Pedestrian

The Alameda County Transportation Commission is in the process (Fall 2017 - Fall 2018) of developing a long term vision for the San Pablo Avenue corridor, which carries thousands of people every day along north-south connections throughout the East Bay. They are seeking your input to help them identify short-term projects that will improve the safety and experience of all users, including pedestrians, bicyclists and transit users.

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Since 2004, the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Adminstration (FHWA) Safety Office has been working to aggressively reduce pedestrian deaths by focusing extra resources on the cities and states with the highest pedestrian fatalities and/or fatality rates. Part of this effort has included development of the guide, "How to Develop a Pedestrian Safety Action Plan", which helps state and local officials know where to begin to address pedestrian safety issues. The FHWA just recently revised the guide and has made it available...

As traffic fatalities are up across the board, bicyclist deaths rose 12.2% in 2015, the largest percentage increase of any other roadway user group that year. To address this troubling trend, the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) and State Farm® have partnered on a new report, A Right to the Road:...

To provide an open platform for discussion and aid in identifying potential solutions to improve walkability for ALL, America Walks has launched a new social equity-inspired online discussion series titled: Walking Towards Justice.

Walking Towards Justice is a webinar series that integrates literature into a discussion regarding the intersectionality of mobility, race, class, gender, and politics. The quarterly webinar will include an interactive panel of leading scholars, activists, practitioners, America...