Community Examples and Case Studies

document Green Ribbon Month, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Community groups, schools, and government agencies cooperate on a "Green Ribbon" public awareness campaign to successfully improve pedestrian safety at school zone intersections. ...more >
document Walk Oakland! Map and Guide, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Walk Oakland! promotes walking and bicycling through a map that includes walking and bicycle routes, pedestrian and bicycle safety tips, and community information. ...more >
document Saranac Lake River Walk, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Pedestrian and environmentally friendly riverwalk in Saranac Lake transforms downtown river into a community asset. ...more >
document Serene Way Sidewalk Project, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Porous concrete used to construct a needed walkway in Snohomish County inside existing road right-of-way without requiring storm water detention facilities. ...more >
document Sidewalk Construction Program, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Citizens groups coordinate with government agencies in Alameda County to fund and construct new sidewalks in high need areas. ...more >
document Charlotte's South Corridor, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Charlotte adopts station area planning principles to ensure that areas surrounding all new light rail stations provide adequate pedestrian amenities and accessibility to transit. ...more >
document Citizen's Accessibility Evaluation Tool, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Hillsborough County MPO develops a pedestrian accessibility evaluation tool to identify problem areas in a specific high-volume corridor. ...more >
document Technical Assistance for Small Cities and Rural Communities, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Rural region of Georgia forms a pedestrian and bicycle task force to ensure adequate education, planning, and implementation of nonmotorized projects. ...more >
document Walk Wise, Drive Smart, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Safety concerns for senior pedestrians led to the beginning of Walk Wise, Drive Smart, a program in Hendersonville, North Carolina that specifically caters to the needs of older pedestrians. ...more >
document Pedestrian Safety Initiative, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Local businessman works with local governments to improve pedestrian areas around bus stops in an area with a significant Hispanic population. ...more >
document Sunday Parkways Programs, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Bogotá, Columbia gets people moving by shutting streets down to automobile traffic. ...more >
document Crosswalk Flags and the Adopt-a-Crosswalk Program, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Motorists' inability to see pedestrians crossing at various road and crosswalk types created an unsafe environment for pedestrians. ...more >
document Creating Walkable Communities, Partnership Campaign, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Nonprofit in Upstate South Carolina helps educate local officials, professions, and the general public on pedestrian issues through expert presentations. ...more >
document Main Street Project, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
University professor who is also a local citizen, fosters a community main street project in Trumansburg to recapture the pedestrian-friendly environment of the downtown area. ...more >
document Anthem Park Development, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Vancouver Housing Authority redevelops abandoned high school to connect senior community with Main Street through pedestrian-friendly measures. ...more >
document Overcoming Opposition to Sidewalk Construction, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
A Safe Routes to School committee used neighborhood relationships and informational flyers to build support for the construction of a sidwalk near a local school. ...more >
document Mayor's Committee on the Built Environment, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Louisville Mayor initiates improvement to the pedestrian environment through a health program, a committee on the built environment, a bike summit, and an upcoming pedestrian summit. ...more >
document State and Regional Agencies Work with Community Members in Charleston, National Cooperative Highway Research Program Report on Transportation and Health
A partnership for health in Charleston, South Carolina, uses a citizen survey to help determine and ensure preferred allocation of transportation funds to pedestrian and bicycle facilities. ...more >
document Community Involvement During the Planning Process, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Community and advocacy groups in Norfolk engage local residents to determine high priority pedestrian and bicycle issues on a major commercial corridor. ...more >
document Get Active Orlando, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Orlando uses a "get active" campaign funded through Active Living by Design to encourage walking and bicycling in its downtown. ...more >
document Corridor Traffic Calming, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Community members initiate a negotiation process with local officials to decrease speeding in their neighborhoods and improve the pedestrian environment. ...more >
document Keep Kids Alive, Drive 25, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Targeted public awareness campaign in Omaha results in significant vehicle speed reductions on neighborhood streets. ...more >