Did you know that Wisconsin was just awarded 65 electric school buses? Join our webinar on Wednesday, November 30 at Noon to learn more about the future of EV buses in Wisconsin! We are excited to be joined by Susan Mudd (Environmental Law & Policy Center) and Trevor Jung (City of Racine – Ryde Racine) who […]
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October is Pedestrian Safety Month. During the Active Wisconsin network call on September 14, Darrin Wasniewski from AARP Wisconsin gave a fantastic presentation about how to use the newly revised Walk Audit Tool Kit and some upcoming events with Johnathan Stalls, author of Walk: Slow Down, Wake Up, and Connect at 1-3 Miles Per Hour. […]
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This post is more personal than the usual content Susan writes on Active Wisconsin. Here she shares some of her history as a biker, and why she decided to sign up for Ride Across Wisconsin, which is a fundraiser for the Wisconsin Bike Fed. If you want to contribute to Susan, go to her fundraising […]
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Watch 2022 Webinar Series from 1K Friends #7 – Make Way for Pedestrians! Get ready for Pedestrian Safety Month in October! Whether your primary form of transportation is a car, a bicycle, or a bus, one thing we have in common is that we are ALL pedestrians. Pedestrian Safety Month is a great time to […]
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We are excited to share our new report, Vision 2050, made in collaboration with 1000 Friend’s founding member Dan Cornwell. The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that in order to prevent irreversible and catastrophic climate change, we must keep global warming to less than 1.5 degrees Celsius. Vision 2050 In the […]
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Smart Growth America just released the 2022 Dangerous By Design report. The number of people struck and killed while walking reached yet another new high in 2020. More than 6,500 people were struck and killed while walking in 2020, an average of nearly 18 per day, and a 4.5 percent increase over 2019. This epidemic continues growing worse […]
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