Here is what Feet First is doing in each of these areas:

Community

• Feet First is part of the America Walks Coalition, which is comprised of local pedestrian groups around the country.
• Feet First belongs to the community of organizations and concerned citizens attending to the long-range needs of the Puget Sound Region. We participate on numerous advisory committees. Through our members, we are connected to dozens of local, national, and international organizations concerned with promoting pedestrain issues.
• Pedestrian issues are community issues. Feet First aims to provide the tools, resources, and support for people who wish to strengthen their communities.

Advocacy

• Feet First holds on-street actions to call attention to unsafe pedestrian sites and to promote a search for solutions.
• Feet First participates in local and state-level public forums and committees that deal with pedestrian design and policy issues.
• Feet First helped achieve a recent win in the effortto extend the Burke Gilman trail to Golden Gardens, and we're helping in the push for a pedestrian trail from the Arboretum to the Madison Park neighborhood in Seattle.

Research

• Feet First is a participant in orginal research and in national research networks that advance the state of our knowledge about how to build more walkable communities.  Research projects:

Healthy Aging Research Network

Physical Activity Policy Research Network

Education

• Feet First is a regular sponsor of public events that bring speakers to Washington and events that stimulate public discussions on transportation issues among citizens, professionals, and elected officials.
• In 2003, we collaborated with city officials and other non-profits to organize Pedestrian Summer, a series of public events and promotions to celebrate walking, our public places, and promote driver awareness.
• Feet First publishes "Footprints" - the region's pedestrian e-newsletter.
• Feet First is a community resource. Our members and staff meet with and discuss options available to neighborhoods concerned with improving their walkability.



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