America Walks
@americawalks.bsky.social
Everyone should be able to move around their community with dignity and freedom. We are a national non-profit supporting change and changemakers at every level. Americawalks.org
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We’re already looking ahead to Week Without Driving 2026 and we want your input! The survey helps us make next year even more meaningful, accessible, and community-driven.
How can we design communities to be activity-friendly for all? 🤔
By prioritizing sidewalks, trails, parks, public transit, and other infrastructure to facilitate walking, biking, rolling, and more!
Learn more: buff.ly/rbADK86 #ActivePeople
By prioritizing sidewalks, trails, parks, public transit, and other infrastructure to facilitate walking, biking, rolling, and more!
Learn more: buff.ly/rbADK86 #ActivePeople
Strategies for Physical Activity Through Community Design
Strategies for state and local groups to increase physical activity through community design.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
How can we design communities to be activity-friendly for all? 🤔
By prioritizing sidewalks, trails, parks, public transit, and other infrastructure to facilitate walking, biking, rolling, and more!
Learn more: buff.ly/rbADK86 #ActivePeople
By prioritizing sidewalks, trails, parks, public transit, and other infrastructure to facilitate walking, biking, rolling, and more!
Learn more: buff.ly/rbADK86 #ActivePeople
🚸 Speeding contributes to nearly ⅓ of U.S. traffic deaths… and yet it’s still a widely practiced behavior.
Join LifeSafer, @familiesforsafestreets.org, and America Walks to learn how active Intelligent Speed Assistance can improve road safety and save lives ➡️ buff.ly/FGt89ly
Join LifeSafer, @familiesforsafestreets.org, and America Walks to learn how active Intelligent Speed Assistance can improve road safety and save lives ➡️ buff.ly/FGt89ly
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🚸 Speeding contributes to nearly ⅓ of U.S. traffic deaths… and yet it’s still a widely practiced behavior.
Join LifeSafer, @familiesforsafestreets.org, and America Walks to learn how active Intelligent Speed Assistance can improve road safety and save lives ➡️ buff.ly/FGt89ly
Join LifeSafer, @familiesforsafestreets.org, and America Walks to learn how active Intelligent Speed Assistance can improve road safety and save lives ➡️ buff.ly/FGt89ly
This year’s #WeekWithoutDriving was the most successful yet! 🌟
👟 575 local organizations in 50 states and Washington, D.C., and internationally (Canada and Australia)
🚌 879 elected and public officials
🚲 1,367 advocates and individuals
Learn more in our latest blog ➡️ buff.ly/XMD9DK4
👟 575 local organizations in 50 states and Washington, D.C., and internationally (Canada and Australia)
🚌 879 elected and public officials
🚲 1,367 advocates and individuals
Learn more in our latest blog ➡️ buff.ly/XMD9DK4
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This year’s #WeekWithoutDriving was the most successful yet! 🌟
👟 575 local organizations in 50 states and Washington, D.C., and internationally (Canada and Australia)
🚌 879 elected and public officials
🚲 1,367 advocates and individuals
Learn more in our latest blog ➡️ buff.ly/XMD9DK4
👟 575 local organizations in 50 states and Washington, D.C., and internationally (Canada and Australia)
🚌 879 elected and public officials
🚲 1,367 advocates and individuals
Learn more in our latest blog ➡️ buff.ly/XMD9DK4
Want to win a prize? 🎁
Take the Week Without Driving survey by November 10th and you can win something awesome! Your feedback helps us plan next year’s week. Share your thoughts: buff.ly/GQgeDOI
#WeekWithoutDriving
Take the Week Without Driving survey by November 10th and you can win something awesome! Your feedback helps us plan next year’s week. Share your thoughts: buff.ly/GQgeDOI
#WeekWithoutDriving
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Want to win a prize? 🎁
Take the Week Without Driving survey by November 10th and you can win something awesome! Your feedback helps us plan next year’s week. Share your thoughts: buff.ly/GQgeDOI
#WeekWithoutDriving
Take the Week Without Driving survey by November 10th and you can win something awesome! Your feedback helps us plan next year’s week. Share your thoughts: buff.ly/GQgeDOI
#WeekWithoutDriving
As part of #WeekWithoutDriving, Central Ohio Transit Authority hosted a travel training for students and older adults!
The training focused on how reliable transportation can help #nondrivers stay connected to work, school, community, and more.
Read more from Franny Lazarus ➡️ buff.ly/ZI0mGtV
The training focused on how reliable transportation can help #nondrivers stay connected to work, school, community, and more.
Read more from Franny Lazarus ➡️ buff.ly/ZI0mGtV
November 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
As part of #WeekWithoutDriving, Central Ohio Transit Authority hosted a travel training for students and older adults!
