2024
Lowell Wolf Memorial Scholarship
Congratulations to our 2024 scholarship winners!
Mya Pacheco
Walk Safe Long Island’s annual Lowell Wolf Memorial Scholarship asked Long Island and Queens juniors and seniors to use their imaginations to create an original micromobility safety superhero for a chance to win $1,000!
The Challenge: In an essay, choose a safety issue surrounding micromobility devices— like e-bikes and e-scooters— and tell us how the issue affects other road users’ safety. Then introduce us to your original micromobility safety superhero and describe how they would address your chosen safety issue. A description of your superhero’s superpowers and their physical appearance must accompany your application. A hand-drawn or digitally created visual representation of your superhero is optional.
About Lowell Wolf
Lowell Wolf was a Nassau County Transportation Project Manager and professor at Farmingdale State College, SUNY. His interests and concern for pedestrian safety led to a position as an educator with the New York Coalition for Transportation Safety. NYCTS is a grant based nonprofit dedicated to and funded by the New York State Governors Traffic Safety Committee. Lowell’s work involved sharing best practices for transportation safety as well as creating educational programs and events throughout Long Island, with the goal of reducing preventable traffic injury and death. This scholarship is a fitting tribute to Lowell, as it ensures the education of future generations. Road safety audits like these in the scholarship will make more increase awareness and help create changes to dangerous intersections, thus saving lives.