{"69270":{"#nid":"69270","#data":{"type":"event","title":"DATHA Lecture: Sally Flocks, President and CEO of PEDS","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Design and Technologies for Healthy Aging welcomes Sally Flocks, President and CEO of PEDS, who will speaks about \u0022Safe Crossings in Atlanta\u0022.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe lecture meeting will be held on August 17th 9:30-11:30AM at Room 207 in the Health Systems Institute (HSI) Building, located at 828 West Peachtree Street, NW 2nd Floor Atlanta, GA 30332. Metered parking available at the address. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESally Flocks is the President and CEO of PEDS, an advocacy organization dedicated to making metro Atlanta safe and accessible for all pedestrians. Sally founded PEDS in 1996 after brain surgery enabled her to control a seizure disorder that had prevented her from driving during most of her adult life. Sally\u2019s efforts as President of PEDS have prompted changes at the local, regional and state levels in Georgia, including making high-visibility crosswalk markings the state standard, publication of a state pedestrian facilities design guidebook, and installation of in-street crosswalk signs, red light cameras, pedestrian refuge islands and HAWK signals. Sally\u2019s presentation will discuss the need for increased investment in sidewalk maintenance in the City of Atlanta and for safe crossings at transit stops throughout the region.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESally served previously on the Board of Directors of America Walks and on the steering committees of Complete Streets and the Safe Routes to School National Partnership. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESally Flocks is the President and CEO of PEDS, an advocacy organization \ndedicated to making metro Atlanta safe and accessible for all \npedestrians. Sally\u2019s presentation will discuss the need for increased investment in \nsidewalk maintenance in the City of Atlanta and for safe crossings at \ntransit stops throughout the region.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Safe Crossings in Atlanta"}],"uid":"27207","created_gmt":"2011-08-10 19:05:09","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:55:22","author":"Claudia Rebola","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-08-17T10:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2011-08-17T12:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-08-17T12:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-08-17 14:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-08-17 16:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-08-17 16:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"64841":{"id":"64841","type":"image","title":"DATHA","body":null,"created":"1449176765","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:06:05","changed":"1475894571","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:51","alt":"DATHA","file":{"fid":"192109","name":"DATHALogo.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DATHALogo_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DATHALogo_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":32784,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/DATHALogo_0.jpg?itok=TQvh7SES"}}},"media_ids":["64841"],"groups":[{"id":"1225","name":"School of Industrial Design"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"13973","name":"design technologies health aging"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EClaudia R\u00e9bola\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Ecrw@gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}