Core Principles of Walkability and Lessons Learned in Fostering Them

Walk Institute

• Why Walking and Walkability? The Latest Info to Make

the Case - this morning

• Core Principles of Walkable Places and Lessons

Learned in Fostering Them

• Creating Programs that Get People Walking - WED

AM

• Working within the System to Create Active Streets -

WED 11:45AM

• Talk with Walking/Walkability Experts - WED 3PM

• Funding Community-Based Walkability Efforts - WED

4:15PM

Walkability Movement

…Needs a Lot More

It Is Happening!

But there is a lot of work to do!

The street is the river of life of the city, the place where we come together, the

pathway to the center.

William H. Whyte

Safe Routes to School

Smart Growth

Complete Streets

Placemaking

National Groups

Local Groups

Conferences/Forums

Federal, State, Regional,

Local Funding

Policies, Infrastructure,

Programs, Resources

Walkable 101: the Walkability Workbook

• The Facilitators Guide

• Slide Presentations: • Walkability: Making the Case

• Walkability: Principles, Deterrents and Treatments

• How to Use the Survey Tool

• Practicing Assessment

• Presentation Notes

• Walkability Toolbox

• The Walking Audit Survey Tool

www.walklive.org/project/walkability-workbook/

Livability Fact Sheets:

1. Sidewalks

2. Bicycling

3. Economic Development

4. Street Trees

5. Road Diets

6. Traffic Calming

7. Form-Based Code

8. Parking

9. Modern Roundabouts

10. Density

11. Revitalization without

Displacement

Robert Ping - Moderator

Walkable and Livable Communities Institute

Kate Kraft America Walks

Kevin Mills Rails to Trails Conservancy

Mark Fenton Tufts University/Consultant

…

Lauren Marchetti National Center for Safe Routes to School

Questions for discussion:

• DO YOU AGREE THAT THESE ARE

THE TOP WALKABILITY ASPECTS

YOU HEARD TODAY?

• WHAT CHALLENGES ARE YOU UP

AGAINST? WHAT WOULD BE

HELPFUL?

• WHAT ACTIONS AND SUCCESSES

HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED?

Robert Ping

Walkable and Livable Communities Institute

www.walklive.org

robert@walklive.org

503.289.0441

Questions for discussion:

• DO YOU AGREE THAT THESE ARE

THE TOP WALKABILITY ASPECTS

YOU HEARD TODAY?

• WHAT CHALLENGES ARE YOU UP

AGAINST? WHAT WOULD BE

HELPFUL?

• WHAT ACTIONS AND SUCCESSES

HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED?

Rails to Trails Conservancy resources:

Trail building toolbox (updated

regularly): http://www.railstotrails.org/ourWork/trailBuilding/toolbox/index.html

Beyond Urban Centers (report on walking and biking in small towns and rural

America (2012)

:http://www.railstotrails.org/ourWork/reports/beyondurbancenters.html

Active Transportation for America (making the case for walking and biking, 2008

but updated calculations forthcoming soon):

http://www.railstotrails.org/resources/documents/whatwedo/atfa/ATFA_2008102

0_sm.pdf

Safe Routes to Everywhere (federal policy platform -Partnership for Active

Transportation, 2014):

http://www.railstotrails.org/resources/downloadables/SafeRoutesEverywhere_FI

NAL_lowres.pdf

Rails with Trails report (resource for developing trails along active rail corridors):

http://www.railstotrails.org/ourWork/reports/railwithtrail/report.html

Walkable 101: The Walkability Workbook www.walklive.org/project/walkability-workbook/

America Walks www.americawalks.org

WALC Institute/AARP Livability Fact Sheets http://www.aarp.org/livable-communities/info-2014/livable-communities-fact-

sheet-series.html