Palm Avenue Puzzle
    • Torrey Hills Terror
    • Normal Heights Partners
  • San Diego in the dark on street lights
  • San Diego gives pedestrians a 'head start' at signals
  • In-pavement flashers light up crosswalk

Summer 2003

  • 'Safe Routes to School' bill 'Congress takes up pedestrian issue'
  • Walk and roll through Mission Valley July 10
  • County trails master plan ready for review
  • Planning association recognizes pedestrians
  • Conference takes 'how to' approach
  • Permitting a Walkable Main Street
  • Uptown launches traffic calming effort
  • A walk around the world 'Charting Pedestrians Charters'
  • Walking - A Casualty of Growth Battles
  • Special Report on International Conference on Walking 'Walk21 gathers world's walkers'
  • A warning from the surgeon general
  • Giant wakes up
  • Like trash reduction?
  • Still going...
  • Marketing options
  • The good ole days
  • Follow the leader
  • Speed by the foot

Spring 2003

  • Take action for pedestrian funding
  • Spring burst forth with 'Feet First' events
  • Plans for Downtown San Diego clamor for pedestrian voice
  • No way, Segway
  • Our bread and butter Walkable neighborhoods... one at a time
  • WSD membership exceeds 2002 goal
  • Traffic calming Oceanside-style
  • Encinitas jumps into traffic calming
  • Holiday fundraiser warms hearts (and feet)
  • Interview with Marc Jensen of California Walks 'Walking the road to health'
  • 'Active Living' - the next health(y) movement
  • Dangerous for pedestrians 'San Diego you have a problem'
  • Innovative idea file 'Get looped at lunch'
  • Black Mountain Ranch emerges as pedestrian - friendly project

Fall 2002

  • Fundraiser rings in holidays
  • City of Villages retains waking, dumps density
  • WalkSanDiego urges more commitment to pedestrians 'Mobility 2030 falls short'
  • North Park rebuilds historic pedestrian character
    • North Park Theatre Redevelopment
    • University Avenue Traffic Calming Project
    • North Park Main Street
  • Medians - Do they help or hurt business
  • Fall walking tours focus on history, health & holidays
  • WSD to add 'Inc.' to name
  • WSD assembles Advisory Board

Summer 2002

  • SANDAG adopt model pedestrian design guidelines
  • Manual shows way to slow speeding traffic
  • 'Next Step' gets underway, seeks executive director
  • WSD helps Valley Center tame the 'big road"
  • Report fattens argument for walking
  • Walk audit uncovers hazards
  • 'Crosswalks' The Great Debate if Over-or Should Be
  • Feet First Forum 'Just for the health of it'
  • More walk in older neighborhoods
  • Bressi Ranch gets the go ahead

Spring 2002

  • 'Feet First' gets underway
  • WSD welcomes new Board members
  • Training scores high with traffic engineers
  • Membership, website grow
  • City to make street manual more friendly
  • See San Diego best on foot
  • Encinitas - Revitalization 101
  • America Walks Board selects Hamilton
  • Study links walking to people's perception

Summer 2001

  • Traffic reporter joins board
  • Fed-up residents turn to traffic calming
  • Growth plans hinge on walkability
  • Bressi Ranch latest walkable development
  • Main street make-overs lure back pedestrians
  • Passionate pedestrian Gary Piro engineers 'livable street' standards'
  • San Diego, Carlsbad to revise street standards
  • WalkSanDiego unveils website
  • "Terrible Ten" attracts attention
  • Walking Facts
  • SANDAG awards 'walkable' grants
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