Before we build more roads, let's take care of the ones we already have. Across the country, roads, bridges, sidewalks, and transit systems need repairs. But this bill prioritizes highway expansion instead. ‼️Congress should fix what we have first. Tell them ➡️ buff.ly/JJBoCJH

🎨🪴👟 Missed our recent webinar on how to create your own traffic calming quick-build project for your community? Find our recap and the recording (plus slides!) from Paint, Posts, and Planters: How to Advance Road Safety with Traffic Calming Quick-Builds here ➡️ buff.ly/skk4n5p

Crossing the border into Canada would reduce your risk of being killed on the roads by more than half. That's because the U.S. pedestrian fatality crisis is a result of policy decisions not made in any other peer country. Learn more about it: buff.ly/iQk7stK

WEBINAR, July 30: How can communities move from talking about the Safe System approach to institutionalizing it? Join #VisionZero Network to explore their new toolkit of proven, innovative strategies for institutionalizing the Safe System approach in transportation. Register: buff.ly/cOilKP3

Once upon a time USDOT agreed that lower speeds, bike lanes, and street safety redesigns made roads safer. It’s unconscionable that USDOT is now ignoring the data and scraping these proven safety countermeasures from its website. Here are the receipts: buff.ly/cxnNvmx

‼️People are being killed on our streets at alarming rates. ❌️Instead of investing more in safer crossings, sidewalks + streets, Congress is advancing a bill that cuts them. ✅️We should be making it SAFER to get around, not HARDER. Tell Congress to oppose BUILD America 250 ➡️ buff.ly/51kUhj7

This year's #WeekWithoutDriving is October 1–8, 2026! Learn how you and your network can participate... ⤵️ Join the next national coalition meeting leading up to the Week on July 29 at 2:00 p.m. ET ➡️ buff.ly/vin6El9 And sign up for WWD ➡️ buff.ly/VuaDbZX

Our streets aren't safe for pedestrians. And without enough action, nearly 97,000 more people will be killed on our roads over the next 16 years. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Learn more in @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social's Dangerous by Design 2026: buff.ly/JsfPYBB

🌟👟TOMORROW: Join our webinar featuring #SidewalkNation author @michaelcpollack.bsky.social +@bikewalkbus.bsky.social on the importance of sidewalks in street design, community building, public life, and more! #ActivePeople 🗓️July 14 RSVP: buff.ly/57YDYz7

👟🚲️🚍️Getting around shouldn't mean having only one option. ❌️The BUILD America 250 Act puts more money into highways while cutting support for walking, biking, and transit. ‼️People deserve more choices, not fewer! Tell your member of Congress to oppose this bill ➡️ buff.ly/BaZ3Qi3

Smart Growth America's Dangerous by Design provides rankings of the deadliest states and metro areas for people walking. Even though cities like Charleston and Tucson fell in this year's rankings, more people died on their roads. Find out about yours: buff.ly/P32EQWf

🎉It’s the 10th anniversary of the #AARPCommunityChallenge! AARP Livable Communities is marking the milestone with a doubled investment this year – $8.3 million supporting 750 grants for projects that make communities more livable. Explore all the projects at buff.ly/7akNgwp.

Meet the 2026 Arkansas State Walking College Fellows! 🎉🌟🎓️➡️ buff.ly/IWOgiTf Generously funded by the University of Arkansas System, Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service. 💌 Email us at ta@americawalks.org to learn how you can bring the Walking College to your state or organization!

‼️ WEBINAR TOMORROW: Paint, Posts, and Planters – How to Advance Road Safety with Traffic Calming Quick-Builds 👟🎨🪴 Hear our Top 🔟 Tips for quick-builds and success stories from Hartford, CT and the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana! #ActivePeople 📅 June 23 RSVP: buff.ly/HBJCTBL

From safer walking and physical activity in eastern #Oklahoma to street design that reduces fatal traffic crashes in #Hoboken, New Jersey, we're celebrating these #WalkabilityWins! Have a Walkability Win? 💌 DM us or email social@americawalks.org 💫 Read more: buff.ly/zSCNRgb

