Fourth annual Healthy Streets Conference

The Healthy Streets Conference focuses this year on a bold, two-year initiative to reduce crashes by 50 percent in a “Drive with Care Zone” on Chicago’s Northwest Side.

By securing and analyzing crash data, any community can learn which enforcement programs, traffic-calming street design and social marketing campaigns will work best to reduce crashes and fatalities.

Chicago Aldermen Thomas Allen and Ariel Reboyras have committed their leadership to the achieving the Northwest Chicago Drive with Care campaign.

The goal: a 50 percent reduction from 2005 crash levels:

• 25 crashes per day
• Almost one fatal crash each month
• Four injuries per day

Agenda

Government officials, community groups, health providers, law enforcement, planners and engineers from throughout the region are invited to come and learn how to:

• Secure crash data and analyze it for your needs
• Select effective crash counter-measures
• Build a comprehensive community response

Participate in hands-on breakout groups that will analyze real crash data and propose practical and cost-effective social marketing, enforcement and design solutions. We will develop solutions that are transferable to any neighborhood with similar traffic crash issues.

Each participant receives:

• Resource guide with best practices, benchmarks and next-steps
• Northwest Chicago Drive with Care worksheets and output
• Access to a network of people committed to reducing crashes
• Continuing Education Credit letter

Registration

Register online or call Eric Brausch at (312) 427-3325 ext.238.

$25 workshop fee requested.

Free scholarships available, please contact Aaron Dykstra at (312) 427-3325, ext. 223.