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Monday, July 27, 2015

National Center on Senior Transportation - Webinar July 30th - Safe & Accessible Pedestrian Travel for Older Adults

as shared by Easter Seals Project Action Consulting

The National Center on Senior Transportation (NCST) will host a live webinar on Safe & Accessible Pedestrian Routes on July 30th at 2 p.m. Eastern (11 a.m. Pacific).Registration is open through July 29th. Programs featured include Miami's Safe Steps-Pasos Seguros and Currituck County's new Corolla Village Wayfinding & Circulation Plan. Other concepts explored include New York City's Safe Routes for Seniors and Elder Districts and shared street projects in the U.S. and abroad.    

Learn ideas for creating safe pedestrian routes for older adults and all pedestrians in your community and hear about ways to engage older adults in the transportation planning process!

Guest Speakers:
Isabel Rovira, MPH, Director of Operations
Miami Urban Health Solutions/Urban Health Partnerships Program  
Ben Woody, Planning Director
Currituck County, North Carolina

Participants may submit questions in advance by emailing Julie Dupree at jdupree@easterseals.com. NCST will make every effort to address advance questions during the live webinar. Please note that there will be no live questions over the phone for this webinar. Users can also submit questions in the chat box of the webinar room on the day of the event.

For More Information:
Contact Julie Dupree at (202) 403-8332.

The National Center on Senior Transportation is administered by Easter Seals, Inc., in partnership with the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) in cooperation with the Federal Transit Administration.   

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