Funding Community-Based

Walkability Efforts

Walk Institute

• Why Walking and Walkability? The Latest Info to Make

the Case - this morning

• Core Principles of Walkable Places and Lessons

Learned in Fostering Them

• Creating Programs that Get People Walking - WED

AM

• Working within the System to Create Active Streets -

WED 11:45AM

• Talk with Walking/Walkability Experts - WED 3PM

• Funding Community-Based Walkability Efforts - WED

4:15PM

Making the Case

Partnerships

Bigger is Usually Better…

The street is the river of life of the city, the place where we come together, the

pathway to the center.

William H. Whyte

SRTS, CMAQ, STP, TAP (state and

regional), SHSP/HSIP (Fair Share)

Policies, plans - Bike/ped, complete streets, comp, capital, other?

School bond Transportation sales tax (S.F. Prop K, Alameda Measure B), SID’s, sidewalk repair program

- School/pupil transportation dept - Combine walking with large road projects - Non-traditional sources: health, crime prevention, economic development,

State funds:

• HI SRTS

• WA/AZ/HI school

zones

• WA/CA SRTS

funds

• CA active trans

• Hospitals,

medical

foundations

• Insurers (Blue Cross, KP,

Humana)

• Universities (funding, research

and volunteers)

Corporate:

FedEx

Nike

Starbucks

Non-Profit

YMCA

AHA

NAR

SafeKids

Livability Fact Sheets:

1. Sidewalks

2. Bicycling

3. Economic Development

4. Street Trees

5. Road Diets

6. Traffic Calming

7. Form-Based Code

8. Parking

9. Modern Roundabouts

10. Density

11. Revitalization without

Displacement

Robert Ping Technical Assistance Program Manager

Walkable and Livable Communities Institute

Stefanie Seskin Deputy Director of the National Complete

Streets Coalition at Smart Growth America

Matt Tomasulo Founder and Chief Instigator behind Walk

[Your City]

Robert Ping

Walkable and Livable Communities Institute

www.walklive.org

robert@walklive.org

503.289.0441

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