Olympia Safe Streets Campaign, Olympia, Washington www.walkolympia.org
Olympia Safe Streets Campaign P.O. Box 1423 Olympia, WA 98501 Offices at: 1063 Capitol Way S. #202 Olympia, WA 98501 360-786-1822		The Olympia Safe Streets Campaign was formed in 1991, after a very successful national bicycling and walking conference in Olympia sponsored by the League of American Bicyclists, the Capital Bicycling Club, and the Bicycle Federation of Washington. Olympia Safe Streets is a small organization, with a membership consisting exclusively of current and former members of city advisory committees and the City Council. We work on political and technical issues. Our greatest achievement was voter approval in 2004 of the utility tax for Parks and Sidewalks. This increased funding for sidewalks in Olympia (pop. 45,000) from $175,000 per year to over $1 million per year, by adding 1% to natural gas, electricity, and telephone bills. You can read about this effort in two case studies: Robert Wood Johnson / Active Living By Design: http://www.activelivingbydesign.org/events-resources/resources/tax-parks-and-sidewalks And also the APBP case study at: http://www.walkinginfo.org/library/details.cfm?id=3963 We have presented at several conferences on our achievements in Olympia, including the 2006 and 2008 national Pro Bike / Pro Walk conferences. Our presentations are available at: http://www.bikewalk.org/2006conference/vconference/presentations/LeavingButt-PrintsintheSandsofTime.ppt http://www.bikewalk.org/2008conference/vconference/presentations/KarenMessmersession52.ppt Board of Directors: Jim Lazar, Christopher Hawkins, Karen Messmer, Larry Leveen