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WALKABILITY
Walking advocacy, Equity and inclusivity,  job openings 

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Information:
What is Walkability? It is a measure of the friendliness of an area to walking. It has health, environmental and economic benefits. Factors that positively influence walkability include footpaths, sidewalks, pedestrian rights-of-way. Other influences are traffic and road conditions, land-use, accessibility to buildings, safety, lighting at night. Anything that improves the conditions to walking. Walkability is becoming an important concept in urban planning and designing communities. Walkable communities are equitable and provide health benefits.
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​Walk Jobs Resource:

Avid 4 Adventure- Summer jobs Colorado and California

 ARKANSAS WALKING COLLEGE 


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​Articles:

Berlin's Ampelmannchen 'little traffic men' is one of many quirky walking signals from around the world 3-8-2017 news.com.au
Garnette Cadogan on the Power and Privilege of Walking by Sara King-Abadi 5/9/2018
​Garnette Cadogan , "Walking While Black" (Blog #88) by Breavman99
It is Solved by Walking Essay in High Country News by Antonia Malchik 5/13/2019
​Mary Poppins Pedestrian Crossing Lights

PEDPDX Pedestrian Stories - How do you walk in Portland 8 stories
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets by Adele Peters 8/24/16
Seeing Your Community With New Eyes Through a "Walking Audit" by Daniel Herriges  5/2/2019 Strong Towns
Study Finds That People Overestimate Walking Distances by Lloyd Alter 10/19/2020 Treehugger

The Slow Death of Purposeless Walking by Finlo Rohrer BBC Magazine 5/1/2014

The Crisis in American Walking How we got off the Pedestrian Path by Tom Vanderbilt posted 10 April 2012
Walking While Black Essay on the Realities of Being Black in America by Garnette Cadogan published 7/8/2016 in LIT HUB
​Walking While Black Jacksonville.com by Benjamin Conarck
Unearthing LA's Pedestrian Tunnels and Their Roots in Our History of Traffic Violence by Ryan Fonseca 6/1/2022


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Walking - Why Walk? Why Not! Resources on Walking

Governor's Highway Safety Association (GHSA):
Bicyclist and Pedestrian Safety
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The American Council on Exercise Presents:
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Walk the Talk A Fitness Professional's Guide to Developing Walking Programs 
Walk This Way A Guide for Developing Individual and Community walking Programs 

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Step It Up! The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Promote Walking and Walkable Communities. Launched Sept 9 2015.
​Step it Up Status Report 2017
 


National Walking Day How-To Guide ​
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Resources:

AARP Walk Audit Tool Kit downloadable forms

Active Transportation Policy Hub rails-to-trails conservancy
​Bicycling and Walking in the United States 2014 Benchmark Report - Alliance for Biking & Walking
​Center for Accelerating Innovation STEP Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian
​Go Counter free traffic counter App
​National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project (NBPD)
​National Physical Activity Plan Alliance (NPAP) 
Pedestrians First tools for a walkable city
​Pedestrian & Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
​Rails to Trails Conservancy Trail-Building Toolbox
​Toolkit- 50th Anniversary National Trails System Trails50-Toolkit for Advocates
​The 2017 Walking Report Card on Walking and Walkable Communities * Report card on the home page!
Secrets of Successful Rail-Trails (PDF) Manual

Steps to a Walkable Community A guide for citizens, planners and engineers (PDF)

​Websites:

​America Walks making America a great place to walk
American Trails building the future of trails
Arkansas Walking College to find and develop advocates to make communitites more walkable
BikeWalk National Center for Biking and Walking
Bike Walk Roseburg OR Active living in and around Roseburg
​California Walks Stepping up for Health, Equity and Sustainability
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Everybody Walk The movement to get America walking (be sure to sign up for their email newsletters!)
International Federation of Pedestrians - working for pedestrians and livable space
​Knight Foundation Every City Should Have a Law of Two Words
​Jane's Walk Citizen-led walking tours towards community-based city building
​Made2Walk Walking pedestrian advocacy
Mark Fenton Engineering physical activity back into American communities and lives

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National Trails Training Partnership (hosted by www.AmericanTrails.org) - Training and Education
​Netwalking foster collaborative working relationships through walking meetings
PATH Hawaii Connecting People and Places
​Partnership for Active Transportation Together, building healthy places for healthy people
​Perils for Pedestrians TV talk about people who walk and online videos
StreetFilms showing better ways to live work and play
10 Minute Walk Improving access to parks and greenspaces
Tactical Urbanist Guide (Walk Your City signs) 
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The Walking Classroom Walk.Listen.Learn
​United States Access Board- Streets and Sidewalks (advancing full access and inclusion for all)
​United States Access Board- Trails (advancing full access and inclusion for all)
Walkable and Livable Communities Institute
(WALC) building better healthier environments
​Walk Boston Making Massachusetts more walkable

Walk Denver Changing the ways Denver gets around
​Walk San Francisco It is about pedestrian safety

Walkable Communities Inc. - Building walkable communities
​Walk Score Live where you love
​Walk score Professional street smart walk score
​Walk21 The walking movement
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Online Visual Resources:​

​KCET is a partner to Every Body Walk! It is an independent public television station that supports walking shows.
​KCET City Walk Season 1
KCET City Walk Season 2
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Season 2 California Coastal Trail which is celebrating its 40th anniversary.  
Walk in the Park: Irvine the City of trails From Everybody Walk 

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​Great Sydney Harbour Walk: The trail from Eora Nation to the Opera House 


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​The documentary is about Michael Arth. He is an American artist, home/landscape/urban designer, public policy analyst, advocate for the homeless, futurist, documentary filmmaker and author. (Bio courtesy of Wikipedia)
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