Community Tool Kit
Photo Credit: Jennifer Benner
Providing safe walking opportunities in your community requires action plans and resource coordination. There are a great many organizations that have already embarked on similar initiatives. Explore the following links to learn more about how to make walking a part of your community.
Walking Resources
- Active Living by Design
- America Walks
- National Center for Bicycling & Walking
- National Center for Safe Routes to School
- The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
- Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
- Walk 21
- Walk Score
Community Examples
Trail/Walking Route Support, Establishment, and Maintenance
- Connecticut Regional Planning Organizations
- Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation
- Federal Highway Administration/U.S. Department of Transportation Recreational Trails Program
- Federal Highway Administration/U.S. Department of Transportation Trail Construction and Maintenance Notebook
- Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
- National Trails Training Partnership
- National Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse
- Professional Trailbuilders Association
- The Rockfall Foundation
Land Use, Conservation, and Education
- Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
- Connecticut Forest & Park Association
- Connecticut Greenways Council
- Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group
- Connecticut Outdoor & Environmental Education Association
- Connecticut Recreation and Parks Association
- Earth Share of New England
- Land Trust Alliance
- Merritt Parkway Trail Alliance
- National Wildlife Federation
- Project Learning Tree
- Sierra Club
- The Trust for Public Land
- Working Lands Alliance
- Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies