tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post5783361853040829915..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Safe Routes to School Coordinator Job PostedSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-37025070604571938012019-10-30T08:08:03.259-07:002019-10-30T08:08:03.259-07:00That sounds promising! Thanks for the clarificatio...That sounds promising! Thanks for the clarification.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-91344054322536741742019-10-29T16:11:13.520-07:002019-10-29T16:11:13.520-07:00Let me help clear things up.... The COG has fund...Let me help clear things up.... The COG has funding for the position (but its NOT to write grants) and budget for the program. The role of the SRTS Coordinator is to work with elementary schools to educate students on bike and walk safety, encouragement activities to walk and bike to school, audits and Action Plans for the schools and surrounding streets, etc. Each school may have different activities. We will be following the good work of other SRTS programs in Eugene, Springfield, Bend, Beaverton, etc. <br /><br />Mike Jaffe<br />COG Transportation Planning DirectorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-41986751341236782362019-10-29T12:28:45.050-07:002019-10-29T12:28:45.050-07:00AFAIK, the funding is only for the staffing and no...AFAIK, the funding is only for the staffing and not a budget behind that for a program. Grant application writing will be a significant component in the job. Lots of reliance on volunteers and managing volunteers.<br /><br />At the moment the School District has been more interested in real estate purchases and then the demolitions for parking lot expansion, rather than funding and budget for non-auto transport.<br /><br />There's lots of opportunity here, but things are not positioned for <i>maximum</i> success, and there is risk it could be mostly Potemkin show.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-86276975995571754502019-10-29T09:45:54.502-07:002019-10-29T09:45:54.502-07:00But is there funding for the program and not just ...But is there funding for the program and not just the position? If there is inadequate program funding it would not be the first time we have hired someone to try to get something done without the resources to do it.<br />Jim Scheppkenoreply@blogger.com