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One Minute, One Slide: Using Data to Storytell & Move towards Action

One Minute, One Slide: Using Data to Storytell & Move towards Action

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Below is a “One Minute, One Slide” presentation shared by a member of the WalkBoston staff.
Text provided is as prepared for this year’s annual event on September 23, 2020 on Zoom.

Jenny Choi 

As a data analyst intern at WalkBoston this past summer, I had the incredible opportunity to work on several projects involving pedestrian crash data.

The first project is designing town-specific pedestrian crash profiles for Mass in Motion communities, shown on the left. By organizing key data in an accessible, concise way, these profiles aim to help towns and cities better understand how and why these crashes happen in their communities.

The second project is conducting spatial analysis with an age-friendly focus, shown on the right. We looked at pedestrian crashes involving older adults and how they spatially related to relevant demographic, geographic, and built environment factors. By translating data into compelling visualizations, our analysis can encourage lively community discussions around pedestrian safety and age-friendly walking.

Moving forward, we hope to continue using data to tell important stories and make informed decisions that can help us all strive towards safer, healthier, and more equitable communities.

One Minute, One Slide: September 2020 Presentations & Video

One Minute, One Slide: September 2020 Presentations & Video

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Presented as part of the #WalkBoston30th Annual Meeting, September 23, 2020 on Zoom. As we have done in past years, WalkBoston staff members each gave a one minute, one slide presentation. Video segment below. We’ve included the text as prepared for each person’s presentation at the links underneath the video.

Brendan Kearney – Walking & Communicating in the time of COVID

One Minute, One Slide: Walking & Communicating in the time of COVID

LeighAnne Taylor – WalkMA & Framingham Youth Walking Advocates

One Minute, One Slide: WalkMA & Framingham Youth Walking Advocates

Wendy Landman – Age-Friendly Walking in Boston and Beyond 

One Minute, One Slide: Age-Friendly Walking in Boston and Beyond

Jenny Choi – Using Data to Storytell & Move towards Action

One Minute, One Slide: Using Data to Storytell & Move towards Action

Ayesha Mehrotra – Racial Inequities in Walking & Gateway Cities Walkable TOD 

One Minute, One Slide: Racial Inequities in Walking & Gateway Cities Walkable TOD

Bob Sloane – Allston I90: The Saga Continues 

One Minute, One Slide: Allston I90 – The Saga Continues

Althea Wong-Achorn – Intro & Beat the Bay State Team Challenge

One Minute, One Slide: Althea Wong-Achorn Intro & Beat the Bay State Challenge

 

One Minute, One Slide: Racial Inequities in Walking & Gateway Cities Walkable TOD

One Minute, One Slide: Racial Inequities in Walking & Gateway Cities Walkable TOD

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Below is a “One Minute, One Slide” presentation shared by a member of the WalkBoston staff.
Text provided is as prepared for this year’s annual event on September 23, 2020 on Zoom.

Ayesha Mehrotra

Hi, I’m Ayesha Mehrotra. After interning with WalkBoston last year, I’m thrilled to be back this fall working on a few projects that speak to WalkBoston’s commitment to advocating for every community across Massachusetts, and promoting equity through improving the built environment.

Amongst these projects is a report on racial disparities in walkability. In Massachusetts and across the country, neighborhoods with predominantly Black and brown populations tend to be the least walkable, have among the worst health outcomes, and are already bearing the brunt of climate change. All of these factors are related, and the result of decades of racist planning policies. WalkBoston’s report highlights the mechanisms through which these inequities have persisted and makes specific, actionable recommendations to guide communities and decision-makers who wish to address racial justice.

We’re also partnering with MassINC and UMass through a Solomon Foundation grant to conduct walk audits around transit hubs in 5 gateway cities, and make recommendations for improved streetscapes, as well as social infrastructure like open spaces, public art, and storefronts. Better access to transit is core to advancing equity, and we know the best way to do that is to ensure walkability.

One Minute, One Slide: Allston I90 – The Saga Continues

One Minute, One Slide: Allston I90 – The Saga Continues

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Below is a “One Minute, One Slide” presentation shared by a member of the WalkBoston staff.
Text provided is as prepared for this year’s annual event on September 23, 2020 on Zoom.

Bob Sloane

A long time ago, in a public meeting not too far away –

It is the year 2014, amidst a period of development in the commonwealth. Neighborhood residents and statewide advocacy organizations alike come to hear about the Allston Multimodal Project from MASSDOT, set to reshape a corner of Allston with a new VIADUCT, a gateway to BOSTON for the rest of the COMMONWEALTH. Years pass.

Advocates and neighbors alike cheered when SECRETARY POLLACK considered building the project at ground level, with newly connected neighborhoods and a vision for better transit before, during, and after construction. It was a victory for all in the MASSDOT process. Years pass. 

Now – in 2020 – a new VIADUCT is back on the table, and looms large over every discussion – wider and higher than ever before. The ground level option seems doomed. The Charles River in Allston is a tremendous asset that should be restored, enhanced, and made accessible. A new, wider VIADUCT, that would stand above the river and shade its park, will be built if a compromise is not reached.

Advocacy leaders are in agreement – let’s lower the VIADUCT to the ground and let the neighborhoods (Allston, Brookline, Cambridge, Brighton and Boston) form a level constellation so they can see each other and the river with its walkers and bikers.

Learn more about the Allston Multimodal Improvement Project (Allston I-90)

One Minute, One Slide: Althea Wong-Achorn Intro & Beat the Bay State Challenge

One Minute, One Slide: Althea Wong-Achorn Intro & Beat the Bay State Challenge

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Below is a “One Minute, One Slide” presentation shared by a member of the WalkBoston staff.
Text provided is as prepared for this year’s annual event on September 23, 2020 on Zoom.

Althea Wong-Achorn

Hello, my name is Althea Wong-Achorn, and I am the new Development Director here at WalkBoston. Seeing as we can’t get together in person I want to take a quick moment to introduce myself. Before WalkBoston, I worked at the USS Constitution Museum, where last year I led the Museum’s most successful gala. It raised over $670,000, which was $300,000 more than they had ever raised before. Before that I spent 7 years at the Boston Children’s Museum where I created their Destination Events program to increase community involvement with events such as the Boston Mini Maker Faire.

On a personal note, I am a Classics nerd and bookworm, I always wanted to be Kristi Yamaguchi, I am addicted to tea and completely obsessed with my dog. I am also extremely excited to join this wonderful team and I can’t wait for some of the great programming we have coming up, like our Beat the Bay State Challenge. We’re asking you to sign up to walk or run around the commonwealth with us for the month of November, to help us raise funds and awareness about the work that we do. We also have sponsorship opportunities and fun swag. So check out our event website at WalkBoston.org/Baystate and if you have any questions about the challenge, fundraising, or anything development, just ask me! Thank you!