Active Transportation Summit

Posted by on June 13, 2011

PEC and DVRPC Sponsor Active Transportation Summit

The Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) would like to invite you to the Active Transportation Summit. Our aim is to educate and excite new partners about our region’s growing network of multi-use trails and bikeways. In addition to connecting people to the outdoors, we view trails as a strategy to provide people with more transportation choices, to encourage economic development, and to help people lead healthier lives.

The Summit will feature many local and national experts including Jackie Epping, Lead Public Health Scientist in the Physical Activity and Health Branch, Division of Nutrition, at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ms. Epping is currently leading the process to update national recommendations for community-based physical activity interventions. We are pleased to announce that Giridhar Mallya, MD, MHSP, Director of Policy and Planning for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health will provide a local response.

To learn more about this exciting event and to register, click here: http://www.dvrpc.org/email/2011-06_ActiveTransportationSummit.htm

WHEN

Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 8am
Coffee and casual conversation begin at 8 with welcoming remarks
starting at 8:30. A boxed lunch will be served.

WHERE
The HUB at the Cira Center
2929 Arch Street, Mezzanine Level, Philadelphia, PA
RSVP

To register, please go to the Summit’s registration page
Online registration closes on June 21st.