[Vision2020] PR - International Walk To School Day

Thu Oct 1 12:21:10 PDT 2009

So is that what they call it when the bus breaks down?

Latah County has the slowest drivers in the State. If someone does have a crash it is so slow, people have time to exit the vehicle before impact. Especially if it is the county highway district that posted the speed limit sign. 

Donovan Arnold

--- On Thu, 10/1/09, Art Deco <deco at moscow.com> wrote:

From: Art Deco <deco at moscow.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] PR - International Walk To School Day
To: "Stephanie Kalasz" <skalasz at ci.moscow.id.us>, "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009, 6:43 PM

Instead of having some feel good but meaningless, ineffective walk to school safely day," why not encourage the MPD to do a much better job of traffic law enforcement?

There is not a day that I drive in Moscow that I don't see at least one vehicle run a stop light or stop sign, sometimes several vehicles.  For example, at Washington and 3rd (one block from the MPD station), drivers turning left onto 3rd frequently continue to do so long after their light has turned red -- sometimes getting stuck in the intersection because traffic on 3rd has stopped for various reasons, thereby blocking the intersection for through traffic.

While vehicles are not the only problem at crosswalks and intersections -- yes, there are careless, stupid, and/or arrogant pedestrians, bicyclists, skateboarders, etc, some even on cell phones -- some drivers seem to feel that they have the right-of way regardless or else they are grossly inattentive.  

A reminder needs to be given to drivers that bicyclists, even when mounted on their bicycles, have the same right-of-way privileges as pedestrians in crosswalks and at intersections.  Some drivers need to be reminded that honking at other vehicles that stop for pedestrians/bicyclists crossing at crosswalks/intersections is not appropriate behavior.

Drivers frequently make unsafe turns or entries in front of other vehicles, pedestrians, and bikes.

I thought when the very unfortunate collision happened to Moscow's lone motorcycle officer as a result of someone making an unsafe left turn, the department would really step up traffic enforcement, but I appear to have been wrong.  I also hoped that when David Duke became the assistant police chief that traffic law enforcement would improve; again I appear to have been wrong.  I guess that until some non-expendable male from the Christ Church Cult is severely injured by a careless and/or law-breaking driver, the enforcement level will continue as now -- about a 2 on a scale of 0 to 10.

Art Deco

Wayne A. Fox
1009 Karen Lane
PO Box 9421
Moscow, ID  83843

waf at moscow.com
208 882-7975

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Stephanie Kalasz 
To: v2020 
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 10:56 AM
Subject: [Vision2020] PR - International Walk To School Day

Press Release – International Walk to School Day

To:      Interested Media
From:  Gary J. Riedner, City Supervisor
            206 E. 3rd St. , Moscow , Idaho 83843
Telephone: (208) 883-7006; Fax: (208) 883-7018
E-mail: griedner at ci.moscow.id.us
c:         Mayor, City Council, All City Users
Re:      City of Moscow Press Release

Date:   October 1, 2009

For Immediate Release:

International Walk to School Day

Moscow, Idaho – The City of Moscow and University of Idaho Safe Routes to School Program is sponsoring a celebration of International Walk to School Day on October 7, 2009.  The Moscow School District Elementary, Junior High School and Charter Schools are invited to join schools from around the world to celebrate along with parents, teachers and community leaders. 

Approximately 1,000 students from the Moscow School District Elementary and Junior High School and Charter Schools are expected to participate by walking to school Wednesday, October 7 along with parents, teachers and community leaders. 

The event will begin before school with kids, parents and community leaders walking from their homes to school.  Students who walk or bike to school will receive special prizes and acknowledgment for participating in the Walk to School Day event. 

In the U.S. , International Walk to School Day is expected to include 5,000 schools from all 50 states.  Walkers from the U.S. will join children and adults in 40 countries around the world.

Walk to School events work to create safer routes for walking and bicycling and emphasize the importance of issues such as increasing physical activity among children, pedestrian safety, traffic congestion, concern for the environment and building connections between families, schools and the broader community. 

The event is being organized by the City of Moscow and University of Idaho Safe Routes to School Program.  Safe Routes to School encourages safe walking and riding to school, promotes biking and walking education and engages the community to build a more walkable and bikeable Moscow.  

For additional local information, please contact University of Idaho coordinators Christa Davis at 208-885-7921 or Helen Brown at helenb at uidaho.edu . 

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For additional information, please visit these Web sites:

International Walk to School in the USA                        www.walktoschool.org                         
National Center for Safe Routes to School                    www.saferoutesinfo.org 
International Walk to School                                         www.iwalktoschool.org

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