Mobility Learning Community
Moving Maine hosts the Mobility Learning Community sessions on the last Wednesday of every other month from 12pm-1pm. These interactive sessions are an opportunity for stakeholders from around the state to network and learn together. Each session features a presentation, discussion, and time for information-sharing.
Past Learning Community Sessions
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A Week in the Life of Maine's Most Rural Mobility Manager
Featuring Lisa Smith, a lifelong resident of Aroostook County and Mobility Manager for Aroostook Regional Transportation System, sharing about her day-to-day work addressing mobility barriers in rural Maine.
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The Basin Babes: Walking for Health, Access and Community in Rural Maine
Featuring Tanya Rucosky from Sunrise Council Economic Council, presenting about efforts in Addison, Maine, to become a safer and friendlier place for walking. She tells the story of a local walking group known as the Basin Babes – composed of an amazing group of five 80-something women – and shares what she has learned from a community-wide survey.
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Bringing Vision Zero to Maine
Featuring Paul Drinan, founder of Vision Zero Maine and Rick Harbison of Vision Zero Greater Portland. Vision Zero is a multi-faceted approach that seeks to eliminate all serious injuries and deaths from any type of roadway crash.
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Equitable Access to Health Care for People with Disabilities
Featuring Jennifer Battis, Health Equity Project Coordinator at Disability Rights Maine (DRM), presenting findings from DRM's recent assessment and accompanying report "I Don't Get the Care I need.” DRM’s full report, summary, and issue briefs.
