Americans Want to Walk More

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Americans Want to Walk More
A national poll shows that Americans want to walk
more and support investments in making walking
safer and easier
Poll conducted by Belden, Rusonello and Stewart
for the Surface Transportation Policy Project.
800 adults 18 and over were contacted by
telephone in October 2002 the sampling error is
3.5 percentage points.
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Americans Want to Walk Safely
want to walk more, rather than drive, to get
around or for exercise favor more funding to
make walking safer even with a constrained
federal budget support traffic calming measures
to reduce traffic speeds in residential areas
55
68
84
3
Americans Want Safe Routes To School
of adults walked to school as kids of kids walk
to school today support increased funding to
create safe routes for kids to walk to school
71
18
74
4
Americans Want New Solutions
The majority of Americans say better public
transit and more walkable communities are the
best long term solutions to traffic congestion
Q What is the best long term solution to traffic
congestion?
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Encourage Walking in America

• Recommendations
• Increase federal funding for pedestrian safety
  and infrastructure projects
• Require consideration of pedestrian and bicycle
  accessibility and safety in road design
• Direct federal funds to local governments which
  are most aware of pedestrian needs
• Develop a Safe Routes to School Program