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Aug. 25, 2022
Walk!Bike!Fun! is Minnesota's best practice curriculum for youth walking, biking, and rolling safety.
The Bicycle Alliance of MN offers schools and educators the opportunity to attend free training sessions to deepen their understanding of the curriculum, its lessons, and accompanying activities.
The two-part training consists of an asynchronous, online portion, and an in-person workshop with BikeMN's qualified educators. Educators will learn the basics of bike and pedestrian safety through guided study of the curriculum and hands-on activities. The training culminates in a group ride where teachers will practice the skills to lead their students on group rides through their communities. Educators will also learn about the technical assistance that BikeMN is able to provide to schools who participate in a Walk!Bike!Fun! training, including our bike fleets, maintenance trainings, educational materials, and student incentives like bookmarks and stickers.
This season, BikeMN is excited to roll out a brand new version of the Walk!Bike!Fun! curriculum! The updated version includes 12 lessons for walking education, and 12 more for biking. Lessons are tailored to each grade and provide activities meant to give students in-depth knowledge of walking, biking, and rolling safely to and from school or other places in the community. The new curriculum also includes instructions on learning to ride a bicycle so that educators can feel confident teaching to new riders.
Participation in a Walk!Bike!Fun! training is free, sub pay is available to cover substitute teachers, lunch is provided, and upon completion teachers will receive 8 continuing education units from the MN Department of Education.
Host site applications are open now! Apply to have your school be a host site at walkbikefun.org. For questions about this and BikeMN's other educational programs, contact angela@bikemn.org.
Are you new to SHIP or the Workplace setting work?
Would you like to meet monthly with other new people and talk about where you are with the strategy, discuss questions you have and get to know LPH SHIP from other counties?
Karen Nitzkorski will be facilitating these informal discussion groups each month. She will help guide the discussion and provide background as a technical assistance provider to share best practices. Karen has led over 100 Minnesota businesses in setting up workplace wellness programs.
The group will meet:
Thursday, September 22, 11-12 a.m.
Thursday, October 27, 11-12 a.m.
Thursday, November 17, 11-12 a.m.
Thursday, December 15, 11-12 a.m.
If interest continues, we will continue!
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85971361403?pwd=emNOVlRVUm9UUzZodktjdThtTmdodz09
Meeting ID: 859 7136 1403
Passcode: 873561
Transportation plan public comment period open
Now is your opportunity to comment on the highest transportation plan for Minnesota and support a transportation system that advances the health of our communities.
The 2022-2041 Statewide Multimodal Transportation Plan (SMTP) provides policy direction to move Minnesota’s transportation system forward. Submit your comments either online at MinnesotaGO.org or through the project email. The plan is available for comment through September 18, 2022.
Updated every five years, the SMTP helps advance MnDOT’s vision of a multimodal transportation system that maximizes the health of people, the environment and our economy over the next 20 years. The document is a statewide policy plan for all users, all modes and any jurisdiction that has a role in Minnesota’s transportation system. Key transportation and health related updates include:
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A Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) target. The 2022 SMTP includes a target to reduce VMT by 14% per capita by 2040. The MnDOT-specific work plan includes working with transportation users and partners to identify statewide strategies to reduce per capita driving. The target and work plan item align with the Sustainable Transportation Advisory Council’s recommendation to reduce VMT by 20% by 2050.
- Measuring VMT can be an indicator for a broad range of outcomes. For example, lower VMT can indicate less reliance on personal vehicles, less time in cars, and benefits for health, equity and the environment. Higher VMT can have a connection to economic activity. It can also have a connection to more air pollution, sedentary time, or greater crash exposure risk for people inside or outside of vehicles.
- VMT reduction strategies will look different around the state and will be developed in collaboration with partners around the state. Strategies for rural communities could include expanding broadband to allow for reliable telecommuting and telehealth access. There may be more potential to reduce VMT in urban communities where denser development makes it easier to walk, roll, bicycle and take transit.
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Defining transportation equity. Transportation equity means the benefits and burdens of transportation systems, services and spending are fair and just, which historically has not been the case. Transportation equity requires ensuring underserved communities, especially Black, Indigenous and People of Color, share in the power of decision making.
- The SMTP includes a three part statement of commitment. These parts include an acknowledgment of the legacy of transportation, a definition of transportation equity and a statement of commitment to ongoing transportation equity work by all staff.
- Complete Streets strategies and actions. Complete Streets is about designing and operating the entire right of way to provide safe and convenient access to everyone who is using the road. The SMTP includes strategies and actions to prioritize people most vulnerable in the transportation system and connect a Complete Streets approach to related activities of encouraging mode shift away from single-occupant vehicles and providing a connected multimodal network to help reduce combined housing and transportation costs.
An Invitation to Minnesota Cares: A Wellness Workshop for our Healthcare Community
Members of the healthcare community in all fields and roles have given everything to serve Minnesotans throughout the unprecedented challenges of COVID-19. We know this has taken its toll on you and your families, yet your commitment and sacrifices have not wavered, and you continue to care for us all. Minnesotans want to say thank you and provide you with evidence-based tools to promote your ongoing wellness.
You and your healthcare colleagues from all disciplines are invited and encouraged to attend a FREE wellness workshop at the Minneapolis Convention Center October 7and/or 8, 2022. You will learn proven ways to deal with stress, and techniques to strengthen long-term self-care. Five sessions are available, with three dynamic keynote speakers and 20 breakout workshops. This event provides you a no-cost, low-stress way to try out many activities that support ongoing mental and physical health—art therapy, Zumba, HeartMath, building good habits stress first aid, guided meditation, and many others. Come and enjoy yourself while you learn (new) strategies to stay healthy.
There will be five sessions offered over two days to accommodate different shifts and work schedules. All sessions, parking, and snacks will be provided to you at no charge. What’s the catch? There is none--Minnesotans are grateful for your service and want to help you get new skills for your personal self-care toolbox.
The breakout workshops have three basic themes with goals for how the activities can help you recover and better take care of yourself going forward:
- Healing/Recovery
- Activities that aid in recovery from stressful events
- Grounding/In the Moment Techniques
- Activities that provide tools and techniques you can use on the job to re-set your autonomic nervous system so you can continue working while caring for yourself
- Strengthening Resilience
- Activities that strengthen your capacity to deal with stressors over time
Mark your calendar and prepare to invest in yourself!
More information, registration, breakout workshop descriptions and full agenda can be found at: www.wellnessmn.org/minnesota-cares/
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