The latest AARP bulletin has a great article on programs for making "Complete Streets" that are equally accessible to all:
http://www.aarp.org/bulletin/yourlife/street_smart.html Links to other sites let you rate your neighborhood's qualities and find out how "walkable" your neighborhood is. Evidently the Senate is considering a bill that would require any federally funded road project "to make planning for the needs of all residents a routine part of the design." Activists may pursue this link: www.completestreets.org. -- Judy PS: The same issue of the AARP Bulletin lists this statistic: "21 million is the predicted number of disabled older Americans by the year 2040, up from 10 million in 2000." -- Elan Shapiro Sustainable Tompkins Program Co-Chair Sustainable Living Associates, Principal Frog's Way B&B 211 Rachel Carson Way Ithaca, NY 14850 607-275-0249 "We must be the change we want to see in the world" Mohandas Gandhi _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
