when I was five years old I walked to school all by myself on the first day of
school all by myself on the first day of
school all by myself on the first day of kindergarten I walked out my front door
kindergarten I walked out my front door
kindergarten I walked out my front door stepped onto the sidewalk with my mom
stepped onto the sidewalk with my mom
stepped onto the sidewalk with my mom and my little brothers and I headed down
and my little brothers and I headed down
and my little brothers and I headed down the sidewalk we turned at Lisa’s house
the sidewalk we turned at Lisa’s house
the sidewalk we turned at Lisa’s house right next to the telephone pole where
right next to the telephone pole where
right next to the telephone pole where after a few phonics lessons I would
after a few phonics lessons I would
after a few phonics lessons I would learn my first very bad word we crossed
learn my first very bad word we crossed
learn my first very bad word we crossed the busy street headed up a block past
the busy street headed up a block past
the busy street headed up a block past Ingrid’s daycare took a left another
Ingrid’s daycare took a left another
Ingrid’s daycare took a left another left and there we were at elsa meyer
left and there we were at elsa meyer
left and there we were at elsa meyer elementary school on my second day of
elementary school on my second day of
elementary school on my second day of school my mom kissed me goodbye one
school my mom kissed me goodbye one
school my mom kissed me goodbye one corner earlier and each day I walked
corner earlier and each day I walked
corner earlier and each day I walked just a little bit further on my own
just a little bit further on my own
just a little bit further on my own until by the end of the first week of
until by the end of the first week of
until by the end of the first week of school I was walking to school by myself
school I was walking to school by myself
school I was walking to school by myself I have really fun memories of this time
I have really fun memories of this time
I have really fun memories of this time they were social memories everything
they were social memories everything
they were social memories everything from marveling that my best friend
from marveling that my best friend
from marveling that my best friend already knew how to spell elevator to
already knew how to spell elevator to
already knew how to spell elevator to try to talk Ricky who is known for
try to talk Ricky who is known for
try to talk Ricky who is known for eating worms into eating another word
eating worms into eating another word
eating worms into eating another word but the only really remarkable thing
but the only really remarkable thing
but the only really remarkable thing about this was how very unremarkable it
about this was how very unremarkable it
about this was how very unremarkable it was at the time almost everyone I knew
was at the time almost everyone I knew
was at the time almost everyone I knew walked to school so for the past 15
walked to school so for the past 15
walked to school so for the past 15 years I’ve been collecting stories about
years I’ve been collecting stories about
years I’ve been collecting stories about how we experience our communities
how we experience our communities
how we experience our communities considering how we get around them and
considering how we get around them and
considering how we get around them and seeking to understand how the way we
seeking to understand how the way we
seeking to understand how the way we organize ourselves affect our daily
organize ourselves affect our daily
organize ourselves affect our daily lives and what I found again and again
lives and what I found again and again
lives and what I found again and again is it pleases that are made primarily
is it pleases that are made primarily
is it pleases that are made primarily for people work better than places made
for people work better than places made
for people work better than places made primarily for cars even a small pivot
primarily for cars even a small pivot
primarily for cars even a small pivot toward people friendly transportation
toward people friendly transportation
toward people friendly transportation could have a tremendous impact on our
could have a tremendous impact on our
could have a tremendous impact on our community even ford motor company CEO
community even ford motor company CEO
community even ford motor company CEO mark fields recently said the way that
mark fields recently said the way that
mark fields recently said the way that we are transportation system that has
we are transportation system that has
we are transportation system that has worked so well for us for the past
worked so well for us for the past
worked so well for us for the past hundred years isn’t going to cut it
hundred years isn’t going to cut it
hundred years isn’t going to cut it anymore
anymore
anymore especially in our urban areas so let’s
especially in our urban areas so let’s
especially in our urban areas so let’s take a look at where we’ve been and then
take a look at where we’ve been and then
take a look at where we’ve been and then dwell for a minute on where we actually
dwell for a minute on where we actually
dwell for a minute on where we actually are before we see what we might have in
are before we see what we might have in
are before we see what we might have in the city of the future so 200 years ago
the city of the future so 200 years ago
the city of the future so 200 years ago our streets where the same way our
our streets where the same way our
our streets where the same way our streets always had been they were places
streets always had been they were places
streets always had been they were places for people they were marketplaces they
for people they were marketplaces they
for people they were marketplaces they were playgrounds and yes they were also
were playgrounds and yes they were also
were playgrounds and yes they were also thoroughfares now 150 years ago or so we
thoroughfares now 150 years ago or so we
