1 ::  Introduction 2 ::  The Six MPO's 3 :: Caltrain Service 4 :: What are Walking       Audits? 5 :: Why MPO's are       Involved 6 :: What Makes for a       Good Walking Audit 7 :: What Makes a       Community Walkable 8 :: What Happens Next?   Solutions and Dissolution: Designing for the Visually Impaired   Living Longer, Walking Stronger: The Design Needs of Senior Pedestrians   Car Culture: How America Got Hooked By Little Bugs and Monster Trucks

By Andy Clarke (with apologies to United Airlines) page 1   Instructor Dan Burden describes the detail of Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz, to the staff Imagine you are driving to work one day and drivers actually wave you safely into traffic instead of trying to block you out; where you greet your fellow commuters with a friendly nod of recognition and idle chatter about current events instead of giving them the finger; and a stranger remonstrates with others to let you onto the already packed highway. Sound too good to be true? Well, it happens every morning in the bicycle cars of the Caltrain service between San Jose and San Francisco. I was in the Silicon Valley for a training course for the staff of six Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) selected to implement a series of eight Walkability Audits in their local communities. Sponsored by the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center and managed by Walkable Communities Inc., the grant program is jump-starting Walkability Audits (an evolution of the Pedestrian Roadshow pioneered by the Federal Highway Administration and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) in MPOs. ......................................................................... next page, The Six MPO's >> © Copyright 2001  Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center     search  |  map  |  contact  |  links  |  about the center