Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Promoting Active Transport in Rural Areas

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Tuesday April 24, 2012 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM Pacific

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Tracy Hadden Loh

Tracy is a Ph.D. Candidate in city and regional planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a recipient of a Science to Achieve Results (STAR) fellowship from the Environmental Protection Agency. Tracy was born and raised in Washington, DC, where she still resides, and rides a bicycle to work every day. Tracy is the author of Active Transportation Beyond Urban Centers: Walking and Bicycling in Small Towns and Rural America.

Director National Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse Manager Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

Website: www.railstotrails.org

Mark Duncan President Starkville in Motion

Website: http://starkvilleinmotion.org

Mark has lived in Starkville, Mississippi for the past 6 years and actively involved in making the community a better place from the beginning. Duncan currently serves as President of Starkville in Motion; a local grass-roots effort to improve mobility within Starkville beyond vehicular transportation. Duncan is employed by the Stennis Institute of Government and Community Development at Mississippi State University.

Eric Oberg

Manager Trail Development Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

Website: www.railstotrails.org

Eric is responsible for the delivery of all levels of trail development technical assistance in 6 Midwest States, including managing technical assistance contracts, products and services. He has many years of experience in trail construction, including surveying, layout & design and both hand and machine based construction methods. He has been extensively involved in planning, design and evaluation of Rail-with-Trail projects.

Jennifer Rice

Director Community Strategies Humboldt Area Foundation

Website: www.hafoundation.org

Jen Rice is the Director of Community Strategies for the Humboldt Area Foundation in the rugged region of far northwestern California, sometimes known as Baja Oregon. Previously, Jen spent 15 years working for the nonprofit Redwood Community Action Agency on sustainable community development policy, planning and construction, with focus on active transportation, health impacts of land use and transportation policy and transportation equity. She co-founded the Humboldt Partnership for Active Living, HumPAL.

Ronald Cossman, PhD Associate Research Professor, Research Associate Social Science Research Center Mississippi State University Principal Investigator Northeast Mississippi Area Health Education Center

Websites: www.ssrc.msstate.edu http://nemsahec.msstate.edu

Ron is a health geographer and demographer. He has also been a member of Starkville in Motion (SIM) since its' inception 8 years ago. He has been associated with writing $1.7 million in health grants on behalf of the City, and continues to advocate for bike lanes, bike paths and a safer built environment for the Safe Routes to Schools program.

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