TALC (Transportation and Land Use Coalition) Summit, April 5 in Oakland
Mejarc
Tara Hunt
T
tara 'miss rogue' hunt
coFounder
Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com)
blog: www.horsepigcow.com
phone: 415-694-1951
fax: 415-727-5335
Margaret Okuzumi
lift to the TALC summit from the south bay, I'm driving from Sunnyvale, as
I'm donating a computer to TALC that day also...
Margaret
Raines Cohen
previous summits, and appreciate the idea-sharing and inspirational
connections, although it's a little more formal/structured than a
*Camp.
I bought a couple of tickets a while back, and would be happy to gift
them to anyone who is willing to commit in advance to bring a video
projector for them to use during the day since I had promised to bring
mine and shipping it from 3000 miles away would take $ and be risky+a
pain.
Also of interest to this list:
(join and contribute to the Bay Area Transportation group on upcoming for more:
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/group/4228/ )
Green Transportation 2008: Choices for the Future
Fri-Sat, April 12, Green Building Exchange, Redwood City
http://www.greentransportation2008.com/ (beware: annoying Flash interface)
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/466272/
really two separate events
Horizons in Transportation Fri, April 11, 10AM-2PM
"Policymakers, fleet managers, transportation and planning experts and
advocates, are invited to attend an educational event and show
preview"
main public show is Sat April 12, 9 AM-5PM
"Dedicated to accelerating the transition to a sustainable
transportation future by building awareness of emerging
clean-and-green vehicles and transportation options, it will showcase
state-of-the-art electric, alternative-fuel, solar, hydrogen and
hybrid vehicles and support systems."
---
Plus the Digital Be-In theme this year is EcoCities, and I'm helping
organize some tables and talks there, would love to get some
representation from regional Coworking, Cohousing, and alternative
transportation folks:
Digital Be-In 16: EcoCity
Friday, April 25, 7 pm - 4 AM
http://www.be-in.com/
---
And, last but not least, a public dialog on an SF bike-sharing system,
with an overview of other programs, May 3:
http://soex.org/Event/162.html
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/463847
interesting folks behind this:
http://www.futurefarmers.com/
A shame that they're competing with Maker Faire in San Mateo!
http://www.makerfaire.com/
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/190362
We'll be doing a little presence there about cohousing, coworking, and
other forms of community.
Raines
Adina Levin
A bad bill in the California state assembly threatens to exempt
Geographic Information System (GIS) data from the California Public
Records Act. AB1978, sponsored by Assembly Member Jose Solorio (D-Orange
County) was in response to a court ruling that declared that Santa Clara
County's base map information is public data.
Government GIS data is a valuable source of information for planning,
environmental action, and many other areas of public interest. Closing
this down is a step entirely in the wrong direction. The availability of
public data in the internet age is creating amazing new opportunities
for public participation. We need to be making more data accessible, not
less.
If you live in California, call your member of the state Assembly. The
bill has been referred to the Committees on Government Operations and
Local Government.
If you happen to live or work in Mountain View, you can be especially
helpful. Your rep, Sally Lieber is on the Local Gov't Committee where
this bill is being reviewed.
For more information, see this blog post from the California First
Amendment Coalition
<http://www.cfac.org/content/index.php/weblog/cfac_protests_new_legislation_curbing_access_to_government_mapping_data/>
Adina Levin
bike on the train.
- Adina