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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”

mailto:[email protected]


AWWA


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?


vision

teams of;

trained,

supported

sustained

School Travel Planners...


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)


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”


Clean Air Day – Walk to School event: Harbourview Elementary, Coquitlam

92%

8%4%

96%

Tues. June 2nd 2009 Wed. June 3rd 2009


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


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


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)


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


WalkAround

Sample WalkAround

http://www.urbanthinkers.ca/s_81.asp

http://www.urbanthinkers.ca/s_81.asp


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?”


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


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


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


et en français


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


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


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”

mailto:[email protected]

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