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http://www.americawalks.org/nationalwalkingvision/ 

Vision Statement for a Walkable America

By 2020, walking in everyday life is embraced across America. Streets and neighborhoods are safe and attractive public places that encourage people of all ages, abilities, ethnicities, and incomes to walk for exercise, recreation, and transportation. Walkable community policies promote health, economic vitality, environmental sustainability, and social equity.

Principles for a Walkable America

The following principles are key to achieving our vision of a walkable America:

1. Transportation systems will provide accessibility and mobility for all
2. People of all abilities will be able to safely walk along and to cross all streets
3. Communities of all sizes will be designed on a human scale, to encourage social interaction and commerce
4. States and cities will revise existing transportation and development policies, standards, and programs to encourage walking, bicycling, and transit use
5. Transportation and development design decisions will explicitly consider public health outcomes

I Support a Walkable America

I/We, support changes in the built environment to encourage walking as a means of achieving healthy, efficient, equitable, socially inclusive and sustainable communities.

(via thegreenurbanist)