The training focused on how reliable transportation can help #nondrivers stay connected to work, school, community, and more.
Read more from Franny Lazarus ➡️ buff.ly/ZI0mGtV
The training focused on how reliable transportation can help #nondrivers stay connected to work, school, community, and more.
Read more from Franny Lazarus ➡️ buff.ly/ZI0mGtV
Today is #electionday! How are you getting to and from the polls? 👟🚲🛴
If you use scooters or bikes, you can use code VOTE2025 for two free 30-minute rides with Lime to and from your polling place! #UnlockDemocracy
If you use scooters or bikes, you can use code VOTE2025 for two free 30-minute rides with Lime to and from your polling place! #UnlockDemocracy
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Today is #electionday! How are you getting to and from the polls? 👟🚲🛴
If you use scooters or bikes, you can use code VOTE2025 for two free 30-minute rides with Lime to and from your polling place! #UnlockDemocracy
If you use scooters or bikes, you can use code VOTE2025 for two free 30-minute rides with Lime to and from your polling place! #UnlockDemocracy
It’s almost election day — how are you getting to and from the polls? 👟🚲🛴
If you use scooters or bikes, you can use code VOTE2025 for two free 30-minute rides with @limebike to and from your polling place! #UnlockDemocracy
If you use scooters or bikes, you can use code VOTE2025 for two free 30-minute rides with @limebike to and from your polling place! #UnlockDemocracy
November 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It’s almost election day — how are you getting to and from the polls? 👟🚲🛴
If you use scooters or bikes, you can use code VOTE2025 for two free 30-minute rides with @limebike to and from your polling place! #UnlockDemocracy
If you use scooters or bikes, you can use code VOTE2025 for two free 30-minute rides with @limebike to and from your polling place! #UnlockDemocracy
‼️WEBINAR: Tools for Change – Designing Streets that Put Children First
TOMORROW, Nov. 4, 12pm EST
Discover how thoughtful street design can transform cities into inclusive, vibrant, and safe spaces for children and communities.
Register: buff.ly/Yi7LINU
TOMORROW, Nov. 4, 12pm EST
Discover how thoughtful street design can transform cities into inclusive, vibrant, and safe spaces for children and communities.
Register: buff.ly/Yi7LINU
November 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
‼️WEBINAR: Tools for Change – Designing Streets that Put Children First
TOMORROW, Nov. 4, 12pm EST
Discover how thoughtful street design can transform cities into inclusive, vibrant, and safe spaces for children and communities.
Register: buff.ly/Yi7LINU
TOMORROW, Nov. 4, 12pm EST
Discover how thoughtful street design can transform cities into inclusive, vibrant, and safe spaces for children and communities.
Register: buff.ly/Yi7LINU
You don't have to know how to read French to get this
Avec 470 arbres plantés et 4 000m2 de nature en plein cœur du 14e arrondissement, la place de Catalogne s'est radicalement transformée en 2024 !
November 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
You don't have to know how to read French to get this
No tricks, just treats! Take the Week Without Driving survey to help us plan next year’s week and you’ll be entered to win a giveaway prize!
Share your feedback… if you dare: buff.ly/U5990XW
#WeekWithoutDriving
Share your feedback… if you dare: buff.ly/U5990XW
#WeekWithoutDriving
October 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
No tricks, just treats! Take the Week Without Driving survey to help us plan next year’s week and you’ll be entered to win a giveaway prize!
Share your feedback… if you dare: buff.ly/U5990XW
#WeekWithoutDriving
Share your feedback… if you dare: buff.ly/U5990XW
#WeekWithoutDriving
‼️WEBINAR: Tools for Change – Designing Streets that Put Children First
Nov. 4, 12pm EST
Discover how thoughtful street design can transform cities into inclusive, vibrant, and safe spaces for children and communities.
Register: buff.ly/Yi7LINU
Nov. 4, 12pm EST
Discover how thoughtful street design can transform cities into inclusive, vibrant, and safe spaces for children and communities.
Register: buff.ly/Yi7LINU
October 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
‼️WEBINAR: Tools for Change – Designing Streets that Put Children First
Nov. 4, 12pm EST
Discover how thoughtful street design can transform cities into inclusive, vibrant, and safe spaces for children and communities.
Register: buff.ly/Yi7LINU
Nov. 4, 12pm EST
Discover how thoughtful street design can transform cities into inclusive, vibrant, and safe spaces for children and communities.
Register: buff.ly/Yi7LINU
As federal transportation policies shift, leading advocates for transportation safety, walking and transit share how their organizations are shaping the ongoing congressional debate.
