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.

Birmingham, Alabama

A $21 million grant from the US Division of Transportation will help numerous tasks that may make the town extra walkable and related. These tasks embrace the Birmingham City Path and Multimodal Hall and the Birmingham Civil Rights Crossroads: Reconnecting Historic Neighborhoods Via Lively Mobility. The funding shall be used to enhance ADA entry, enhance sidewalks and different pedestrian infrastructure updates to accommodate folks of all skills.

Scranton, Pennsylvania

The town unveiled the “Downtown Scranton Connectivity Plan” which is a plan that takes steps to enhance walkability downtown and generate foot site visitors to small companies. The plan contains a number of pedestrian infrastructure greatest practices, reminiscent of main pedestrian intervals to present pedestrians a head begin, and proposals to handle points that require the best consideration.

Arlington, Virginia

Strolling College Bus alert in Arlington! The Win is the creation and growth of Arlington’s inter-generational Strolling College Bus, which kicked off in Spring 2022. It’s known as the Us Bus and it matches senior grownup volunteers with Arlington elementary college students/households to interact seniors and help college students strolling safely to highschool. Win-win-win.

Baltimore, Maryland

In Baltimore, tactical urbanism tasks are making streets safer and extra inviting for pedestrians. Communities lead the implementation of inventive artwork installations, beautifying their neighborhoods and growing pedestrian area and security. These tasks have included portray murals on streets and sidewalks, reclaiming pavement, and utilizing planters and poles for site visitors calming.

Louisiana

Via some nice partnerships, Louisiana is making it simpler for rural communities to get funding to enhance energetic transportation of their communities. The Division of Transportation and Improvement helps handle the price limitations to get funding for biking and strolling tasks, and companions just like the Middle for Planning Excellence helped host a Full Streets Summit to ask rural communities to be taught extra about energetic transportation.

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