thoroughfares now 150 years ago or so we added street cars to that mix now
added street cars to that mix now
added street cars to that mix now streetcars are on Rails so they’re
streetcars are on Rails so they’re
streetcars are on Rails so they’re predictable it changed our streets a
predictable it changed our streets a
predictable it changed our streets a little bit but the fundamental way the
little bit but the fundamental way the
little bit but the fundamental way the streets work stayed the same and then
streets work stayed the same and then
streets work stayed the same and then the motorcar this was a disruptive
the motorcar this was a disruptive
the motorcar this was a disruptive technology as we’ve heard before and
technology as we’ve heard before and
technology as we’ve heard before and this is what streets looked like when
this is what streets looked like when
this is what streets looked like when the car came on the scene as you might
the car came on the scene as you might
the car came on the scene as you might imagine by looking at that picture
imagine by looking at that picture
imagine by looking at that picture initially there was a tremendous amount
initially there was a tremendous amount
initially there was a tremendous amount of resistance two cars even being
of resistance two cars even being
of resistance two cars even being present in a place that had
present in a place that had
present in a place that had traditionally belonged to everyone cars
traditionally belonged to everyone cars
traditionally belonged to everyone cars were seen as violent invaders of the
were seen as violent invaders of the
were seen as violent invaders of the streets and drivers as reckless
streets and drivers as reckless
streets and drivers as reckless hooligans the antipathy became so great
hooligans the antipathy became so great
hooligans the antipathy became so great that in 1923 a group of concerned
that in 1923 a group of concerned
that in 1923 a group of concerned citizens from Cincinnati put together a
citizens from Cincinnati put together a
citizens from Cincinnati put together a referendum insisting that cars on their
referendum insisting that cars on their
referendum insisting that cars on their streets would have governor’s limiting
streets would have governor’s limiting
streets would have governor’s limiting their speed to 23 miles per hour now the
their speed to 23 miles per hour now the
their speed to 23 miles per hour now the early motor car companies and their
early motor car companies and their
early motor car companies and their allies saw this threat for what it was
allies saw this threat for what it was
allies saw this threat for what it was they knew that their customers liked to
they knew that their customers liked to
they knew that their customers liked to go fast that was why they had a car but
go fast that was why they had a car but
go fast that was why they had a car but so they threw all their resources at
so they threw all their resources at
so they threw all their resources at first defeating this referendum and then
first defeating this referendum and then
first defeating this referendum and then taking their strategy a little bit
taking their strategy a little bit
taking their strategy a little bit further they started a campaign to claim
further they started a campaign to claim
further they started a campaign to claim the street for the car now the PR part
the street for the car now the PR part
the street for the car now the PR part of their campaign focused on the people
of their campaign focused on the people
of their campaign focused on the people who are present in the streets and on
who are present in the streets and on
who are present in the streets and on painting them as kind of backwards
painting them as kind of backwards
painting them as kind of backwards hapless country bumpkins they had a name
hapless country bumpkins they had a name
hapless country bumpkins they had a name for people like that back then they
for people like that back then they
for people like that back then they called them J’s and so the Jay Walker
called them J’s and so the Jay Walker
called them J’s and so the Jay Walker was born and the term and the
was born and the term and the
was born and the term and the fundamental change
fundamental change
fundamental change the way that we use our streets remains
the way that we use our streets remains
the way that we use our streets remains with us today now what our forebears
with us today now what our forebears
with us today now what our forebears could not have foreseen was that by
could not have foreseen was that by
could not have foreseen was that by helping ourselves to get to places
helping ourselves to get to places
helping ourselves to get to places further away and faster in our cars
further away and faster in our cars
further away and faster in our cars which seems like a great thing we would
which seems like a great thing we would
which seems like a great thing we would paradoxically limit the number of places
paradoxically limit the number of places
paradoxically limit the number of places we’re able to get without our cars we
we’re able to get without our cars we
we’re able to get without our cars we kind of inadvertently left into this
kind of inadvertently left into this
kind of inadvertently left into this unprecedented experiment to have rather
unprecedented experiment to have rather
unprecedented experiment to have rather than driving be one good means of
than driving be one good means of
than driving be one good means of transportation to P it to have it be our
transportation to P it to have it be our
transportation to P it to have it be our only viable means of transportation
only viable means of transportation
only viable means of transportation there was a social critic Ivan Illich
there was a social critic Ivan Illich
there was a social critic Ivan Illich who summed this up well when he said
who summed this up well when he said
who summed this up well when he said beyond a certain speed motor vehicles
beyond a certain speed motor vehicles
