Looking forward to seeing everyone at 12pm at the First Presbyterian Church, John Knox Room, 520 Washington Ave.  Please feel free to bring your lunch.  The crosswalk action will follow the meeting and will take place at the intersection of Washington Ave. and Waters Ave.

PACE will meet at noon on Thursday, Sept. 4 in the John Knox Room of First Presbyterian Church. The Church is located at 520 Washington Avenue in Savannah. Feel free to bring your lunch! At 12:30 We’ll move down the street to the corner of Washington and Waters avenues for a Crosswalk Action. What’s a Crosswalk Action? It’s a fun and friendly way to communicate pedestrian safety messages to walkers and drivers alike. Here’s a definition from America Walks:

A Crossing Action is an organized event in which a group of pedestrians repeatedly crosses a street in marked and/or unmarked crosswalks in a legal fashion, so as to communicate messages to drivers, pedestrians, media representatives and other observers. Members of the organized group carry signs with educational and advocacy messages. Crossing actions can involve as few as 10 or more than 40 people, but sufficient numbers are required to communicate the messages with strength and diversity.

Please come out and join us for the meeting, the Crosswalk Action. Or both!

Image source: Google Street View

Wilmington Island resident David Nagle does not know of any pedestrians or bicyclists being killed trying to navigate traffic on Johnny Mercer Boulevard, but he is afraid it is only a matter of time.

Traffic has become heavy, motorists ignore pedestrians, and there is only one crosswalk for the major roadway, he said.

Nagle decided something needed to be done.

Read more here.

Savannah Chatham Police need your help locating a car that hit an 11 year old boy on Abercorn Street at around 9:30, June 3. The boy was then transported to Memorial Health where he later died from injuries. Two brothers were attempting to cross Abercorn in front of the Plantation Oaks Apartments when the 11 year old was struck by a vehicle. The unidentified driver then fled the scene. Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 234-2020.

UPDATE: The Savannah Morning News reports the police know what kind of car hit the child:

Police have matched debris left at the scene to a Lexus ES series model car, built between 2002 and 2004. The car is four-door, dark in color, and will have damage to the right front hood and broken headlight.

Read more here. Anyone who may have witnessed the incident is urged to contact police at 651-6676 or CrimeStoppers at 234-2020.

A Crosswalk Action is an organized event to communicate pedestrian safety messages in a fun and friendly way.

If you are interested in participating meet at the southwest corner of Liberty and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard at noon.

Please join us if you can!

The Crosswalk Action is part of the Savannah Development and Renewal Authority’s Dump the Pump: Leave Your Car at Home Day. The goal is to raise awareness about the benefits of using alternative modes of transportation and to encourage people from throughout the community to commute by carpooling, mass transit, bicycling and walking. For more information, visit the Savannah Transit Web site.

The 10 Best U.S. Walking Cities of 2008
1. Cambridge, MA
2. New York, NY
3. Ann Arbor, MI
4. Chicago, IL
5. Washington, DC
6. San Francisco, CA
7. Honolulu, HI
8. Trenton, NJ
9. Boston, MA
10. Cincinnati, OH

The Ten Worst U.S. Walking Cities of 2008

1. Oklahoma City, OK
2. North Las Vegas, NV
3. Gadsden, AL
4. Davenport, IA
5. Mount Pleasant, SC
6. Enid, OK
7. Laredo, TX
8. Springdale, AR
9. Clarksville, TN
10. Lafayette, LA

Savannah, often regarded as one of the most walkable cities in North America, doesn’t even make the top 100, coming in at 141. Savannah was identified as the second most walkable city in Georgia, after Atlanta.

The complete results of the survey are available here:

Designing walkable communities is a cost-effective way to address the growing epidemic of obesity in the United States and cut down on harmful car emissions and pollution, a researcher told the American College of Sports Medicine’s 12th annual Health and Fitness Summit in Long Beach, California.

Read more here.

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Please come out and help support our pedestrian safety efforts in Savannah.

NOTE: Rain is forecasted for tomorrow - in case of rain this event will be canceled.

For more information, call Alison at 691-7445.