SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL:
A Social Justice and Environmental Sustainability gathering
Sustainable Tompkins invites you to our monthly community gathering
on Thursday, April 10, 6:00-8:00 PM, at the Human Services Building,
on 320 West State Street, in Downtown Ithaca.
Meal and Childcare are provided. Soul Food Catering by Tucker's
includes vegetarian option. Additional potluck offerings are invited
& participants are encouraged to bring their own table settings to
minimize the clean up
Are you a resident who
Can't afford or chooses not to own a car?
Experiences many limitations, inconveniences or feels a lack
of safety getting from place to place
Is a car owner concerned about rising gas prices, and the
negative impacts of traffic congestion, sprawl, and global warming?
Wishes your town could implement its bike plan
Regardless of your transportation needs now, or in the future, this
event will help you:
Share your transportation challenges and strategies with
other residents as well as service providers and public officials
Learn about new services like Rideshare, Carshare, Ridewise,
and Vanpooling, that can substantially increase your access and
choices, and reduce costs
Get help from a team of service providers in developing your
own personal transportation plan
Learn about exciting ideas for a more just and sustainable
transportation future in our area and contribute your own
Get together with others who want to reenergize and implement
the city's bike plan
Get together with others focused on transportation equity in
our schools.
For more information, or for disability accommodations, contact Elan
Shapiro: [EMAIL PROTECTED], 607-275-0249 or
www.sustainabletompkins.org
This is the second 2008 gathering of the monthly "Equity &
Sustainability" series organized by Sustainable Tompkins and its
community partners. The event is made possible by a generous
contribution from Connect Ithaca and is also sponsored by Ithaca
Carshare, Ithaca Tompkins County Transportation Council, Disability
Advisory Council, Tompkins County Department of Social Services,
Finger Lakes Independence Center, and Cornell Cooperative Extension.
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Elan Shapiro
Sustainable Tompkins Community Partnership Coordinator
Sustainable Living Associates, Principal
Frog's Way B&B
211 Rachel Carson Way
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-275-0249 607-592-8402 Cell
"We must be the change we want to see in the world"
Mohandas Gandhi
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