beyond a certain speed motor vehicles create remoteness which only they can
create remoteness which only they can
create remoteness which only they can shrink they create distances for many
shrink they create distances for many
shrink they create distances for many and shrink them for only a few and this
and shrink them for only a few and this
and shrink them for only a few and this isn’t without consequence a few years
isn’t without consequence a few years
isn’t without consequence a few years ago I worked at our local public
ago I worked at our local public
ago I worked at our local public transportation agency max transit where
transportation agency max transit where
transportation agency max transit where I interacted with people who dwelt
I interacted with people who dwelt
I interacted with people who dwelt within this paradox every day one
within this paradox every day one
within this paradox every day one memorable person was a gentleman who
memorable person was a gentleman who
memorable person was a gentleman who bounded into our office one day this was
bounded into our office one day this was
bounded into our office one day this was clearly the best day of his life he had
clearly the best day of his life he had
clearly the best day of his life he had just landed an amazing new job right
just landed an amazing new job right
just landed an amazing new job right outside town and he was in my office to
outside town and he was in my office to
outside town and he was in my office to buy a monthly bus pass but as we talked
buy a monthly bus pass but as we talked
buy a monthly bus pass but as we talked through his job and as we talked through
through his job and as we talked through
through his job and as we talked through his starting time we realized that he
his starting time we realized that he
his starting time we realized that he started worked 2 early four the regular
started worked 2 early four the regular
started worked 2 early four the regular route bus to get him there he needed a
route bus to get him there he needed a
route bus to get him there he needed a special reserved ride that cost a lot
special reserved ride that cost a lot
special reserved ride that cost a lot more and it was beyond his ability to
more and it was beyond his ability to
more and it was beyond his ability to afford and he deflated in front of me as
afford and he deflated in front of me as
afford and he deflated in front of me as he realized that this desperately wanted
he realized that this desperately wanted
he realized that this desperately wanted job was not something he had a way to
job was not something he had a way to
job was not something he had a way to get to from where he stood that day
get to from where he stood that day
get to from where he stood that day there may as well have been a physical
there may as well have been a physical
there may as well have been a physical chasm separating him and his new
chasm separating him and his new
chasm separating him and his new employer and this isn’t just an issue
employer and this isn’t just an issue
employer and this isn’t just an issue for people who are trying to get out of
for people who are trying to get out of
for people who are trying to get out of poverty another person that comes to
poverty another person that comes to
poverty another person that comes to mind is a woman who lived out towards
mind is a woman who lived out towards
mind is a woman who lived out towards the lakeshore her husband had just had a
the lakeshore her husband had just had a
the lakeshore her husband had just had a knee replacement and then
knee replacement and then
knee replacement and then she broke her leg and was no longer able
she broke her leg and was no longer able
she broke her leg and was no longer able to drive she was beside herself on the
to drive she was beside herself on the
to drive she was beside herself on the phone trying to figure out how they were
phone trying to figure out how they were
phone trying to figure out how they were going to get groceries how they are
going to get groceries how they are
going to get groceries how they are going to get to their doctor appts she
going to get to their doctor appts she
going to get to their doctor appts she realized that without her ability to
realized that without her ability to
realized that without her ability to drive they were little more than
drive they were little more than
drive they were little more than prisoners in their own home in contrast
prisoners in their own home in contrast
prisoners in their own home in contrast a couple weeks ago I returned from a
a couple weeks ago I returned from a
a couple weeks ago I returned from a trip to Japan and their transportation
trip to Japan and their transportation
trip to Japan and their transportation system is a little bit different than
system is a little bit different than
system is a little bit different than ours now it has all the same components
ours now it has all the same components
ours now it has all the same components as ours does there are cars on almost
as ours does there are cars on almost
as ours does there are cars on almost every street there are bikes there are
every street there are bikes there are
every street there are bikes there are buses there are people walking there is
buses there are people walking there is
buses there are people walking there is the bullet train which we do not have
the bullet train which we do not have
the bullet train which we do not have and we wish for every winter when we’re
and we wish for every winter when we’re
and we wish for every winter when we’re on number on 131 driving down to Chicago
on number on 131 driving down to Chicago
on number on 131 driving down to Chicago don’t wait for 31 at any rate just the
don’t wait for 31 at any rate just the
don’t wait for 31 at any rate just the different allocation of these different
different allocation of these different
different allocation of these different transportation resources makes people
transportation resources makes people
transportation resources makes people experience their community differently
