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Accomplishments

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Our Accomplishments

We’re recognized locally and nationally for our efforts to improve conditions for pedestrians. Take a look at some of our accomplishments over the years:  

Neighborhoods

  • We have actively participated in the creation of many of Seattle's neighborhood plans, including Beacon Hill and Southeast Seattle.
  • We have led numerous walking audits to help communities to identify assets and barriers to walking, including issues with transit access, traffic signal timing and signage, lighting, crosswalk conditions and visibility and other safety issues.  These audits have helped to secure funding for communities. Take a look at our work with the Lummi Reservation.
  • We lead quarterly Walk & Talks with community leaders  to discuss issues affecting walking.
  • We support a Neighborhood Walking Ambassador program to encourage individuals to lead walks in their neighborhood and share tools and resources with their community to make their area more walkable. 
  • We work with community members to publish our Neighborhoods on Foot mapping series.

Schools

  • We have participated in Safe Routes to School training across the state, including Seattle, Spokane, Moses Lake and Wenatchee, to educate a wide variety of stakeholders about good practices for walking and bicycling to school. 
  • Our project at TT Minor Elementary that is a part of the Active Seattle project won the "Innovative School Project" award at the May 2006 annual grantee meeting in Denver, CO. 
  • We received the Washington Traffic Safety Commission’s Safety Superstar award in 2006 to honor our work in establishing the Walking School Bus project. We launched the Walking School Bus project at Gatzert Elementary School in Seattle's Central Area as a result of a WSDOT 2004 Safe Routes to School grant to the Seattle School District.

Community Outreach & Education

  • We launched “Footprints,” the area's first dedicated pedestrian monthly newsletter.
  • We have built relationships and worked with a diverse range of organizations and government agencies, including: The Bicycle Alliance of Washington, Cascade Bicycle Club, Transportation Choices Coalition, City of Seattle, King County Department of Transportation, Harborview, University of Washington, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle-King County Public Health and Washington State Department of Transportation.
  • We have organized a variety of events to build enthusiasm for walkability. In 2003, we collaborated with Seattle city officials and other non-profits to launch Pedestrian Summer, which included a series of public events and promotions to celebrate walking and public places, and to promote driver awareness. We continue to facilitate the PARK(ing) Day event.  
  • We have sponsored regular public events that bring speakers to Washington and stimulate public discussions on transportation issues among citizens, professionals, and elected officials. Check our calendar for more information.

Advocacy & Policy

  • We have provided detailed comments for many major pedestrian issues, such as the Seattle Pedestrian Master Plan, Puget Sound Regional Council's Transportation 2040 Plan, Seattle Strategic Transportation Plan, and the Sound Transit scoping process for locations of both the Light Rail and Commuter Rail Stations.
  • We helped achieve a successful extension of the Burke-Gilman trail to Golden Gardens Park in Seattle and continue to advocate for various other trail improvements.
  • We have testified at countless public hearings involving pedestrian and broader transportation issues. Topics include both Complete Streets and Safe Routes to School legislation at the state level, Seattle Pedestrian Master Plan, Burke-Gilman Trail extension,  Sound Transit scoping process, the Seattle Strategic Transportation Plan, proposed pedestrian bridges, the Madison Park/Montlake pedestrian trail, City of Seattle annual budget, the Seattle Commons project, and Seattle Monorail.

Active Living and Health

  • In 2005, we were selected as one of 25 grant recipients from a field of 966 applicants in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation "Active Living by Design" grant competition.
  • We have participated in forums on health and obesity around the region.

Innovation

  • We produced a “Guide to Walking Meetings,” a booklet that describes a meeting technique that allows its participants to get out of the conference room and fit in some physical activity.
  • We invented the Pocket Pedestrian Flag in 2003. These brightly colored flags found in “pockets” at certain street crossings give pedestrians another tool in reminding motorists to give them the right of way. 
  • We developed the first Go Cart project addressing the barrier to walk to the grocery store instead of driving. This project handed out 80 carts to a targeted neighborhood through innovative social marketing campaign. 
  • We developed a “train the trainer” guide to Neighborhood Walking Ambassador program. We train ambassadors twice a year.
  • We developed the first Mobile Pedestrian Safety Curriculum.
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