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• Advocacy
• Step 1. Assess Your Organization and Network of Supporters
• Step 2. Define the Issue
• Step 3. Set (Campaign) Goals
• Step 4. Assess Your Resources and Opportunities
• Step 5. Target Decision-Makers and Create a Champion
• Step 6. Communicate
• Step 7. Set Tactics and Timelines
• Step 8. Manage Resources

• Policy
• Establish an Executive Directive
• Establish an Advisory Council or Safety Task Force—or Both
• Prioritize Pedestrians in Street User Hierarchy
• Develop a Pedestrian Master Plan
• Use Measurable Performance Indicators in Pedestrian Policies
• Incorporate PROWAG into Pedestrian Policies
• Adopt a Complete Streets Policy
• Assess Pedestrian Projects, Plans or Policies with Health Impact Assessment

• Land Use
• Support Street Life with Mixed-Use, Form-Based Zoning
• Manage Parking to Promote Walking
• Add Street-Connectivity Minimums into Subdivision Ordinances
• Retrofit Street, Walking, and Bicycle Connections into Existing Suburbs
• Create Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)
• Provide LOS Exemptions for Pedestrian, Transit, and Bicycling Infrastructure Improvements
• Diversify Suburban Land Use Regulations
• Transform Underutilized Malls into Walkable Destinations
• Encourage Temporary Uses in Vacant Buildings and Sites
• Permit Park(ing) Day Every Day

• Design & Engineering
• Adopt Context-Sensitive Street Design Guidelines
• Adopt Accessible & Attractive Streetscape Design Guidelines
• Narrow or Reduce Travel Lanes
• Build a Comprehensive Sidewalk Network
• Integrate Transit, Walking, and Cycling into Projects
• Create Slow Zones
• Turn Underutilized Asphalt into Grass and Other Uses
• Build Pedestrian and Cyclist Bridges
• Redesign Arterial Streets for Pedestrians
• Collect Pedestrian Data
• Integrate Pedestrian LOS Criteria into Traffic Analyses
• Analyze Person Delay Instead of Vehicle Delay
• Daylighting
• Raised Crosswalks
• Pedestrian Crossing Islands
• Offset Crosswalks
• High-Visibility Crosswalks
• Pedestrian-Detecting Traffic Signals
• Rectangular Rapid-Flashing Beacons
• Pedestrian Hybrid or HAWK Beacon
• Advance Stop Lines
• In-Road Pedestrian Signs
• Leading Pedestrian Interval
• Accessible Pedestrian Signals
• Ban Right Turns on Red
• Split Phasing
• Pedestrian Scramble or Barnes Dance

• Encouragement & Education
• Create a SmartTrips Program
• Establish Walking Meetings at Work
• Use Walk Score to Your Advantage
• Seek Recognition
• Create a Pedestrian Wayfinding System
• Demonstrate Street Improvements
• Create Open Streets
• Create Play Streets
• Activate Streetscapes through Temporary Uses of Vacant Buildings and Sites
• Promote Park(ing) Day
• Start Up Jane’s Walks
• Use Apps to Encourage Walking
• Expand Driver’s Education into Mobility Education
• Create a Safe Routes to Schools Program
• Create a Safe Routes to Transit Program
• Create a Safe Routes for Seniors Program

• Enforcement
• Train Law-Enforcement Officers in Pedestrian Laws and Safety
• Pass a Vulnerable-Users Statute
• Provide Training Instead of Fines
• Install Red-Light Cameras and Speed Cameras
• Strengthen Street-Crossing Ordinances
• Install Pedestrian-Traffic Managers at Problematic Intersections
• Organize Pedestrian Safety-Enforcement Operations