Livability Library: Walkability

ALSO SEE THE PAGE: Getting Around: Walking - Coming Soon!

FREE PUBLICATION AND WORKSHEETS

• AARP Walk Audit Tool Kit and Worksheets

• Kit de Herramientas para Auditorias Peatonales de AARP 

 

INSPIRING IDEAS

• State Walking Colleges Create Walkability Leaders (2022)

• Welcome to the 20-Minute Village (2017)

• Making Communities More Livable for People With Vision or Hearing Impairments (2016)

• Old and New Challenges for People With Vision or Hearing Impairments (2016)

• Living a Car-Free Life (2016)

• Why Older Adults Should Give Up Their Cars (2016)

• How to Go Car-Free (or Car-Lite) (2016)

• Vision Zero Looks to Make Streets Safer (2015)

• 11 Vision Zero Solutions (2015)

• 11 Ways Public Transit, Bicycling and Walking are Leading Us to a Brighter Future (2015)

• 13 Smart Solutions for a More Walkable America (2014)

 

EXPERT INSIGHTS

• Jeff Speck: Why Walkable Communities Are the Best Communities for Older Adults (2018)

• Gil Penalosa, founder of 8 80 Cities: Keynote Address (2016)

• Leah Shahum: 5 Questions About Vision Zero (2016)

• Why Walking is Going Places (2015)

• U.S. Surgeon General Rx: More Walking, More Walkable Places (2015)

 

LOCAL EFFORTS

• A Walking Path Connects a Community in Salt Lake City, Utah (2022)

• How to Get a Pedestrian Island Installed (2018)

• How to Organize a Ciclovia or Open Streets Event (2015)

• How to Get a Traffic Light Installed (2014)

 

RESEARCH, REPORTS AND SLIDESHOWS

• Dangerous By Design v. Safer By Design (2021)

• Dangerous by Design Report (2019)

• Dangerous By Design Report (2016)

• Bicycling and Walking in the United States: Benchmark Report (2014)

• Livability Fact Sheet: Sidewalks (2014)

• Dangerous by Design Report (2014)

• Slideshow: Dangerously Incomplete Streets (2014)

 

VIDEOS

• Cities that Work for All Ages with Gil Penalosa (2021)

• Creating Colorful Crosswalks in Charleston, S.C. (2018)

• Safer Sidewalks for Walking in Memphis (2018)

• Improving Safety on a Residential Roadway (2017)