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Women of the Walking Movement: Molly O’ Reilly

“I have tended to be persistent, which is one technique for overcoming that discounting,” says America Walks former Board Member, Molly O’ Reilly. Molly recounts that in the 1990’s women were almost non-existent in the transportation planning field, and that back then, you often had to overcome having your perspective discounted. Molly is a founding … Continue reading Women of the Walking Movement: Molly O’ Reilly →

Women of the Walking Movement: Paulina Baeza

Paulina Baeza is a Transportation Planner for INCOG, Tulsa’s Metropolitan Planning Organization. She says the needs of modern women have often been overlooked when developing cities, and it becomes evident when they are forced to overcome barriers like transportation or the limited availability of uses and services such as daycare facilities, grocery stores, employment hubs, … Continue reading Women of the Walking Movement: Paulina Baeza →

Walking College Fellows Take Their Advocacy to the Big Leagues

The Walking College is a place where walkable community advocates from various professional backgrounds come together to learn from both expert mentors and each other, to build their advocacy dreams into strong action plans. Over the last four years America Walks has graduated about 100 Walking College Fellows from all over the US and is … Continue reading Walking College Fellows Take Their Advocacy to the Big Leagues →

Walking the Road to Zero

This is a guest blog post by Sarah Shaughnessy. Sarah is the Community Health Planner for the Richmond City Health Department and a member of the 2018 Road to Zero cohort. She received a Master’s in Public Health and a Master’s in City and Regional Planning, both from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, … Continue reading Walking the Road to Zero →

Walking College Fellow Discovers How to Connect “All Things Walking”

Pat Jewett is a 2017 graduate of the America Walks Walking College and currently writes a Walking and Hiking blog for GroupWorks. She also is an on-demand People Walker in Portland OR. Pat retired early from OHSU after a 28 career in work with nonhuman primates to focus on walking advocacy. She enjoys walking, relay … Continue reading Walking College Fellow Discovers How to Connect “All Things Walking” →

What’s Next for Walking and Biking in 2019?

We sat down with the leaders of three national active transportation advocacy organizations, America Walks, the League of American Bicyclists, and Safe Routes to School National Partnership, to discuss the current climate of mobility advocacy, opportunities to collaborate, and what comes next. What work is the passion that drives your organizations’ work? The shared vision … Continue reading What’s Next for Walking and Biking in 2019? →

You Gave Me Your Word: How Good City Planning Became Walkability

This is a guest blog post by Jeff Speck, AICP, CNU-A, LEED-AP, Honorary ASLA. Jeff is the founding principal of Speck & Associates and the author of the best-selling Walkable City and, more recently, Walkable City Rules: 101 Step to Making Better Places, just published by Island Press. I never set out to be the “walkability” … Continue reading You Gave Me Your Word: How Good City Planning Became Walkability →

The Return From Walk/Bike/Places 2018: Planning for People First, All People – Our Collective Work is Accessibility

This is a guest blog post by Juliette Rizzo.Juliette Rizzo is the former Ms. Wheelchair America, one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women and a long-time inclusive health and wellness advocate. Juliette is a nationally recognized public speaker and has over two decades of experience designing and producing largescale, highly visible public events. Click here to contact Juliette. Rolling in the tire tracks of some of the great leaders of the … Continue reading The Return From Walk/Bike/Places 2018: Planning for People First, All People – Our Collective Work is Accessibility →

America Walks Attends North Portland Transportation Kick-off Event

America Walks’ Communications and Outreach Specialist Kelsey Card attended the North Portland Transportation Kickoff hosted by the The North Portland Transportation Partnership (NPTP) in Portland, Oregon on September 19th, 2018. After years of growing concerns around transportation, safety, walkability, accessibility, and multi-modal mobility in North Portland, Oregon, active community members took matters into their own … Continue reading America Walks Attends North Portland Transportation Kick-off Event →

America Walks Attends Sustainable Mobility Forum

America Walks’ Program Coordinator Crystal Bowne attended the Transatlantic Dialogue on Sustainable Mobility hosted by the German American Chambers of Commerce (GACC) in Little Rock, Arkansas on September 13, 2018. The forum’s theme was “Walkability as the Blueprint for Smart Cities and Work Environment” and included panelists and speakers from Germany and Central Arkansas. The … Continue reading America Walks Attends Sustainable Mobility Forum →