Category: Walking

By Betsy Johnson Stroll Bike Springfield was awarded a 2022 America Walks GM Group Change Grant. Exploring the Magnificence in On a regular basis Walks In 2014 our native planning company recruited residents from throughout Springfield to develop a Full Streets coverage. By summer season 2015, the Metropolis had didn’t undertake the coverage, so we …

Posted April 4, 2024 in Weblog Seventy years in the past, planners and politicians offered highways as progress, important to future prosperity. Right now, division, disinvestment, and harmful driving are identified to be the true results highways have on the communities round them. Be a part of journalist Megan Kimble as she shares insights on …

By Nora B., Joshua F., and Ruth Rosas The Youth Bike Summit planning group in movement in 2019 Nora B: Howdy to all! That is Nora reporting for responsibility as a Nationwide Youth Bike Council Member! The Nationwide Youth Bike Council (NYBC), for many who don’t know, is a youth-led nonprofit that makes use of …

Posted March 21, 2024 in Weblog A brand new roundup of Walkability Wins. This week we’re showcasing the motion by highlighting extra locations throughout the nation advancing pedestrian-friendly agendas. San Francisco, California When San Francisco’s Public Works proposed to chop down all 78 bushes on twenty fourth Avenue between Mission Avenue and Potrero Avenue in …

By Ben Crowther The newest spherical of Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Grant Program (RCN) awards introduced final week underscores the necessity for a transformational infrastructure invoice that places communities earlier than highways. There are a number of transformative tasks amongst this yr’s recipients, however the majority are smaller fixes and few deal instantly with the …

Posted March 14, 2024 in Weblog FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 14, 2024 CONTACT: Ben Crowther: ben@americawalks.org The newest spherical of Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Grant Program awards introduced yesterday underscores the necessity for a transformational infrastructure invoice that places communities earlier than highways.  “There are a number of transformative initiatives amongst this yr’s recipients, however …

Posted March 12, 2024 in Weblog By Ben Crowther On this webinar wrap-up, we’ll delve into two of probably the most impactful applications for funding lively transportation — the Secure Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Program and the Transportation Alternate options Program (TAP) — together with different noteworthy funding avenues and suggestions for the …

Posted March 4, 2024 in Weblog by Ian Thomas, State and Native Program Director The Metropolis of Atlanta requires new condominium buildings to offer not less than one parking area per bed room. Anybody opening a restaurant in Los Angeles should ensure that there’s an area for each 100 sq. ft of inside space (that means …

Posted February 22, 2024 in Weblog A brand new roundup of Walkability Wins. This week we’re showcasing the motion by highlighting extra locations throughout the nation advancing pedestrian-friendly agendas. Hoboken, New Jersey Mayor Bhalla of Hoboken spearheaded transformative security initiatives, resulting in over six years with out pedestrian fatalities. By means of the Imaginative and …

Posted February 20, 2024 in Weblog By Mike McGinn The place can we stand on transportation coverage in 2024? Beth Osborne of Transportation for America and Corrine Kisner of Nationwide Group of Metropolis Transportation Officers gave America Walks a rundown of 2023 after which what to anticipate in 2024 in The Yr Forward in Transportation. …