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Blog Tag: Street Design

Posted on June 25, 2021

How to Design and Create Streets for Maximum Walking and Rolling – Through the Eyes of Kids

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Posted on June 22, 2021

Hacking the Map Apps for Active Transportation: “Less walking” vs. “More walking” as a means of optimized movement and mobility

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Posted on May 21, 2021

Over 25,000 Comments Calling for Safety and Equity Reforms to Once-Obscure Federal Street Manual

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Posted on May 14, 2021

Our Submitted Comments to the Federal Register on the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices

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Posted on May 10, 2021

How the Manual on Uniform Traffic Devices (MUTCD) Puts Communities At Risk Via Dangerous Crosswalks

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Posted on April 29, 2021

Your Amazing Collection of Comments – Demanding a Better Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices

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Posted on April 17, 2021

Sure, Blame the Drivers — But it’s the Street Design At Fault

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Posted on March 29, 2021

How the MUTCD Creates Unsafe Conditions for People Just Trying to Access Food

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Posted on March 25, 2021

Want the Tools to Create a Safe Crosswalk? America Walks is Giving Away Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons

America Walks, through the generosity of Carmanah Technologies, is making available a pair of Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons for the purpose of creating a safe crosswalk to a qualifying community in the states of Texas, Arizona, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Missouri, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, or Arkansas….

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Posted on March 19, 2021

URGENT ACTION ALERT: Demand a better recipe book for safer streets

REGISTER FOR OUR WEBINAR – The ’Notorious’ MUTCD – Why Fixing a Federal Manual is Critical to Safety, Equity and Climate Have you ever approached your city about adding a crosswalk in an important location for pedestrians? If you have, you’ve probably come away frustrated. In the United States, neighborhood…

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Posted on February 24, 2021

The Most Important Pedestrian Safety Document You’ve Never Heard Of

Here at America Walks we’re thrilled about the opportunities with a new administration – from funding sidewalks and transit, to removing urban highways, to better pedestrian safety plans. But there is one Federal Highway Administration document that is particularly critical to getting great local streets – a document you may…

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Posted on February 23, 2021

Stories from the Walking College: Why Evren Sönmez Advocates ‘Streets for People’

In an effort to show you exactly the types of advocates and community leaders that join and graduate from the America Walks Walking College, we’ve produced an in-depth series of stories featuring some of our past Walking College Fellows and the details of the people-first work they’ve gone on to…

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