Sarah Sadowski is the chair of the Non-Motorized Travel Advisory Council, one of Helena's citizen directed advisory initiatives. She stopped by the studio this week to talk to us about what NMTAC is, who it is, and how it can serve you!
The Non-Motorized Travel Advisory Council came to be through a city ordinance several years ago, which sought to increase the level of cooperation accessibility between the citizenry and local government. The council primarily serves the purpose of providing input and recommendations for further transit development. It consists of seven citizen representatives and a government representative as well as non-member contributors and guests.
As with all civic pursuits, it works best when there is cooperation and understanding. Sarah repeatedly stressed that patience, goodwill and genuine concern for the community's interests as a whole are necessary to facilitate meaningful development in the council. Furthermore, the best results have come from those whose participation has been solution oriented. There have been multiple groups to come forward with a stated problem and propose their ideas for how a certain intersection or stretch of road could be improved. Remember, transit development is an inherently slow problem; there are many considerations to be made from the perspectives of engineering, urban planning, efficiency and viability, to name a few.
NMTAC meets every second Tuesday of the month in the City-County Building from 5:15-6:30. Check it out!
Music for you:
J Boogie's Dubtronic Science - Universal Dub
Thievery Corporation - Until the Morning (Rewound)
Bob Marley - Three Little Birds
Jurassic 5 feat. Dave Matthews Band - Work It Out
Fugees - No Woman, No Cry
Bluebeat - Train Line Dub
Herb'n Legends - John's Song
Santana - Soul Sacrifice/Don't Try This at Home
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Wind Cries Mary
Queen - Bicycle Race
