A walkability agenda for Austin

Friday night, I had the pleasure of attending WalkAustin’s first ever Happy Hour and meeting many wonderful people interested in making Austin more walkable, including many who work for municipal government.  As this blog gets its name from the nexus of walking and activism, I’ll take this happy occasion to start setting out an agenda for improving walkability in Austin.

This is preliminary.  I’d love feedback and filling in details!  I’m covering a lot of issues I only know in passing.  Also, this is an agenda for plausible things that would improve walkability.  Some of them may conflict with other goals you have; that’s fine.  Walkability isn’t the only goal in setting public policy.

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