Walkboston Inc

Technical assistance:technical assistance - walkmassachusetts provides mission-based walkability and advocacy consulting based on our over 30-year history of making places more walkable across the commonwealth. Our technical expertise and dedication to walkability that is rooted in the neighborhoods we serve galvanizes support and empowers people to advocate for safer, healthier, and more enjoyable streets. That said, we know that pedestrian safety means different things to different people depending on their age, gender, race, ethnicity, ability or experience. Our approach draws on the expertise and desires of residents, community-based organizations and municipal staff. We provide a wide variety of presentations and trainings, and facilitate discussions that are designed to engage people about walking, and the sidewalk and road design elements that affect the safety and quality of the walking environment.we also conduct multi-session training programs with resident groups and youth, where participants identify areas within their own communities that need walkability improvements, develop proposals for change, and present their ideas to local elected officials and other decision-making bodies. These programs encourage civic engagement and empower community members to make change in their neighborhoods.

Walking policy and design:statewide project and policy review - our project reviews help ensure that transportation and development projects provide safe and connected pedestrian environments. We pay close attention to significant massdot roadway projects and large private development projects. In boston, we have been an active i-90 interchange project task force member for the past several years, working to broaden the scope of the transportation project to embrace the idea of improved, connected parkland along the banks of the charles river. We advocate for policies and guidelines to improve walking. Our voice for walking is strengthened by working with other mobility, environmental and public health organizations. We understand that housing, climate resiliency and public health policies all contribute to fostering neighborhoods where people can walk and feel a sense of belonging. Through membership in multiple issue-based coalitions, we have broadened our impact beyond transportation-specific policies to others that contribute to healthy, stable neighborhoods and seek mobility justice.age-friendly walking - walkmassachusetts is working to implement local policy and built environment changes that advance safe, comfortable and accessible walking for seniors in several massachusetts communities, with a focus on high-need gateway cities and rural areas. We collaborate with the massachusetts healthy aging collaborative and other leaders across the state to promote walking and walkability as core elements of the age- and dementia-friendly communities movement.