Walk SF
For Development Of Pedestrian Safety Policies
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Amount$25,000
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Program
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Date Awarded5/24/2011
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
Founded in 1998, Walk San Francisco promotes walking as a safe and sustainable form of transportation and seeks to improve San Francisco's walking environment by educating residents, city agencies, and elected officials regarding the need for more pedestrian friendly streets.
The two key goals for this grant are: 1) to educate policy makers about the importance of adopting and implementing a Pedestrian Action Plan with clear targets and timelines to increase walking, reduce crashes and systematically redesign the city's streets to favor sustainable transportation; and 2) to encourage the creation of safe speed zones (15 miles per hour) around all the city's schools.
About the Grantee
Grants to this Grantee
for development of pedestrian safety policies
Walk SF promotes walking as a safe and sustainable form of transportation, and seeks to improve San Francisco’s walking environment by educating residents, city agencies, and elected officials about the need for more pedestrian-friendly streets. During this grant period, Walk SF would focus on three primary strategies: (1) Vision Zero to redesign particularly unsafe streets and intersections to increase pedestrian safety and promote walking; (2) Green Connections, which would enable residents of low-income areas to walk to open space along corridors that are safe and inviting; and (3) Safe Routes to Schools, which continues to work on reducing speed limits to fifteen miles per hour around 181 San Francisco schools.
for legal assistance on charitable status
Walk SF is requesting support to convert them from a 501(c)4 organization with a fiscally sponsored 501(c)3 project , to a 501(c)3 organization. This will simplify their financial management and administrative requirements, as well as reduce costs. At the same time, it will make it easier for other funders to support Walk SF
for development of pedestrian safety policies
Walk SF promotes walking as a safe and sustainable form of transportation and seeks to improve San Francisco’s walking environment by educating residents, city agencies, and elected officials about the need for more pedestrian-friendly streets. During this grant period, Walk SF would focus on two primary campaigns: (1) a Pedestrian Action Plan to redesign the city’s streets to increase safety, increase walking, and favor sustainable and equitable transportation; and (2) Green Connections, by enabling residents of low-income areas to walk to open space along corridors that are safe and inviting, while providing much-needed environmental benefits.