Hear from @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social, @apta-info.bsky.social, and America Walks in a new blog ➡️ buff.ly/IPSjGWs
Hear from @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social, @apta-info.bsky.social, and America Walks in a new blog ➡️ buff.ly/IPSjGWs
October 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
As federal transportation policies shift, leading advocates for transportation safety, walking and transit share how their organizations are shaping the ongoing congressional debate.
Hear from @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social, @apta-info.bsky.social, and America Walks in a new blog ➡️ buff.ly/IPSjGWs
Hear from @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social, @apta-info.bsky.social, and America Walks in a new blog ➡️ buff.ly/IPSjGWs
🚸 Speeding contributes to nearly ⅓ of U.S. traffic deaths… and yet it’s still a widely practiced behavior.
Join LifeSafer, @familiesforsafestreets.org, and America Walks to learn how active Intelligent Speed Assistance can improve road safety and save lives ➡️ buff.ly/FGt89ly
Join LifeSafer, @familiesforsafestreets.org, and America Walks to learn how active Intelligent Speed Assistance can improve road safety and save lives ➡️ buff.ly/FGt89ly
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🚸 Speeding contributes to nearly ⅓ of U.S. traffic deaths… and yet it’s still a widely practiced behavior.
Join LifeSafer, @familiesforsafestreets.org, and America Walks to learn how active Intelligent Speed Assistance can improve road safety and save lives ➡️ buff.ly/FGt89ly
Join LifeSafer, @familiesforsafestreets.org, and America Walks to learn how active Intelligent Speed Assistance can improve road safety and save lives ➡️ buff.ly/FGt89ly
Help us make Week Without Driving 2026 even better! Take the survey, share your thoughts, and enter to win a giveaway prize. Share your story here: buff.ly/GQgeDOI
October 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Help us make Week Without Driving 2026 even better! Take the survey, share your thoughts, and enter to win a giveaway prize. Share your story here: buff.ly/GQgeDOI
From open streets in Nashville, TN to safer crosswalks in Salina, KS, we're celebrating these #WalkabilityWins!
Have a Walkability Win? 💌 DM us or email social@americawalks.org
💫 Read more about the wins highlighted this month: buff.ly/3lFaaNS
Have a Walkability Win? 💌 DM us or email social@americawalks.org
💫 Read more about the wins highlighted this month: buff.ly/3lFaaNS
October 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
From open streets in Nashville, TN to safer crosswalks in Salina, KS, we're celebrating these #WalkabilityWins!
Have a Walkability Win? 💌 DM us or email social@americawalks.org
💫 Read more about the wins highlighted this month: buff.ly/3lFaaNS
Have a Walkability Win? 💌 DM us or email social@americawalks.org
💫 Read more about the wins highlighted this month: buff.ly/3lFaaNS
We’re already looking ahead to Week Without Driving 2026 and we want your input! The survey helps us make next year even more meaningful, accessible, and community-driven.
October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
We’re already looking ahead to Week Without Driving 2026 and we want your input! The survey helps us make next year even more meaningful, accessible, and community-driven.
Hmm, sometimes shoppers don't use cars
Good news: Sales at Pike Place Market were up 9.7% in September! That's four months of solid data showing the pedestrianization pilot is good for business.
Add your ideas for how to keep the momentum going this fall and winter: actionnetwork.org/letters/pike...
Add your ideas for how to keep the momentum going this fall and winter: actionnetwork.org/letters/pike...
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Hmm, sometimes shoppers don't use cars
🚸Speeding increases the likelihood + severity of crashes — and contributes to nearly 1/3 of US traffic deaths.
Join LifeSafer, @familiesforsafestreets.org, and America Walks to learn how active Intelligent Speed Assistance can improve road safety + save lives ➡️ buff.ly/usxZcwG #TeenDriverSafetyWeek
Join LifeSafer, @familiesforsafestreets.org, and America Walks to learn how active Intelligent Speed Assistance can improve road safety + save lives ➡️ buff.ly/usxZcwG #TeenDriverSafetyWeek
October 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🚸Speeding increases the likelihood + severity of crashes — and contributes to nearly 1/3 of US traffic deaths.
Join LifeSafer, @familiesforsafestreets.org, and America Walks to learn how active Intelligent Speed Assistance can improve road safety + save lives ➡️ buff.ly/usxZcwG #TeenDriverSafetyWeek
Join LifeSafer, @familiesforsafestreets.org, and America Walks to learn how active Intelligent Speed Assistance can improve road safety + save lives ➡️ buff.ly/usxZcwG #TeenDriverSafetyWeek
Week Without Driving is more than a week, it's a movement! Share your story and help shape what comes next: new ideas, new organizers, and new possibilities for 2026.