experience their community differently
experience their community differently and where I really noticed this was in
and where I really noticed this was in
and where I really noticed this was in seeing how the really elderly people get
seeing how the really elderly people get
seeing how the really elderly people get around their streets and I’m not I’m
around their streets and I’m not I’m
around their streets and I’m not I’m talking about probably people in the
talking about probably people in the
talking about probably people in the range of it 80 to 100 you might know
range of it 80 to 100 you might know
range of it 80 to 100 you might know that Japan has some of the highest rates
that Japan has some of the highest rates
that Japan has some of the highest rates of centenarians in the world so this is
of centenarians in the world so this is
of centenarians in the world so this is very unlike what we see in Holland where
very unlike what we see in Holland where
very unlike what we see in Holland where it’s the freedom village bus goes to a
it’s the freedom village bus goes to a
it’s the freedom village bus goes to a mire once or twice a week as good as the
mire once or twice a week as good as the
mire once or twice a week as good as the that is the people in Japan as they age
that is the people in Japan as they age
that is the people in Japan as they age are still able to remain integrated
are still able to remain integrated
are still able to remain integrated fully into their communities and they’re
fully into their communities and they’re
fully into their communities and they’re able to maintain relationships that
able to maintain relationships that
able to maintain relationships that they’ve had for years they’re able to
they’ve had for years they’re able to
they’ve had for years they’re able to stay in their own homes because they
stay in their own homes because they
stay in their own homes because they don’t need to drive in order to engage
don’t need to drive in order to engage
don’t need to drive in order to engage with their communities and that’s
with their communities and that’s
with their communities and that’s important to all of us right it matters
important to all of us right it matters
important to all of us right it matters that we’re able to maintain
that we’re able to maintain
that we’re able to maintain relationships that were able to earn a
relationships that were able to earn a
relationships that were able to earn a living that we’re able to make our own
living that we’re able to make our own
living that we’re able to make our own decisions about when we’re going to get
decisions about when we’re going to get
decisions about when we’re going to get groceries and when we’re going to go to
groceries and when we’re going to go to
groceries and when we’re going to go to the coffee shop this is something that’s
the coffee shop this is something that’s
the coffee shop this is something that’s important to all of us so let’s take a
important to all of us so let’s take a
important to all of us so let’s take a look at what some people friendly cities
look at what some people friendly cities
look at what some people friendly cities do in order to understand what we might
do in order to understand what we might
do in order to understand what we might do better in our own community so first
do better in our own community so first
do better in our own community so first of all
of all
of all people friendly cities invest in many
people friendly cities invest in many
people friendly cities invest in many different types of transportation now
different types of transportation now
different types of transportation now this transportation mix needs to needs
this transportation mix needs to needs
this transportation mix needs to needs to hit a few high points so it needs to
to hit a few high points so it needs to
to hit a few high points so it needs to be affordable to the government that
be affordable to the government that
be affordable to the government that most often is the one who builds
most often is the one who builds
most often is the one who builds maintains it as well as to the average
maintains it as well as to the average
maintains it as well as to the average citizen who needs to use it it needs to
citizen who needs to use it it needs to
citizen who needs to use it it needs to be accessible to people of all ages and
be accessible to people of all ages and
be accessible to people of all ages and all abilities and it needs to maintain
all abilities and it needs to maintain
all abilities and it needs to maintain our air quality in our quality of life
our air quality in our quality of life
our air quality in our quality of life now there does need to be a mix here all
now there does need to be a mix here all
now there does need to be a mix here all modern cities include cars but they also
modern cities include cars but they also
modern cities include cars but they also include sidewalks with robust crosswalks
include sidewalks with robust crosswalks
include sidewalks with robust crosswalks they include bikeways and they include
they include bikeways and they include
they include bikeways and they include public transportation second people
public transportation second people
public transportation second people friendly cities prioritize safety above
friendly cities prioritize safety above
friendly cities prioritize safety above everything else most especially speed
everything else most especially speed
everything else most especially speed after several years in decline our
after several years in decline our
after several years in decline our traffic fatality rate spiked to 12.8 per
traffic fatality rate spiked to 12.8 per
traffic fatality rate spiked to 12.8 per hundred thousand in 2015 now I don’t
hundred thousand in 2015 now I don’t
hundred thousand in 2015 now I don’t know if 12 sounds like a big number to
know if 12 sounds like a big number to
know if 12 sounds like a big number to you but multiply it out over the course
you but multiply it out over the course
