Title: Funding Community-Based Walkability Efforts Track: Walking Institute Format: 60 minute panel Abstract: How do you pay for a community-based walkability and walking movement? Panelists will explore established and emerging ways to fund walking infrastructure and campaigns, from grants to crowdfunding to municipal measures. Presenters: Presenter: Robert Ping Walkable and Livable Communities Institute Co-Presenter: Stefanie Seskin Smart Growth America Co-Presenter: Matt Tomasulo Walk [Your City]

1. Funding Community-Based
Walkability Efforts

2. Walk Institute
•Why Walking and Walkability? The Latest Info to Make the Case - this morning
•Core Principles of Walkable Places and Lessons Learned in Fostering Them
•Creating Programs that Get People Walking - WED AM
•Working within the System to Create Active Streets - WED 11:45AM
•Talk with Walking/Walkability Experts - WED 3PM
•Funding Community-Based Walkability Efforts - WED 4:15PM

3. Making the Case

4. Partnerships

5. Bigger is Usually Better…

6. The street is the river of life of the city, the place where we come together, the pathway to the center.
William H. Whyte
SRTS, CMAQ, STP, TAP (state and regional), SHSP/HSIP (Fair Share)

7. Policies, plans - Bike/ped, complete streets, comp, capital, other?

8. School bond Transportation sales tax (S.F. Prop K, Alameda Measure B), SID’s, sidewalk repair program

9. - School/pupil transportation dept - Combine walking with large road projects - Non-traditional sources: health, crime prevention, economic development,

10. State funds:
•HI SRTS
•WA/AZ/HI school zones
•WA/CA SRTS funds
•CA active trans

11. •Hospitals, medical foundations
•Insurers (Blue Cross, KP, Humana)
•Universities (funding, research and volunteers)

12. Corporate: FedEx Nike Starbucks Non-Profit YMCA AHA NAR SafeKids

13. Livability Fact Sheets:
1.Sidewalks
2.Bicycling
3.Economic Development
4.Street Trees
5.Road Diets
6.Traffic Calming
7.Form-Based Code
8.Parking
9.Modern Roundabouts
10.Density
11.Revitalization without Displacement

15. Robert Ping
Technical Assistance Program Manager
Walkable and Livable Communities Institute
Stefanie Seskin
Deputy Director of the National Complete Streets Coalition at Smart Growth America
Matt Tomasulo
Founder and Chief Instigator behind Walk [Your City]

16. Robert Ping
Walkable and Livable
Communities Institute
www.walklive.org
robert@walklive.org
503.289.0441

17. Your 3 Minute Topic: