How Can I Take Action?
The Pedestrian Safety Road Show -- A Good Place to Start The Pedestrian Safety Road Show is a free, four-hour seminar for your community -- to help you develop your own approach to identifying and solving problems that affect pedestrian safety and walkability.
Road Show Highlights
Participants will actively work together during this seminar, to identify their community problems and develop preliminary strategies. The goal is COMMITMENT to creating a more walkable environment for pedestrians!
- Identification of pedestrian safety and walkability problems faced by communities
- Facilitation of community-based response to the problem
- Identification of available resources
- Development of framework for getting started
If you are ready, willing and committed to making your community more walkable, the Pedestrian Safety Road Show can help ensure your success.
Who Should Attend?
Pedestrian safety problems cannot be solved by any one person -- this requires the collective effort of all segments of the community. The Pedestrian Safety Road Show is designed for:
- Elected officials and other decision-makers
- Traffic engineers and planners
- Metropolitan Planning Organization staff
- Law enforcement officers
- School/PTA representatives
- EMS personnel
- Safety advocates
- Business leaders and developers
- Youth group and senior citizen representatives
- Anyone who cares about pedestrian safety
Are You Ready To Host A Road Show?
Contact: Pedestrian Program
U.S. Department of Transportation
Office of the Secretary, P-15
400 Seventh Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20590
or
FAX L.Boodlal, 202-366-7909.Seminar instructor and materials will be provided. Your organization will provide the facility and invite the participants.
Please send for materials that will describe how you can customize the Road Show to meet your community's special needs.
