Many books have been written about leadership over the years, and yet there are so few examples of great leaders to be found. For the last few years I have been fortunate to work with a great leader, and as she leaves our organization, I am reminded what about what is important in leadership.
Dedicated money for walking and biking is essential for healthy communities.
Esta guía le sirve a proveer una descripción clara de cómo planificar y organizar un autobús caminante escolar usando voluntarios adultos como líderes.
Walking school buses are one of the most effective ways to change how kids travel. That’s why it’s inspiring to hear about successful walking school bus programs that find fun and creative ways to get kids moving.
Everyone deserves safe and easy access to parks, but not all communities have that opportunity. This infographic highlights the features and steps to creating Safe Routes to Parks.
Key messages and talking points for Safe Routes to School translated into Spanish.
Walk audits are a great tool to engage community members and gather information for community planning and traffic safety projects. But a walk audit is just the first step! This factsheet helps you figure out how to use the results of your walk audit to make your streets safer and more comfortable for people getting around on foot.
Complete Streets policies, together with bicycle and pedestrian plans, are two key tolls used by cities and counties to support community visions and goals for walking and bicycling and health.
Complete Streets policies and bicycle and pedestrian plans are two key tools used by cities and counties to support community visions and goals for health.
This series of fact sheets offers ideas and examples of strategies to advance equity in every stage of the Safe Routes to Parks Action Framework.
We’ve updated our guide to effectively communicating about walking and biking with a new section focused on equity language and framing.
One important way to strengthen your Safe Routes to School program is by passing a Safe Routes to School district policy.
This blog post was written by Sara Zimmerman and Marisa Jones.
Colorful crosswalks. Temporary bike lanes. Playful paths. Creating new green space. These are just a few ways to improve local park access. We just wrapped up work with our first cohort of communities in the Safe Routes to Parks Activating Communities program, which provides individualized consultation, group trainings, and grant funding to nonprofits to improve safe, equitable park access in their communities.
Walk audits are a great tool in creating communities where residents can participate in making their vision of healthy, safe, walkable streets real.
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This blog post was written by Haden Kirkpatrick.
