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Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety - Share Va Roads
Consider performing a walk audit. Walk Audits represent a tool that anyone can do to evaluate and document specific areas of a community. This brief video offers an overview. Created with America Walks, the video is part of the Share VA Road campaign, funded by Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles Highway Safety Grant.
Summit covered tools, and strategies, and new multi-agency initiatives to increase walking safety in Virginia. This second annual summit highlighted resources and public health approaches and the benefits of livable communities and safer walking for all communities in this online summit. The pandemic has brought to light the need for safe walking. This summit continued to teach walkability leadership skills and move the region towards zero traffic deaths. The last portion of the summit consisted of interactive sessions to develop recommendations related to next steps and greater community engagement.
Presentations from America Walks, local staff, Virginia DOT, Virginia Department of Health, local programs, and DMV offered tools and initiatives that improve walking and reduce crashes. The summit was developed by Northern Virginia Regional Commission’s Share Va Roads with support from America Walks, and funded by a federal highway safety grant from Virginia DMV.
NVRC, state and local staff, and safety advocates developed a pocket guide for pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists. The seventh edition of the pocket guide,"Share VA Road" is in print and available in English and Spanish. NVRC has a website associated with the guide, www.sharevaroads.org as well as Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook campaigns @sharevaroads . To order bulk numbers of the guide (in excess of 350 copies) at a discounted rate or for more information please contact by email.