you but multiply it out over the course of an average american life span that
of an average american life span that
of an average american life span that means that one in every hundred of us
means that one in every hundred of us
means that one in every hundred of us will be killed in a traffic crash and
will be killed in a traffic crash and
will be killed in a traffic crash and this is largely unnecessary in 1997
this is largely unnecessary in 1997
this is largely unnecessary in 1997 Sweden rolled out their vision zero
Sweden rolled out their vision zero
Sweden rolled out their vision zero initiative the goal of vision zero is
initiative the goal of vision zero is
initiative the goal of vision zero is zero traffic deaths and the fundamental
zero traffic deaths and the fundamental
zero traffic deaths and the fundamental premise is this death is not an
premise is this death is not an
premise is this death is not an acceptable price to pay for
acceptable price to pay for
acceptable price to pay for transportation the corollary to it is
transportation the corollary to it is
transportation the corollary to it is that people make mistakes sometimes
that people make mistakes sometimes
that people make mistakes sometimes people make really dumb mistakes and our
people make really dumb mistakes and our
people make really dumb mistakes and our transportation system should be set up
transportation system should be set up
transportation system should be set up to absorb those mistakes look we hope
to absorb those mistakes look we hope
to absorb those mistakes look we hope that people stop tomorrow driving down
that people stop tomorrow driving down
that people stop tomorrow driving down the street like this and thinking
the street like this and thinking
the street like this and thinking they’re just fine but just in case they
they’re just fine but just in case they
they’re just fine but just in case they don’t maybe we should try to keep them
don’t maybe we should try to keep them
don’t maybe we should try to keep them from killing anybody on the way home
from killing anybody on the way home
from killing anybody on the way home from work so there were a couple
from work so there were a couple
from work so there were a couple different areas where they really
different areas where they really
different areas where they really address this they found that the
address this they found that the
address this they found that the greatest challenge is to safety we’re in
greatest challenge is to safety we’re in
greatest challenge is to safety we’re in speed differentials and in math
speed differentials and in math
speed differentials and in math differentials so they’ve lowered some
differentials so they’ve lowered some
differentials so they’ve lowered some speed limits they’ve done a lot of
speed limits they’ve done a lot of
speed limits they’ve done a lot of separating uses so that larger and
separating uses so that larger and
separating uses so that larger and all our vehicles aren’t quite so close
all our vehicles aren’t quite so close
all our vehicles aren’t quite so close together things like that and of course
together things like that and of course
together things like that and of course every policy comes down to the local
every policy comes down to the local
every policy comes down to the local level to people’s everyday lives so a
level to people’s everyday lives so a
level to people’s everyday lives so a friend of mine tins Weeden that’s her
friend of mine tins Weeden that’s her
friend of mine tins Weeden that’s her daughter up there in the corner told me
daughter up there in the corner told me
daughter up there in the corner told me how this is played out in their
how this is played out in their
how this is played out in their community around every school and park
community around every school and park
community around every school and park they have closed the streets to
they have closed the streets to
they have closed the streets to automobile traffic entirely it’s opened
automobile traffic entirely it’s opened
automobile traffic entirely it’s opened two bikes it’s open to people who are
two bikes it’s open to people who are
two bikes it’s open to people who are walking but no cars on those streets and
walking but no cars on those streets and
walking but no cars on those streets and that’s allowed the kids to get to and
that’s allowed the kids to get to and
that’s allowed the kids to get to and from school to practice that
from school to practice that
from school to practice that age-appropriate independence and to do
age-appropriate independence and to do
age-appropriate independence and to do that safely and on their own now imagine
that safely and on their own now imagine
that safely and on their own now imagine just for a second what that would look
just for a second what that would look
just for a second what that would look like in our own community think of a
like in our own community think of a
like in our own community think of a school that you know and imagine what
school that you know and imagine what
school that you know and imagine what that would look like and then stop and
that would look like and then stop and
that would look like and then stop and take half a step back and just observe
take half a step back and just observe
take half a step back and just observe without judgment for a second what your
without judgment for a second what your
without judgment for a second what your response was to that image this is a
response was to that image this is a
response was to that image this is a really radical concept in our context
really radical concept in our context
really radical concept in our context since 1997 when vision zero was was
since 1997 when vision zero was was
since 1997 when vision zero was was unfurled in Sweden they have reduced
unfurled in Sweden they have reduced
unfurled in Sweden they have reduced their traffic fatality rate to just
their traffic fatality rate to just
their traffic fatality rate to just three four hundred thousand in
three four hundred thousand in
