Promote the Health Benefits of Walking The Partnership for a Walkable America is a new alliance of public and private organizations, and individuals who are committed to promoting the changes needed to make America more walkable. The organization, while working closely with the DOT Secretarial Initiative for Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety and other federal projects, functions as an independent alliance. The Partnership represents safety, health and recreation interests of all populations including senior citizens and children. Anyone interested in making America a better place for walking is invited to participate. We have overlooked and undervalued walking for too long.
Pedestrians are our invisible road users and walking is the forgotten transportation mode .
These problems directly affect the number of pedestrian fatalities and injuries that occur each year. Our standard of living is reduced because the very design of many communities makes it difficult or dangerous for those who want to walk. Our country often is simply not walkable. To do this, the Partnership aims to create greater awareness of the safety problems faced by people who walk, and to increase citizen demand for solutions to these problems. Increased Pedestrian Access Create demand for greater and easier access to places for people who want to walk.