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Walk Fort Wayne Resources
| http://www.nircc.com/ | The Northeast Indiana Regional Coordinating Council coordinates with other organizations to provide regional transportation planning. Sidewalk & Bicycle Parking recommendations, as well as planning for other aspects of transportation can be reviewed at NIRCC. |
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| www.bikewalk.org |
The National Center for Bicycling and Walking is the major program of the Bicycle Federation of America. Its mission is to create bicycle-friendly and walkable communities. This site provides you with resources, assistance and training to help you make your community healthier and more physiclally active. |
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| www.completestreets.org |
The National Complete Streets Coalition helps communities adopt and implement street policies that enable safe access to streets by all users. This site educates about Complete Streets, progress in state and national policies and interesting news related to the topic. |
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| www.pedbikeinfo.org | The Pedestrian & Bicycling Information Center's mission is to improve the quality of life in communities through the increase of safe walking and physical activity. The website offers information and training about health and safety, engineering, advocacy, education, enforcement, access and mobility as it relates to pedestrians and bicyclists. |
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| www.transportation.org | American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is a nonprofit association representing highway and transportation departments in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Its primary goal is to foster the development, operation and maintenance of an integrated national transportation system. Case studies, news, and best practices can be found on the site. |
| www.walkinginfo.org | The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center Library is a centralized collection of pedestrian materials and documents compiled from across the United States and abroad. Items found on this site include crash and safety facts, engineering pedestrian facilities and ways to promote walking and health. |
| Health by Design is an Alliance whose mission is to create an environment that promotes physical activity and protects the environment through education, advocacy and action. This site includes information on the Urban Planning Scholar Series, which organizes events to raise awareness and promote healthy life styles. | |
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| www.peoplepoweredmovement.org/site/ | The Alliance for Biking and Walking helps advocacy leaders to become more effective by sharing best practices and innovations. This site contains resource sharing and training opportunities also. |
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| www.americawalks.org | America Walks is a national resource which fosters walkable communities by engaging, educating, and connecting walking advocates. Contents of this site include the many benefits of walking and ways to foster the development of community-based pedestrian advocacy groups. |
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| www.walkable.org | Walkable Communities Inc. helps communities become more walkable and pedestrian friendly. This site describes what walkable communities are, and provides services and resources to help communities become more walkable. |
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| www.railtrails.org | The purpose of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is to enrich America’s communities and countryside by creating a nationwide network of public trails from former rail lines and connecting corridors. |
| www.fwtrails.org | For many years, the City of Fort Wayne partnered with 3 individual non-profit trail groups. In 2011, these 3 groups (Greenway Consortium, Northwest Allen Trails and Aboite New Trails) merged to form Fort Wayne Trails, Inc. This newly formed group is focused on promoting a health community by advocating, planning and fund-raising for our rapidly growing trail network. |
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