Related Links

NOTE: The most comprehensive set of links to pedestrian sites on the internet can be found at www.pedestrian.org/links/ .

Reports:

• San Francisco Department of Parking & TrafficPedestrian Fatality Report for 1998

• SkiBu's Pedestrian Safety Statistics

• SkiBu's San Francisco Statistics

Bay Area Advocacy Groups:

• BayPeds
  Every journey begins with a single step. Includes the Bay Area Pedestrian Collision Map, 1995-1997.

• PedSafe
  The organization associated with those compelling stencils on the street representing pedestrians that have been killed by automobiles. Site includes accident summaries from when pedestrians were killed in San Francisco.

• Walk San Jose
  A new public advocacy organization dedicated to making San Jose a better and safer place to walk.
  

• WalkSacramento
  Dedicated to achieving safe, walkable communities- for personal health and recreation, for livable neighborhoods, for traffic safety, and for clean air.

• California Walks
  California Walks is a coalition of nonprofit pedestrian advocacy groups promoting walkable communities for all people throughout California.

• RIDES
  A private, nonprofit organization dedicated to helping commuters in the nine-county Bay Area use alternatives to driving alone.

• Traffic Safety Center (UC Berkeley)
  The mission of the UCB Traffic Safety Center (TSC) is to reduce fatalities and injuries resulting from motor vehicle crashes in the State of California. The TSC is a multi- disciplinary venture led by the Institute of Transportation Studies and the School of Public Health.
  

National Advocacy Groups:

• Perils for Pedestrians
  Advocates and government planners about problems such as missing sidewalks and crosswalks, dangerous intersections, speeding traffic, and obstacles to wheelchair users and people with disabilities. Perils For Pedestrians appears on public access cable stations in many cities across the United States.

• Partnership for a Walkable America
  A a new alliance of public and private organizations, and individuals who are committed to promoting the changes needed to make America more walkable.

• America Walks
  A national coalition of walking advocacy groups dedicated to promoting livable communities where people walk because it's a real choice.

• Biycling and Walking Internet Resource Center
  The electronic information center for bicycle and pedestrian advocacy and policy.

• Rails to Trails
  Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is a 13-year-old nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching America's communities and countryside by creating a nationwide network of public trails from former rail lines and connecting corridors.
  

Local Advocacy Groups from Other Areas:

• Right of Way also known as Cars Suck
  A group from New York pedestrians, cyclists, and skaters fighting back against car violence.

• Transportation Alternatives
  A member-supported New York City-area citizens’ group working for better bicycling, walking and public transit, and fewer cars.

• TIME'S UP!
  An environmental organization based in New York City. Among other actions and activities, TIME'S UP! sponsors a number of free bicycle and skate rides.

• Walk San Diego
  Pedestrian advocacy group for San Diego.

• Walk Boston
  Pedestrian advocacy group for Boston.
  

• City Streets
  Pedestrian advocacy group for New York City.
  

• PEDS
  A grass roots advocacy group that is dedicated to making metropolitan Atlanta safe and accessible for all pedestrians.

• Philly Walks
  Concerned Philadelphians working for a more convenient and safer pedestrian environment.

• Walkable Communities
  A nonprofit corporation, established in the state of Florida in 1996. It was organized for the express purposes of helping whole communities, whether they are large cities or small towns, or parts of communities, i.e. neighborhoods, business districts, parks, school districts, subdivisions, specific roadway corridors, etc., become more walkable and pedestrian friendly.
  

Reports:

• Mean Streets 1998 - Children at Risk
  The annual report from the Surface Transportation Policy Project (STPP) on pedestrian safety and transportation spending.

• Killed By Automobile (pdf format, 194kb)
  Report by the New York group Right of Way on the causes of pedestrian and cyclist deaths.

• Reasons why Bicycling and Walking are and are Not Being Used More Extensively as Travel Modes
  A very extensive report (pdf format)

• National Transportation Library
  US Department of Transportation. Some very useful papers oriented towards transportation planners and engineers.
  

• National Bicycle and Pedestrian Clearinghouse
  Provides fact sheets and technical support on a broad range of topics to bicycle and pedestrian program professionals and community advocates. Also provides referrals to other organizations, programs and materials.

• Traffic Safety Facts 1997 Pedestrians
  US Department of Transportation. Very useful pedestrian accident statistics.
  

• Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Types of the Early 1990's
  Federal Highway Administration Publication No. FHWA-RD-95-163. Has useful facts such as "approximately 6,500 pedestrians and 900 bicyclists are killed each year as a result of collisions with motor vehicles".

• Federal Highway Administration Pedestrian & Bicycle Research Page
  Links to articles and research.
  

• Perils for Pedestrians
  A cable television series promoting pedestrian safety. The site includes many links about walking.

Other Walking Sites:

• Walking with Wendy
  The most all inclusive site on walking from the Mining Company.

• American Volkssport Association
  Information on Volkmarch with links or addresses of local chapters.

Other Transportation Reform Advocates:

• San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

• Rescue MUNI

Misc:

• Pedestrian signs from around the world
  An amazing collection.

• Urban Quality Communications
  A newsletter that shares and critiques information on various efforts in North America measuring the quality, health and sustainability of its communities - from neighborhoods to regions.