What is Let's Move LI?
A collaboration among municipalities, schools, businesses and other organizations to promote active transportation across Long Island.
Our Goals
- Promote walking and biking, alone or connected to public transit
- Encourage bike and pedestrian safety education for students
- Support safe walkability and biking infrastructure
Benefits of Active Transportation
Walking and biking can provide many health, environmental, social/safety and economic benefits.
Get Involved
1. Promote the Benefits of Active Transportation
Start promoting the benefits of Active Transportation to your residents, students or employees on your website, email, newsletters and social media. Our Toolkit makes it easy with sample copy, flyers and logos. .
2. Host an Educational Event
Host an educational event either virtually or in person to promote the many benefits of Active Transportation, and build awareness about nearby walkable downtowns and recreational bike trails. Let's Move LI volunteers can help you organize the event.
3. Develop an Active Transportation Plan
Ready for the next step? Form a committee to develop and implement an Active Transportation Plan to encourage your residents, students or employees to walk and bike. Our Spotlights page can give you ideas of active transportation initiatives in other communities. Also, check out our Resources page for information on the many Long Island resources that can help!
MAY 2022 SPOTLIGHT
NY Coalition for Transportation Safety
The NY Coalition for Transportation Safety (NYCTS) is a nonprofit organization focusing on the development of traffic safety programs in Suffolk, Nassau and Queens counties. Programs include speaking engagements, school assembly presentations, bike rodeos, workshops and online lectures. NYCTS also serves as an advocate for pedestrian and bicycle safety. NYCTS works with traffic safety safety boards, the Governor's Traffic Safety Committee (GTSC), Safe Kids, local senior centers, churches and many other grassroots organizations.
NYCTS partners will the Long Island Health Collaborative (LIHC) and Walk Safe Long Island (WSLI) to conduct pedestrian and bike safety programs as well as Walk Safe With a Doc programs across Long Island.
Recently, NYCTS partnered with The Town of North Hempstead and Nassau University Medical Center to host a Bike Rodeo & Helmet Safety event at Manorhaven Beach Park in Port Washington. The fun and educational event provided children with the opportunity to participate in a series of courses to master bicycle safety and agility skills.
Due to the popularity of the event, NYCTS will be training the Port Washington police on how to conduct their own Bike Rodeos. The Bike Rodeo Training event will be held on June 8 at 10:30am at Manorhaven Beach Park in Port Washington. At the event, they will train the police department on how to run a bike rodeo for children 6-9 including drills on balance, scanning and hand signaling. The event will also train how to do safety checks for bikes, helmets and tires. Other groups Interested in hosting their own Bike Rodeos are welcome to attend.
For further information about the various programs offered by NYCTS, contact Cindy Brown. Executive Director.
Website: www.nycts.org
Contact: cbrown@nassaucountyny.gov
Walk Safe Long Island website: www.walksafeli.org
