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This past year we have advanced significantly
toward the program's goals of: bringing available resources to underserved
communities, determining the needs and impacts of transportation on those
communities, raising awareness of the implications of the built environment and
the need for safe pedestrian access, giving communities tools to
generate/implement change, and serving as a voice for pedestrians among
government agencies.
In the past 5 years, Walkers Win! organizers have
worked with parent groups at 19 schools and a number of community groups in the
Chicago neighborhoods of Logan Square, Humboldt Park, and West Town to improve
pedestrian safety. Local Walkers Win! committees identified pedestrian issues,
raised neighborhood awareness, and organized to improve pedestrian safety for
their children and all residents. Walkers Win! committees have won stop signs
and infrastructure changes for their neighborhoods and held local officials
accountable for their promises in regard to traffic calming and sidewalk
improvements, creating and preserving safe communities for people on foot.