Add your voice and maybe win a cool prize through our giveaway! buff.ly/GQgeDOI
Add your voice and maybe win a cool prize through our giveaway! buff.ly/GQgeDOI
October 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Week Without Driving is more than a week, it's a movement! Share your story and help shape what comes next: new ideas, new organizers, and new possibilities for 2026.
Add your voice and maybe win a cool prize through our giveaway! buff.ly/GQgeDOI
Add your voice and maybe win a cool prize through our giveaway! buff.ly/GQgeDOI
Every year, Week Without Driving grows because of your feedback. The survey helps us learn from your experiences and plan for a campaign that reaches even more people next year.
Take a few minutes to share your thoughts: buff.ly/GQgeDOI
Take a few minutes to share your thoughts: buff.ly/GQgeDOI
October 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Every year, Week Without Driving grows because of your feedback. The survey helps us learn from your experiences and plan for a campaign that reaches even more people next year.
Take a few minutes to share your thoughts: buff.ly/GQgeDOI
Take a few minutes to share your thoughts: buff.ly/GQgeDOI
"Each success has built momentum toward a vision where safe streets are a right, not a privilege." 🚲 🌟
Bike Durham is making streets safer and more accessible in Durham, NC through coalition building, community engagement + persistence!
Read more ➡️ buff.ly/qJXUFSC
Bike Durham is making streets safer and more accessible in Durham, NC through coalition building, community engagement + persistence!
Read more ➡️ buff.ly/qJXUFSC
October 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"Each success has built momentum toward a vision where safe streets are a right, not a privilege." 🚲 🌟
Bike Durham is making streets safer and more accessible in Durham, NC through coalition building, community engagement + persistence!
Read more ➡️ buff.ly/qJXUFSC
Bike Durham is making streets safer and more accessible in Durham, NC through coalition building, community engagement + persistence!
Read more ➡️ buff.ly/qJXUFSC
Week Without Driving 2025 was our most successful yet and your voice matters!
Did you know the Week Without Driving helps us learn what worked, what didn’t, and how we can make Week Without Driving even more impactful in 2026?
Did you know the Week Without Driving helps us learn what worked, what didn’t, and how we can make Week Without Driving even more impactful in 2026?
October 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Week Without Driving 2025 was our most successful yet and your voice matters!
Did you know the Week Without Driving helps us learn what worked, what didn’t, and how we can make Week Without Driving even more impactful in 2026?
Did you know the Week Without Driving helps us learn what worked, what didn’t, and how we can make Week Without Driving even more impactful in 2026?
Way to go Nashville!
We took to the streets on @limebike.bsky.social, experiencing a car-free commute through #Nashville for @americawalks.bsky.social ' #WeekWithoutDriving.
Thanks to NDOT’s Nashville Connector, Council Members Mike Corteste, Jennifer Gamble, and Antoinette Lee, and State Representative Vincent Dixie.
Thanks to NDOT’s Nashville Connector, Council Members Mike Corteste, Jennifer Gamble, and Antoinette Lee, and State Representative Vincent Dixie.
October 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Way to go Nashville!
True walkability isn’t possible without justice. #IndigenousPeoplesDay
The crisis of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls is an assault on the freedom of Indigenous peoples — including freedom to move freely and safely. #MMIWG
New blog ➡️ buff.ly/OOLSJw0
The crisis of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls is an assault on the freedom of Indigenous peoples — including freedom to move freely and safely. #MMIWG
New blog ➡️ buff.ly/OOLSJw0
October 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
True walkability isn’t possible without justice. #IndigenousPeoplesDay
The crisis of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls is an assault on the freedom of Indigenous peoples — including freedom to move freely and safely. #MMIWG
New blog ➡️ buff.ly/OOLSJw0
The crisis of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls is an assault on the freedom of Indigenous peoples — including freedom to move freely and safely. #MMIWG
New blog ➡️ buff.ly/OOLSJw0
LAST CHANCE! This year's #WeekWithoutDriving may be over, but America Walks needs your help expand its impact and lay the groundwork for 2026! 🌟
Right now, every donation is matched dollar-for-dollar through Sunday, October 12!
Donate ➡️ buff.ly/boTYGdI
Right now, every donation is matched dollar-for-dollar through Sunday, October 12!
Donate ➡️ buff.ly/boTYGdI
October 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
LAST CHANCE! This year's #WeekWithoutDriving may be over, but America Walks needs your help expand its impact and lay the groundwork for 2026! 🌟
Right now, every donation is matched dollar-for-dollar through Sunday, October 12!
Donate ➡️ buff.ly/boTYGdI
Right now, every donation is matched dollar-for-dollar through Sunday, October 12!
Donate ➡️ buff.ly/boTYGdI