Welcome to the AW Board, Heyden Black Walker!👏👟🎉 🌟Walkability, safety advocate 🌟Director of Planning at Black + Motal Architecture and Urban Design 🌟Chairs the Board of Directors @safestreetsdc.bsky.social Austin 🌟Founding member of Austin’s Pedestrian Advisory Council Read more ➡️ buff.ly/G7TvrLT

Welcome to the America Walks Board, Sam Foster! @samformarietta.bsky.social 👏👟🎉 🌟“Pedestrian safety has been at the forefront of everything I do locally. We need investment… into better infrastructure to make that a reality.” @abettercobb.bsky.social Read Sam’s intro blog ➡️ buff.ly/WO0tIb6

‼️Hey, #Arizona, let's #StopSuperSpeeders! Lawmakers are taking important steps to address repeat extreme speeding with HB2417—headed now to the state senate! TAKE ACTION: Tell your elected officials to support life-saving legislation that makes our roads safer! ➡️ buff.ly/3wIvmxt

‼️Hey #RhodeIsland! In 2019, 63% of all deaths in crashes were speed-related, meaning RI has the highest percentage of speed-related fatalities in the US. TAKE ACTION: Tell your elected officials to support legislation to #StopSuperSpeeders and make our roads safer! ➡️ buff.ly/MFgmyDk

This year's #WeekWithoutDriving is October 1–8, 2026! Learn how you and your network can participate... ⤵️ Join the next national coalition meeting leading up to the Week TOMORROW (5/27) at 2:00 p.m. ET ➡️ buff.ly/4SjiO0O And sign up for WWD ➡️ buff.ly/Ri2Mx5p

The current federal transportation bill in Congress fails non-drivers, pedestrians, and those rolling and biking. Despite a national affordability crisis and rising gas prices, it increases funding for dangerous highways that divide communities. Any reforms to boost support for non-driving... 1/X

‼️ Today is your LAST CHANCE to donate to our Spring Fundraising Campaign! Every donation goes toward supporting programs like #WeekWithoutDriving and #CommunitiesOverHighways that empower local residents and leaders to advocate for walkability and change. Donate today ➡️ buff.ly/FKPf87z

We don’t soften our message when the political climate gets difficult. We lean in for PEOPLE, not cars… COMMUNITIES, not so-called ‘Freedom to Drive.’ But we need YOUR help to keep this fight going. Donate today during our Spring Fundraising Campaign! ➡️ buff.ly/PSir6oF

‼️ WEBINAR TOMORROW: Walkability From the Bottom Up – Tactics for Engaging Your Community Join to hear walkability champions' insights into how to inspire people in your own community to get engaged and involved! #ActivePeople 🗓️ May 13, 2026 Register ➡️ buff.ly/zAkDzGY

We have a $5,000 match from generous donors for our Spring Fundraising Campaign. Will you make a gift today to keep us in this fight? Donate today ➡️ buff.ly/PSir6oF 4/4

With federal transportation reauthorization on the line, that fight gets even bigger. What replaces the last five-year bill will be shaped by who shows up to fight for it. But this pivotal work runs on individual donors — people like you. 3/4

America Walks has never shied away from the tough fights— which is why so many of you support us. We say what needs to be said, show up where it matters, and don’t wait for the political winds to be favorable before advocating for those most harmed by dangerous roads. 2/4

📢‼️Walkability is a civil right, an equity issue, and an economic necessity. Right now, federal agencies are being dismantled. Programs communities depend on are being cut/threatened. The political climate around who deserves to move freely and safely — has shifted🧵⤵️ 1/4

📢 WEBINAR: Walkability From the Bottom Up – Tactics for Engaging Your Community Join to hear how one person’s work to make a community more walkable can spark big change! #ActivePeople 🗓️ Wednesday, May 13, 2026 Register ➡️ buff.ly/8WYgaVn

America Walks is proud to announce our 2026 Community Change Grant recipients! With support from CDC’s Active People, Healthy Nation and General Motors, we’re continuing to invest in the grassroots champions shaping healthier, connected places. #ActivePeople View the awardees ➡️ buff.ly/znCdKDc