March
25 - Seattle, WA Governor Gregoire signs House Bill 2564, new
legislation enhancing driver education by adding curricular components
to specifically address the behaviors needed to share the road safely
with bicycles and pedestrians.
October 13 -
Tacoma, WA WTSEA (Washington Traffic Safety Education
Association) Fall Conference.
October
8 - Sightline Institute's "The Daily Score" Alan Durning,
Executive Director, posts a widely read blog entry referencing mobility
education.
September 24 - Federal Way, WA Our pilot course of "Drivers
Ed Plus" commences in partnership with the Federal Way Traffic Safety
Education program with one section of students.
September
12 - Davis, CA Mobility Education Foundation president, David
Levinger spoke at the Walk Bike California conference.
September
10th-11th - Tukwila, WA The Mobility Education Foundation participates in the Washington
Teen Driving Symposium. Leaders in traffic safety, injury
prevention, and health met to establish strategic directions for policy
and programs that can reduce teen fatalities and injuries.
August 27th, 2007 - Seattle, WA The Mobility Education
initiative receives a grant from the
Salesforce Foundation for their Enterprise Edition database and CRM
tools. This industry leading tool will help us grow our national
network of champions.
August 24th, 2007 - Federal Way,
WA Board members and partners complete an LAB Road 1 course and
plan for its integration into the pilot curriculum.
July
26th, 2007 - Seattle, WA Board members of The Mobility Education
Foundation complete summer school in preparation for the Fall 2007
pilot course. Sharon Cornish and David Levinger attended the
summer traffic safety education course today and are using that
experience to guide the preparation of the curriculum elements to be
introduced in the fall pilot course.
