Re-Engineering Walking Back Into Our Lives: Findings from Formative Research
This presentation will focus on research results from two projects initiated by AARP as part of the Active for Life™ physical activity campaign. The first project, the Madison, Wisconsin Tour de Traffic, brought together policymakers, politicians, media leaders, and citizens to tour the city. The second project involved conducting a series of focus groups about environmental change and environmental barriers as they relate to physical activity. Results from these qualitative research projects have been used to shape AARP's efforts in encouraging physical activity. (43)

Busting Down the Barriers Between Communities and Rail Transit Stations
In this presentation you'll learn the importance of safe and convenient bicycle and pedestrian links to transit. After years of focusing on automobile access to its stations, the Bay Area
Rapid Transit (BART) in the San Francisco Bay Area, has launched a new phase of prioritizing access for pedestrians, bicycles, and transit. This presentation will give a brief overview of the Station Access Guidelines that specifically identifies an access hierarchy with walking, transit, and bicycling at the top of the list. (52)

Developing an Integrated Alternative Transportation Network
Most communities have very limited funding dedicated to alternative transportation efforts. In 2001, Boulder County (Colorado) passed the "Transportation Improvement Tax” that will raise approximately $35 million dollars over a seven-year period. Since passage of the sales tax, Boulder County has begun constructing a wide array projects that are creating significant alternative transportation connections. The presentation will discuss how to pass a local funding initiative and leverage those dollars effectively. (53)

Safety in Numbers: Turning Conventional Wisdom on Its Head
It's difficult to answer the question "Is walking and bicycling is safe?" The results of this study show that when many people walk or bicycle, the safety of the individuals walking or bicycling increases. A range of scales from specific intersections to entire countries shows that the risk of injury to a person walking or bicycling decreases by a third for each doubling of walking or bicycling. The immediate response of fatalities to both increases and decreases in bicycling indicates that behavioral changes, not road design or legal changes, are responsible. (54)

Fresh Air/Car-Free Days aka Block/Street Parties 101
Fresh Air/Car-Free Days are about getting communities out of their cars for the day, outside, talking to neighbors and being active. The presenter decided one day that Sundays should be Car-Free Day along a scenic local road, and the community embraced this initiative. Come hear how one person's idea and energy can manifest into an active, family orientated community event that helps the environment and builds healthy, strong and active communities. (55)