On this edition of Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, parks his bike for a moment to take you to the 2018 Kentucky Bike-Walk Summit, which took place at Transylvania University in Lexington on August 16th. The keynote address on "Complete Streets: Increasing Safety and Access” was given by Emiko Atherton, Director of the National Complete Streets Coalition, a program of Smart Growth America. As the Director, Emiko oversees the Coalition’s federal advocacy, communications, research, and technical assistance programs. She has used her expertise in transportation policy, public health, land use, economic development, and legislation to consult with communities across the United States on how to create better transportation networks. Emiko is an international voice on Complete Streets and has spoken to audiences across the country about the value this approach.
Emiko joined the Coalition after serving as the Chief of Staff for a King County Council member in Washington State. In that role, Emiko worked on the Puget Sound Regional Council’s long-term transportation plan, Transportation 2040; the development of pedestrian and bicycle connections to Sound Transit’s line rail stations in under-served communities; the integration of public health goals into the region’s transportation and land use plan; and working with a diverse range of stakeholder to include equity goals into King County’s strategic plan for transportation. Emiko received her Master’s in Public Administration from Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington.
More information is available at:
https://smartgrowthamerica.org/program/national-complete-streets-coalition/
https://kybikewalksummit.com/
As always, our interview is followed by an up-to-date community calendar for the week, so get your calendars out and get ready to take action to make sustainability happen NOW!
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