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• Signalized Intersection Enhancements That Benefit Pedestrians Report - Our partners, Fehr & Peers, prepared this report for America Walks to educate decision makers, planners, engineers, and citizens on signalized intersection enhancements that can improve pedestrian safety and convenience.
• Federal Walking Policy Platform - In October, the America Walks Board of Directors adopted our Federal Walking Policy Platform, the first-ever national walking policy guide to advocacy and action.
• America Walks Strategic Plan for 2011-2013

news + updates

• February 8, 2012New Report Ranks Cities and States on Walking and BikingHow do your city and state rank when it comes to biking and walking? Find out in Bicycling and Walking in the United States: 2012 Benchmarking Report, a report just released from the Alliance for Biking and Walking. This is a compilation of data on walking and biking from all 50 states and the 51 largest U.S. cities, including compelling information on walking and biking levels and demographics; bicycle and pedestrian safety; funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects; economic impact; public health indicators and more.
• February 3, 2012Amendment to Preserve Dedicated Funding for Walk/Bike Voted Down!

  We're down, but not out! Stay tuned for our follow-up strategy to save walking and biking. Yesterday, the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted down (27 to 29) an amendment to preserve dedicated funding for walking and biking in the proposed transportation bill.  Find out more about the transportation bill and why it's bad for walking and biking.

• February 1, 2012House Bill Reverses Decades of Progress on Walking/Biking

  Take action NOW! If your US Representative is on the Transportation Committee, tell them to preserve walking and biking. The House released its transportation bill, the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act. We expected the bill to be bad news for walking and biking. But we didn't think it would go so far as to reverse all progress pedestrian and bicycle advocates have made over the past 20 years.

• January 30, 2012California AG Sues Over San Diego's Transportation FutureThe San Diego Association of Governments was the first regional agency to have to comply with a new state law requiring its transportation plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next 25 years. The governor's office and state Attorney General Kamala Harris said the plan didn't go far enough to get San Diego drivers off the road and into buses, trolleys or bike lanes. Read full voiceofsandiego.org article. 
• January 30, 2012Cutting-Edge Planning and Pedestrian Safety Report IssuedFehr & Peers Transportation Consultants and America Walks have partnered to produce a new report to educate urban planners and U.S. citizens about signalized intersection enhancements that can improve pedestrian safety and convenience: Signalized Intersection Enhancements that Benefit Pedestrians. Read press release.

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