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The North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco. Source: Solyanka, Flickr San Francisco: Improving by Policy
Ten Toe Express Walk. Courtesy of Portland Bureau of Transportation Portland: SmartTrips
The Legible London wayfinding program aimed to increase walking trips and help relieve congestion on the city’s transit system and roads. Source: Rob Brewer, flickr London: Legible London Wayfinding
A temporary buffered bike lane next to pop up retail at the first Better Block demonstration in Dallas, TX. Source: Jason Roberts, Better Block Dallas: Better Block Demos
78th Street Play Street, Queens, NY. Source: The Jackson Heights Green Alliance, jhgreen.org New York: Play Streets
Sidewalk art from This Side of Paradise, a 2012 temporary exhibition in the Grand Concourse, the Bronx, New York, NY. Source: No Longer Empty New York: Pop-Up Galleries
Program elements of the Every Body Walk! app. Source: Every Body Walk! Nationwide: Walking Apps
Excerpt of a Mobility Education Foundation promotional brochure. Source: Mobility Education Foundation Federal Way: Mobility Education
A walking-school-bus initiative in Chicago, IL. Source: Chicago Department of Transportation Eagan: Safe Routes to School
After: 86th Street and Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, NY. Source: New York City Department of Transportation New York: Safe Routes to Transit
Crossing 72nd Street, New York, NY. Source: Ed Yourdon, Flickr New York: Safe Routes for Seniors
A walking meeting at the Kaiser Permanente Executive Leadership Summit in Ellwood, CA. Source: Dr. Ted Eytan, Flickr Washington, DC: Walking Meetings
Walk Score assesses neighborhoods in terms of amenities within walking, cycling, and transit distances. Source: Walk Score, walkscore.com Phoenix: Walk Score
Wisconsin DOT and the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin created 10-minute training sessions about pedestrian and bicycle laws and crash-prevention tactics for law-enforcement officers. Source: Pedestrian Safety for Law Enforcement, WisDOT Wisconsin: Train Officers
Cycling between vehicular travel lanes on an Oregon road. Source: Oregon DOT Oregon: Vulnerable Users Statute
Mike Morrison from Trauma Nurses Talk Tough. in Portland, OR. Source: Jonathan Maus, Bike Portland Portland: Training Instead of Fines
Governor John Kitzhaber of Oregon signing the street-crossing bill into law August 24, 2011. Source: Ray Thomas, Swanson, Thomas & Coon Oregon: Strengthen Crossing Ordinances
Pedestrian-traffic managers on the streets of New York, NY. Source: Sam Schwartz Engineering New York: Pedestrian Managers
Police departments across the country, including the Georgia State University police, pictured, perform pedestrian safety operations to educate and encourage drivers to yield to pedestrians. Source: PEDS.ORG Las Vegas: Pedestrian Safety Operations
Automated pedestrian sensors for adapting signal timing for pedestrians, Bristol, U.K. Source: Federal Highway Administration, United States Department of Transportation UK: Pedestrian-Detecting Signals
Bus passengers in New York, NY. Source: Noah Kazis, Streetsblog New York, streetsblog.org New York: Analyze Person Delay
Crowded sidewalks in Seattle, WA. Source: Brian Teutsch, Flickr Kansas City: Pedestrian Criteria
A typical sidewalk in San Francisco, CA. Source: Taylor Hand, Flickr San Francisco: Data Collection
A rendering of a Kingston Road revisioning in Toronto, ON. Redesign elements include pocket parks, crosswalks, occupiable medians, and temporary parking lot activities. Source: Chris Hardwicke, Sweeny Sterling Finlayson &Co Toronto: Arterial Street Redesigns
Pedestrian plaza filled with sculptures by Eleanora Kupencow in DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY. Source: New York City Department of Transportation New York: Pedestrian Plazas
Mayor Michael Bloomberg announcing the city's expanded Slow Zones program. Source: New York City Department of Transportation New York: Slow Zones
Select Bus Service on First and Second Avenues in New York, NY. Source: Noah Kazis, Streetsblog New York, streetsblog.org New York: Planning for Multiple Modes
Seattle DOT's Sidewalk Development Program connects sidewalk gaps, as exemplified by this project on 39th Avenue South. Source: Seattle DOT Seattle: Sidewalk Network Analysis
A rendering of the Manayank Bridge Path project, to be funded by the Pennsylvania Community Transportation Initiative, which supports Smart Transportation goals. Source: John Boyle, Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia PA & NJ: Context-Sensitive Design
Mayor Gavin Newsom at the 2010 opening of Cafe Mojo Parklet in San Francisco, CA. Source: SFCitizen.com San Francisco: Parklet Program
The former R.L. Christian Library transformed into a "Temporium" in Washington, DC. Source: Daquella Manera, Flickr Washington, DC: Temporary Urbanism Program
Tysons Corner, VA, 2010. Source: La Citta Vita, Flickr Tysons Corner: Malls into Walkable Destinations
Laneway homes in Vancouver, BC, replace traditional garages and face onto an alleyway. Source: Michael Geller Vancouver: EcoDensity
Striped parking lanes and pedestrians signs help create multimodal streets in San José, CA. Source: Richard Masoner / Cyclelicious, Flickr San Jose: LOS Exemptions for Walking
Clarendon Metro station, Arlington, VA. Source: Joe Loong, Flickr Arlington: Transit-Oriented Development
Drivers created an informal dirt path between Lawing School Rd and Northwoods Forest Dr until Charlotte DOT constructed the street connection. Source: Charlotte DOT, vc.charmeck.org Charlotte: Retrofit Street Connectivity
Cary Design Guidelines illustrating how developments should provide multiple route choices. Source: Town of Cary, NC Cary: Subdivision Ordinances
Updated parking signs on Seattle streets. Photo credit: SDOT Seattle: Parking Management
An example of form-based code specifications for residential streets. Source: City of Dallas Article XIII Form Districts Standish: Form-Based Codes
Clark County's health impact assessment of its Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan mapped socioeconomic status, obesity, and walkability by block group to determine areas of greatest need. Source: Clark County, WA Washington: Health Impact Assessments
Accommodating multiple modes on 15th Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN. Source: Michael Hicks, Flickr Minnesota: Complete Streets
Minnesota: Integrating Accessibility Minnesota: Integrating Accessibility
Seattle's performance measures help guide walking infrastructure investments, like this sidewalk improvement project along Stone Avenue North. Source: SDOT Seattle: Performance Measures
16th Street Mall, Denver. Source: Tracie7779, Flickr Denver: Pedestrian Master Plan
A 20 mph zone in Chapel Allerton, Leeds, U.K. Source: Richard Thomson France: Prioritize Pedestrians
Sustainable Streets in Chicagoland Workshop. Source: Center for Neighborhood Technology, Flickr Chicago: Pedestrian Advisory Council
San Francisco. Source: Chris Streeter, Flickr San Francisco: Executive Directive