Posts Tagged ‘pedestrian’
America Walks Promotes Walkable Communities
Comments OffOne of America Walks’s major initiatives – Week Without Driving (WWD) – set a straightforward yet profound goal: encourage decision makers to forego the use of their cars for one week and experience their community as nondrivers. Inspired and supported by the work of Disability Rights Washington in Washington state, America Walks brought the Week Without Driving to a nationwide audience.
A Closer Look at Community Accessibility: Arlington County’s Walk-and-Talk
Comments OffNADTC thanks Pamela Van Hine of Arlington County, Virginia, for this interview. Pamela participated in NADTC’s 2018 Accessible Pedestrian Pathways mini-course and used ideas from the course for a September walkability audit conducted by the county’s Disability Advisory Commission (DAC) and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (PAC). Background On September 22, 2018, the Arlington County Disability Advisory…