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Glendale, California Safe and Healthy Streets program screens webinar on Tennessee bicycling/pedestrian policy initiatives.

Seen in Burbank, California: woman focusing on her mobile device walks directly into path of moving car. Pedestrians in Glendale: take note.

Pedestrian safety in Glendale, California occupied the Sunroom Desk editor’s thoughts this week; the Glendale News Press feature on the city’s track record and the announcement of a reward for information about a tragic New Year’s Eve hit and run pedestrian fatality were under the Paperweight.

Glendale, California Beeline buses should run before and after school hours so students can take the bus.

Glendale, California’s Public Works Department begins Glenwood Road median installation during August 2009 to prevent jaywalking and improve pedestrian and traffic safety in the school zones of Mark Keppel Elementary, Toll Middle School, and Hoover High School.

Coordinator Colin Bogart presented a six-month update on Glendale, California’s Safe and Healthy Streets Program, a three-year LA County Department of Public Health PLACE (Policies for Liveable, Active Communities and Environments) Grant, to Glendale City Council. The program, along with several other initiatives in Glendale, is raising the visibility of pedestrian safety issues and urban, pedestrian and bicycling friendly design.