Step 4: Choose Tools - Promoting Walking and Biking: Top 5 Tools

1. REPRODUCIBLE MATERIALS

• National Complete Streets Coalition: Fact Sheets
  completestreets.org/complete-streets-fundamentals/factsheets
• Safe Routes to School: Forms, Toolkit, and Lesson Plans
  saferoutestoschool.org
• America Walks: Walking Facts
  americawalks.org/walking-facts
• Fit City: Posters Encouraging People to Take the Stairs
  fitcitychallenge.org/Content/m1/Worksite/PDF/stairwell_messages.pdf
• Cycling Promotion Fund: Posters Promoting Bicycling
  cyclingpromotion.com.au/content/view/270/147
• Bike Parking Guidelines
  apbp.org/resource/resmgr/publications/bicycle_parking_guidelines.pdf
• Bike Safety Reproducibles: Customizable Pamphlets
  activelivingresources.org/links4.php
  activelivingresources.org/assets/bikesafety.pdf
• Fact Sheets on Healthy Community Design
  cdc.gov/nceh/publications/factsheets.htm#HCDPostershealth.gov/paguidelines/posters.aspx and http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/flyers.aspx

2. MAPS

• Walking and Biking Maps for Marin County
  walkbikemarin.org/walking.php
• Marin County Bicycle Coalition: The Marin Bicycle Map
  marinbike.org/Map/Index.shtml
• 511.org: Bike Mapper
  bicycling.511.org/bikemapper.htm
• Bay Trail Maps
  baytrail.abag.ca.gov/maps.html

3. WALKABILITY & BIKEABILITY AUDITS

• Marin County Safe Routes Checklist
  saferoutestoschools.org/pdfs/CheckList822.pdf
• Local Government Commission: Streets Safe for Pedestrians
  lgc.org/freepub/docs/community_design/fact_sheets/safety_and_health_english.pdf
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: Worksite Audit Tool
  cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/hwi/toolkits/walkability/audit_tool.htm
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
  walkinginfo.org/problems/audits-general.cfm
  walkinginfo.org/problems/audits-school.cfm
  bicyclinginfo.org/problems/concerns.cfm#audits

4. ENCOURAGEMENT & INCENTIVE ACTIVITIES

•  Walk Bike Marin: Way to Go! Program
  walkbikemarin.org/waytogo
• Fit City Challenge: Worksite Physical Activity
  fitcitychallenge.org/Worksite/ShowPhysicalActivity.aspx?ID=14
• Transportation Authority of Marin: Safe Routes to School Education and Encouragement Program
  tam.ca.gov/index.aspx?page=95
• Fit City Challenge: Calorie Calculator
  fitcitychallenge.org/Diet/CalorieBurner.aspx
• County of Marin Public Works: Green Commute Program
  co.marin.ca.us/depts/PW/Main/green_commuting.cfm
• Money Savings Calculator
  kiplinger.com/tools/bike

5. POLICY & EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS

• Policies to Improve Community Health
  phlpnet.org
  transformca.org
• School Bicycling and Walking Policies
  saferoutespartnership.org
• Pedestrian Safety Education Curriculum for Children
  portlandonline.com/transportation/index.cfm?c=40561&a=232840
• Safe Routes for Kids: Bicycle Safety Program Curriculum
  portlandonline.com/transportation/index.cfm?c=40561&a=235565
• Host a Walkable Community Workshop
  caphysicalactivity.org/wcw.html
• Walk Bike Marin: Education and Outreach Programs
  walkbikemarin.org/projects.php
• Bicycle Safety Videos
  peoplepoweredmovement.org/site/index.php/members/members4/
• Annotated Bibliography of Research on the Built Environment
  cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/pdf/aces-workingpaper2.pdf
• Active Living Research Reports
  activelivingresearch.org

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