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Coquitlam WalkArounds & off-ramp
Youth Engagement in Sustainable Transportation
Understanding and Influencing the Trip to SchoolACT Canada – Canadian TDM Summit 2009Mon. Nov. 16th – Toronto
Arthur Orsini, M.A. (Env. Ed.) School Travel PlannerVancouver [email protected]
bike to the grad
“curb-side”
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my questions;
1. why is work with high schools lagging?
2. why not engage, and train more student leaders?
3. what specific training & support are we offered as TDM co-ordinators?
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Auckland Regional Transport Authority• Auckland Region pop: 1.2 million
School Travel Teamstaff of 15
incl/ 10 School Travel Co-ordinatorsoperating budget
$4.7NZ million ($3.5M Cdn)capital budget
$10.6NZ million ($7.8M Cdn)
plus!• Rodney (2) North Shore City (1) • Waitakere (3) Auckland City (5) • Manukau (3) Papakura (1)• Frankllin (2)
Auckland, New Zealand (2006)
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School-Based TDM ...for the rest of us
goal: Success for everybody, anywhere.
...even while you’re waiting for a program, and the funds to get it started
“Successful people do things imperfectly while others are still perfecting their plans”
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Clean Air Day – Walk to School event: Harbourview Elementary, Coquitlam
92%
8%4%
96%
Tues. June 2nd 2009 Wed. June 3rd 2009
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don’t wait to get started...
your early successes –no matter how small- will give you local stories to build the case for future budget allocation
“Learning by doing, and being involved in decision-making, is part of young people’s contribution to changes in society.”Youth Development NZ
Walkability Assessments with the City of Coquitlam
off-ramp Youth Engagement Training
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City of Coquitlam • one of two BC municipalities working with Urbanthinkers in Green
Communities Canada’s 2007-2009 School Travel Planning pilot project
• leading the way School Walkability Assessments & forming student engagement groups in elem. schools
Transportation ServicesEngineering & Public Works
Coast Salish
be open to opportunity: ...or invite opportunity into your community
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City of Coquitlam: Facilitating Active School Travel
City of Coquitlam Citywide Official Community Plan (2002)
Provide attractive pedestrian and cycling facilities, and implement traffic management measures where appropriate. (p. 6-2)
Foster the development of facilities that enable safe and convenient pedestrian travel. ... • Encourage walking to
schools in the City. (p. 6-7)
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WalkAround: Walkability Assessmentsat all 27 elementary schools within the City of Coquitlam
WalkAround...a one-hour walk around school
with the School Principal, parent and a School Travel Planner
...meeting with small group of senior students to conduct survey & form a student leader committee
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WalkAround
Sample WalkAround
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WalkAround: results
1. all 27 schools fully documented – as opposed to anecdotal
2. goals set – not just the ‘squeaky wheels’ getting attention, speaking in terms of 1-, 3-, 5- 10-year goals
3. future planning – to inform new development
4. municipal issue – not just a SD issue
5. responsive to the community – engagement & feedback
6. surveying – making it normal to ask “How did you get to school today?”
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Student Leadership: off-ramp1999 - 2002 2009 +
at BEST with Urbanthinkerspilot project in Vancouver & training program offered in Victoria Secondary Schools communities wanting to establish or
strengthen School-Based TDM
For young people, participation is a vehicle for building their capacities in environmental evaluation, group problem-solving and democratic decision-making – valuable project outcomes in addition to whatever else the project hopes to achieve.
David Driskell, UNESCO
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locally-based youth engagement training
creatively adjust / allocate existing resources with partners who share goals & budget cuts;• student leaders: untapped opportunity• start immediately – don’t wait for full package• small , supported steps – learn by doing• generate local stories, local data• proceed at your own speed
...it’s not in the nature of bureaucracy to change – we must initiate change...
David Godri, age 18, YWALK Youth Forum keynote speaker
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from Emancipatory Practices: Adult/Youth Engagement for Social and Ecological Justice Learning Without Teaching: Youth-Led Programs To Reduce Car-Trips To School by Arthur Orsini - Sense Publishers, Dec 2009
Recruit, engage & train your local expertswith Urbanthinkers
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Youth Engagement Training: building from wherever you are currently at
Four phases:
1. Contemplation: program framework, goals & objectives, scope & expectations for local partnerships, funding, timelines
2. Preparation: convene local Advisory Committee, student leader recruitment
3. Implementation: adult facilitator training, student leader training, teacher session, school-site strategic planning
4. Continuation: regional gathering of youth leaders
2 webinars
1 webinar & 1 video
1 workshop,2 co-facilitated workshops, &1 seminar
1 regional forum
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Child- & Youth-Engagement Training:adaptable & responsive to your community’s needs
Training Component contemp. prepimplementation: wk 1
wk2
wk3
wk4
wk5
wk6
wk7
wk8
wk9
wk10 continuation
Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri
contemplation phaseProgram Overview
Evaluation & Assessment
preparation phaseLocal Advisory Committee
Student Leader Recruitmentschools selection
teacher/admin sign-on
preliminary site assessment
implementation phaseAdult Facilitator Training
Student Leader Training
Teacher Session
School-Site Strategic Planning
continuationYouth-Led Forum
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off-rampYouth Engagement in
Sustainable Transportation
Understanding and Influencing the Trip to SchoolACT Canada – Canadian TDM Summit 2009Mon. Nov. 16th – Toronto
Arthur Orsini, M.A. (Env. Ed.) School Travel PlannerVancouver [email protected]
bike to the grad
“curb-side”