Funding Community-Based
Walkability Efforts
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
Making the Case
Partnerships
Bigger is Usually Better…
The street is the river of life of the city, the place where we come together, the
pathway to the center.
William H. Whyte
SRTS, CMAQ, STP, TAP (state and
regional), SHSP/HSIP (Fair Share)
Policies, plans - Bike/ped, complete streets, comp, capital, other?
School bond Transportation sales tax (S.F. Prop K, Alameda Measure B), SID’s, sidewalk repair program
- School/pupil transportation dept - Combine walking with large road projects - Non-traditional sources: health, crime prevention, economic development,
State funds:
• HI SRTS
• WA/AZ/HI school
zones
• WA/CA SRTS
funds
• CA active trans
• Hospitals,
medical
foundations
• Insurers (Blue Cross, KP,
Humana)
• Universities (funding, research
and volunteers)
Corporate:
FedEx
Nike
Starbucks
Non-Profit
YMCA
AHA
NAR
SafeKids
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 Technical Assistance Program Manager
Walkable and Livable Communities Institute
Stefanie Seskin Deputy Director of the National Complete
Streets Coalition at Smart Growth America
Matt Tomasulo Founder and Chief Instigator behind Walk
[Your City]
Robert Ping
Walkable and Livable Communities Institute
www.walklive.org
503.289.0441
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