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<br />Resources & Contacts
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<br />A wealth of resources are available on the Intemet for those
<br />who want to know more about pedestrian facihty design and
<br />planning and 11m\' to make their communities more walJcable
<br />For additional resources, start at:
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<br />National Center For Bicycling & lValking
<br />httpj/www.bikewalk.org
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<br />Pedestrian & Bicycle Information Center
<br />http.//www.walkinginfo.org
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<br />America Walks (Coalition of advocacy groups)
<br />http.//www.americawalks.org
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<br />Creating Walkable Communities: A Guide for Local
<br />Governments. Prepared for the Mid-America Regional
<br />Council (MARC) by the Bicycle Federation of America/NCBW
<br />1998. Some of the materials in this guide are drawn from the
<br />MARC report. You can view the entire lOO-page document,
<br />which contains a good deal more material and detail, on
<br />the NCBW web site at http://wwwbikewalk.org. The guide is
<br />accessed through the Pedestrian navigation link.
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<br />Increasing Physical Activity Through Community
<br />Design: A Guide For Public Health Practitioners.
<br />National Center For Bicycling & Walking (NCBW). May
<br />2002. This popular booklet is also used as a source for some
<br />of the materials in this guide. You can access the full 48-
<br />page guide at the NCBWweb site: http:(/www.bikewalk.org/
<br />PubHealth.htm. You can also request one Or printed copies of
<br />the booklet at that same link.
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<br />Americans support
<br />policies to make
<br />walking safer and
<br />easier but are rarely
<br />given the choice.
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<br />Source: Americans'
<br />Attitudes Toward
<br />Walking and Crealing
<br />Belter Walking
<br />Communities,
<br />April 2003, survey
<br />conducted for
<br />the Surface
<br />7iansportalion Policy
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<br />Good Pedestrian Plans and Design Guidelines
<br />(from the PBIC: www.walkinginfo.org)
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<br />Portland Pedestrian Master Plan. One of the first
<br />comprehensive peelestrian plans for a city; complemented by
<br />a detailed design manual for pedestrian faCilities:
<br />htt p:( /www.trans.ci.portland.or.us(P la05/
<br />P ed estri anMast.er Planl default .htm
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<br />Cambridge Pedestrian Plan. Beautifully produced and
<br />thorough plan incorporating speCific suggestions for sites
<br />throughout the city, design guidelines, links to other modes,
<br />and more. http://wwwci.cambridge.ma.us/-CDDjenvirotrans/
<br />wall<ing/pedplan
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<br />Wisconsin Pedestrian Policy Plan 2020. One of the few
<br />statewide pedestrian plans with a focus on the policies and
<br />programs that will help improve conditions for walking. http:
<br />1 jwww.c1at.wisconsin.gov/projects/state/ped2020.htm
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<br />Additional Resources
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<br />Walk 10 School Day
<br />http://www.wa Iktosch ooJ-usa.org/
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<br />Safe Routes 10 Scllool
<br />http://www.s a f erou testas choals. org
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<br />The Inactivity Epidemic. A 15-20 minute PowerPoint
<br />presentation you can use locally with service clubs, city
<br />councils and other community groups to hIghlight the need
<br />to design communities for active living. Available as a CD-
<br />ROM or as a download from the NCBW.
<br />http://www.bikewalk.org/PubHealth.htm
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<br />86% favor better enforcement of traffic laWs such as
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