three four hundred thousand in comparison to our 12.8 they’re saving
comparison to our 12.8 they’re saving
comparison to our 12.8 they’re saving three out of every four of the lives
three out of every four of the lives
three out of every four of the lives that we lose each year now the third
that we lose each year now the third
that we lose each year now the third thing that people friendly cities do is
thing that people friendly cities do is
thing that people friendly cities do is they have citizens and leaders who are
they have citizens and leaders who are
they have citizens and leaders who are willing to make change now it might be
willing to make change now it might be
willing to make change now it might be difficult to believe now but in the
difficult to believe now but in the
difficult to believe now but in the 1970s Dutch streets looked much like
1970s Dutch streets looked much like
1970s Dutch streets looked much like ours do today they too had bought into
ours do today they too had bought into
ours do today they too had bought into the automobile experiment hook line &
the automobile experiment hook line &
the automobile experiment hook line & sinker they had even gone so far as to
sinker they had even gone so far as to
sinker they had even gone so far as to demolish homes in order to widen streets
demolish homes in order to widen streets
demolish homes in order to widen streets just like we had but in the 1970s some
just like we had but in the 1970s some
just like we had but in the 1970s some people began to be concerned in
people began to be concerned in
people began to be concerned in neighborhoods because they were seeing
neighborhoods because they were seeing
neighborhoods because they were seeing too many of their neighbors killed in
too many of their neighbors killed in
too many of their neighbors killed in traffic crashes there isn’t a special
traffic crashes there isn’t a special
traffic crashes there isn’t a special problem with children who are being
problem with children who are being
problem with children who are being killed on the streets so a group of
killed on the streets so a group of
killed on the streets so a group of people got together and they started a
people got together and they started a
people got together and they started a campaign call
campaign call
campaign call stop the child murder they weren’t
stop the child murder they weren’t
stop the child murder they weren’t mincing words after many years of effort
mincing words after many years of effort
mincing words after many years of effort they prevailed and bit by bit they began
they prevailed and bit by bit they began
they prevailed and bit by bit they began to transform their communities so that
to transform their communities so that
to transform their communities so that their streets are more people-friendly
their streets are more people-friendly
their streets are more people-friendly again Dutch cities now set the standard
again Dutch cities now set the standard
again Dutch cities now set the standard for what a livable community looks like
for what a livable community looks like
for what a livable community looks like around the world so what is next you’ve
around the world so what is next you’ve
around the world so what is next you’ve heard said several times before here
heard said several times before here
heard said several times before here that we live in an age of disruption we
that we live in an age of disruption we
that we live in an age of disruption we know that our streets are going to
know that our streets are going to
know that our streets are going to change we know that our transportation
change we know that our transportation
change we know that our transportation system is going to change and what that
system is going to change and what that
system is going to change and what that looks like in the next 20 years how we
looks like in the next 20 years how we
looks like in the next 20 years how we live in our communities the freedom that
live in our communities the freedom that
live in our communities the freedom that we have 10 20 30 years down the road
we have 10 20 30 years down the road
we have 10 20 30 years down the road depends on the decisions that we make
depends on the decisions that we make
depends on the decisions that we make now that we make today so I invite you
now that we make today so I invite you
now that we make today so I invite you to join me in creating a more livable
to join me in creating a more livable
to join me in creating a more livable community every one of us has a role to
community every one of us has a role to
community every one of us has a role to play and so I ask you today to consider
play and so I ask you today to consider
play and so I ask you today to consider if you might choose your one thing maybe
if you might choose your one thing maybe
if you might choose your one thing maybe you’ll ride your bike to work one day a
you’ll ride your bike to work one day a
you’ll ride your bike to work one day a week maybe you’ll start a safe routes to
week maybe you’ll start a safe routes to
week maybe you’ll start a safe routes to school program at your child’s school
school program at your child’s school
school program at your child’s school maybe you’ll put a covered bike rack
maybe you’ll put a covered bike rack
maybe you’ll put a covered bike rack outside your business or maybe you’ll
outside your business or maybe you’ll
outside your business or maybe you’ll sponsor a team for green commute week
sponsor a team for green commute week
sponsor a team for green commute week whatever our future is going to be it’s
whatever our future is going to be it’s
whatever our future is going to be it’s going to be something that we create
going to be something that we create
going to be something that we create together out of our small actions
together out of our small actions
together out of our small actions day-to-day I hope you’ll join me thank
day-to-day I hope you’ll join me thank
day-to-day I hope you’ll join me thank you
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