1. How to Add Active Transportation into Your Daily Life Photos courtesy of Bike Walk Ambassador Program

2. Benefits of Active Transportation Maximize your time, training & transport Relieve your stress, recreation & function Reduce fossil fuel and energy use Improve your health Save money (you and your community) Connect to your environment more Become an Urban Explorer!

3. How…? Start Thinking About Walking and Biking Differently People walking and biking as transportation are unique from motorists Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

4. When you do you... Hennepin Avenue

5. Shop More Nicollet Mall

6. Socialize More Nicollet Mall

7. Stop More Nicollet Mall

8. Linger and Stroll More

9. In Copenhagen, t hey measure not only people going by, but also how long they linger

10. Why is this important? Linden Hills When people linger and stop more they build connections to others and their surroundings: People spend more money in retail areas; There is a reduction in crime; and They build community. This is why they measure this.

11. What to Look for in a Active Transportation Community…?

12. Dense Activity Centers with High Quality Destinations 16 th Street Pedestrian Mall, Denver

13. Wide Sidewalks Nicollet Mall

14. Streets with Slower Speeds due to Surfaces (e.g. cobblestone) or Congestion Main Street, Minneapolis

15. Places to Gather Peavey Plaza

16. Places to Rest and Linger Courtesy of www.capitalgainsmedia.com

17. Major Pedestrian and Cyclist Generators Higher Education Campuses, Large Worksites, Big Housing Developments, and City Centers

18. What You Need to Know About Biking- –Knowing your Rights and Responsibilities –Learning traffic skills & Safety –Getting things that helps you carry and get around safely Walking- –Thinking about walking as transportation –Knowing how to get around on foot –Gear that helps you walk Driving- –Be a role model for sharing the road –Know and your responsibility in making it safe for Pedestrians and Cyclist.

19. You Need Communities with High Quality Destinations Communities and “Bikeable” “Walkable” areas need to have High Quality Destinations: –Places with a Density of Necessities- Food, clothing, Home goods, and worksites –Access- sidewalks, streets designed for biking, connected streets or trails. –Supportive mass transportation like buses, light rail, and commuter rail. –Enjoyable Active Transportation Experiences

20. Know what is in your area… [map it! you can do in Google yourself]

21. Know Where to Ride or Walk Know where you are and explore Finding a route –Cyclopath: www.cyclopath.orgwww.cyclopath.org –Google Maps with Walking Directions and Destinations easy to find www.googlemaps.comwww.googlemaps.com

22. Tools to Help You Cyclopath- Smart online Route Finding Google Maps- Walking and Destinations Bike Walk Twin Cities- a Community Bike Walk Ambassadors- an Education

23. Your Turn… What: Questions, Concerns, and Barriers Do You Have...? What Tips or Successes Do You Have?