The Pedestrian Master Plan Resources

Government and Non-Profit Organizations
Useful How-to Guides
Research on Pedestrian and Street Design Issues
Research on Pedestrian and Public Health Issues
Local Planning Context
Tools
2007 Urban Sustainability Forum

Government and Non-Profit Organizations

Walkinginfo.org - Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center – USDOT-sponsored clearinghouse for information about health and safety, engineering, advocacy, education, and access and mobility. Includes Exemplary Pedestrian Plans

National Center for Bicycling and Walking – This organization helps to create bicycle-friendly and walkable communities across North America. Their next biennial “Pro Bike/ Pro Walk”conference in 2008 is being held in Seattle.

Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington -The MRSC is a non-profit, independent organization whose mission is "working together for excellence in local government through professional consultation, research and information services." This link provides a host of Washington-specific information related to developing pedestrian and bicycle facilities.

Walking in Washington - Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) - safety, recreational and technical information for walking research

FeetFirst - Washington State-based organization supporting the creation of walkable communities

The Seattle Parks Foundation - Bands of Green Report

Active Living by Design – A national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation aimed at increasing physical activity through community design.

Project for Public Spaces - A nonprofit organization dedicated to creating and sustaining public places that build communities.

Walkable Communities, Inc – Florida-based organization dedicated to helping communities of all sizes become more walkable and pedestrian friendly.

Center for Safe Routes to School in Washington State

National Center for Safe Routes to School

Healthy Streets Campaign

Walkable Edmonton

Useful How-to Guides

From the Institute of Transportation Engineers:

• Context Sensitive Solutions in Designing Major Urban Thoroughfares for Walkable Communities, 2006

From U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration:

• How to Develop a Pedestrian Safety Action Plan, February 2006
• Pedestrian Facilities Users Guide – Providing Safety and Mobility, March 2002
• Improving Pedestrian Access to Transit: An Advocacy Handbook, by WalkBoston, 1998 (large file)

From Victoria Transport Policy Institute:

• Pedestrian and Bicycle Planning: A Guide to Best Practices, by Todd Litman et al., April 2006

Research on Pedestrian and Street Design Issues

• Seattle is nation's sixth-best city to walk, says study (12/04/07 Brookings)
  
• Global Age-friendly Cities
  
• Sustainable Urban Street Design and Assessment (2007 Urban Streets Symposium)
  
• Green Alley Handbook (Chicago DOT)
  
• Outdoor Dining Design Guidelines (2006 - Alexandria,VA)
  
• A Review of Pedestrian Safety Research in the U.S. and Abroad (2004 - FHA)
  
• New York City Pedestrian Level of Service Study (2006 - NYC Dept. of Planning)
  
• Shared Surface Street Design Research Project (2006 - Guide Dogs for the Blind Assoc)
  
• Designing Streets for People (2007 - CABE and IHT)
  
• Crosswalk markings and the risk of Pedestrian-motor Vehicle Collisions in Older Pedestrians - Koepsell, T., L. McCloskey., M. Wolf,  A.V. Moudon, D. Buchner, J. Kraus, and M. Patterson . (2002). JAMA , 288, 17, (November 6): 2136-43.](2002 – Journal of the American Medical Association)
  
• Site Design and Pedestrian Travel - Hess, P. M., A. V. Moudon, M.C. Snyder, and K. Stanilov (1999). Transportation Research Record 1674 : 9-19.] (1999 – Transportation Research Record)
  
• Road Diets: Losing Width and Gaining Respect (1999 – Walkable Communities, Inc.)
  
• Mean Streets: How Far Have We Come? (2004 - Report from the Surface Transportation Policy Project)
  
• Public Attitude Survey of Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning - Wilbur Smith Associates, May 2007. This survey focused on Washington State , a similar survey limited to Seattle would have slightly different results.
  

• Winter rain and darkness dangerous for pedestrians (12-04-07)
  
• Active Living by Design Fact Sheets – Summarizes the program’s research on topics such as Designing to Reduce Childhood Obesity and Designing for Active Transportation.
  
• How Land Use and Transportation Systems Impact Public Health - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, by Lawrence Frank and Peter Engelke, December 2000
  
• King County Public Health Walking Maps
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Community Guides – Information on creating or enhancing access to places for physical activity through land use and urban design policies and practices.
  
• New Data for a New Era: Linking Land Use, Transportation, Air Quality and Health in the Atlanta Region, By David Goldbert, et al, 2007 (large file)
  
• Aging Americans: Stranded Without Options - Surface Transportation Policy Project, 2004
  
• Barriers to Developing Walkable Urbanism and Possible Solutions
  The Brookings Institution for King County, 2007
  
• What They Don’t Know Can Kill Them

Local Planning Context

• Bands of Green 2006 - Plan and Report by the Seattle Parks Foundation
  
• Open Space Seattle 2100 Report - A public discourse and planning process to engage citizens in collaborative visioning of Seattle 's future open space network.
  
• Reclaiming Streets for the People: Squire Park Project – Citizen-led pedestrian planning project in the Squire Park neighborhood.
  
• Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board Recommendations for Pedestrian Plan Scope, 2006
  

Tools

Walk Score - Find out how walkable your neighborhood is!

2007 Urban Sustainability Forum

2007 Safe and Walkable Communities By Design - Prof. Anne Vernez Moudon