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Welcome to America Walks' website! We feature an events calendar for pedestrian-related conferences and activities throughout the country, news updates, and more! If you have any feedback about the site, we'd love to hear from you. Please contact us to let us know what you think!

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• March 13, 2010The Big Walk - NJ2NY50NJ2NY50 is a one-day 50-mile walk through suburban and urban New Jersey ending in New York City on Sunday, May 23. This is an informal social networking event that everyone can enjoy. The origin of a 50-mile walk, or urban hike, dates back in the 1963 when President Kennedy challenged the American Public to actively pursue a better, healthier lifestyle. Today, although we know more about how to live better,  we often make the wrong choices or are too busy to pay proper attention to our own health and creating communities that we want to live in. Read more >
• March 11, 2010Jane's Walk: May 1-2, 2010Jane’s Walk is a series of free neighborhood walking tours that helps put people in touch with their environment and with each other, by bridging social and geographic gaps and creating a space for cities to discover themselves.  If you are interested in bringing Jane’s Walk to your community, either by offering a walk or programming a series of them, get in touch to learn more.
• March 9, 2010Americans Moving Greener, New Federal Data ShowsAn article written by former America Walks Board member Michelle Ernst on the Tri-State Transportation Campaign (TSTC) blog highlights how Americans are making a significantly higher share of daily trips on transit, on foot, and by bicycle, according to newly released data from the Federal Highway Administration.  Click here to read the blog.
• March 6, 2010Free Webinar on pedestrian safety educationThe Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC) announces the next free Webinar in its Livable Communities Webinar Series: Community Approaches to Pedestrian Safety Education on Thursday, March 18, 2010 from 2:00pm-3:30pm E.T. Read more >
• March 4, 2010Safe Routes to School $1,000 Mini-grant Call for Applications The National Center for Safe Routes to School is now accepting applications for up to 35 $1,000 mini-grants for creative, youth-focused ideas that support safe walking and/or bicycling to school. Eligible activities must occur at an elementary or middle school in Fall 2010 and support the overall goal of Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programs -- to enable and encourage children nationwide to safely walk and bicycle to school.  Read more >