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SUMMARY:D4H Web Forum: Where Rubber Meets Road
DESCRIPTION:Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Promoting Active Transpor
 tation in Rural Areas\nPlease join us for this interactive Web Forum\n
 Tuesday, April 24\n12:30 PM to 1:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time\n\nView i
 nvitation \nRegister\n\nThere are unique barriers to active modes of 
 transportation in rural communities. Rural environments typically lack
  pedestrian facilities and bike lanes; stores, schools, jobs, and serv
 ices are sometimes located far apart from homes; and parks and recreat
 ion facilities are rare. In addition, some small town and rural reside
 nts see \"active transportation\" - the ability for people to be physi
 cally active in the course of daily life, e.g. walking to school or th
 e supermarket or bicycling to work - as out of place in the rural cont
 ext.\nUnderstanding these barriers is the first step towards finding o
 pportunities to remove them. In fact, the active living movement is ga
 ining momentum in small towns, rural and tribal communities in every r
 egion of the US. This Web Forum will feature a frank roundtable discus
 sion of how, through persistence and inspiration, small towns can impl
 ement policies, programs, and environmental changes that support walki
 ng and biking. Learn about strategies, tools, and resources that you c
 an use to improve your community so that children and adults can be mo
 re physically active and healthier on a daily basis.\nJoin us for what
  will surely be a dynamic and thought-provoking forum on how rural com
 munities can support walking and biking. Unlike our traditional events
 , this Web Forum will feature an entirely unscripted, round table conv
 ersation with five leaders in the field of promoting Active Transporta
 tion. We look forward to your comments and questions to help shape our
  open discussion.\nPrior to the Web Forum, we invite you to read the r
 eport Active Transportation Beyond Urban Centers: Walking and Bicyclin
 g in Small Towns and Rural America.\nSponsored by Active Living Resear
 ch and the Public Health Institute\nPRESENTERS\nEric ObergManagerTrail
  DevelopmentRails-to-Trails Conservancy\nJennifer RiceDirectorCommunit
 y StrategiesHumboldt Area Foundation\nRonald Cossman, PhDAssociate Res
 earch ProfessorResearch FellowSocial Science Research Center\nMark Dun
 canPresidentStarkville in Motion\nMODERATOR\nTracy Hadden LohDirectorN
 ational Transportation Enhancements ClearinghouseRails-to-Trails Conse
 rvancy\n\nFor more information visit http://dialogue4health.ning.com/e
 vents/d4h-web-forum-where-rubber-meets-road
DTSTART:20120424T193000Z
DTEND:20120424T204500Z
CATEGORIES:"web forum", webinar
LOCATION:online
WEBSITE:http://t.co/stzav0f4
URL:http://t.co/stzav0f4
CONTACT:
ORGANIZER:Dialogue4Health, the Public Health Institute and Active Livi
 ng Research
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