CHAPTER EIGHT: Suggested Reading List and the addresses of many walking friendly organizations
Organizations,
Part 2:
“Walking and talking are two very
great pleasures, but it is a mistake to combine them. Our own noise blots out the sounds and
silences of the outdoor world; and talking leads almost inevitably to smoking,
and then farewell to nature as far as one of our senses is concerned. The only friend to walk with is one... who so
exactly shares your taste for each mood of the countryside that a glance, a
halt, or at most a nudge, is enough to assure us that the pleasure is shared.”
- C.S. Lewis, 1898 – 1963
Partnership for a Walkable America
National Safety Council
1121 Spring Lake drive
Itasca, IL 60143-3201
Phone: 1-630-285-1121
Web Site: www.nsc.org
“I only went out for a walk and
finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really
going in.”
- John Muir, 1838 – 1914
Pedestrian Safety Tips | Safe Kids
Worldwide
PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY TIPS - Teach Kids How to Walk Safely
1255
23rd Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington,
D.C. 20037-1151
Phone: 202.662.0600
Fax:
202.393.2072
“Now shall I walk or shall I
ride? ‘Ride,’ Pleasure said; ‘Walk,’ Joy
replied.”
- W.H. Davies, 1905 – 1940
Pedestrian
Safety - National Safety Council
Save
lives, from the workplace to anyplace. The
National Safety Council is America’s leading nonprofit safety advocate. We focus on eliminating the leading causes of
preventable injuries and deaths.
Take
Steps to Avoid Injury or Death While Walking:
“We rarely are more vulnerable than when walking in urban areas,
crossing busy streets and negotiating traffic.
And we all are pedestrians from time to time, so it's important to pay
attention to what is going on around us.
Nearly 6,000 pedestrians were struck and killed by motor vehicles in
2017, with an estimated 7,450 pedestrian deaths (traffic and non-traffic)
according to Injury Facts.”
1121
Spring Lake Dr.
Itasca,
IL 60143-3201
(800)
621-7615
(630)
285-1121
https://www.nsc.org/home-safety/safety-topics/distracted-walking
National SAFE KIDS Campaign
1301
Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Suite
1000
Washington
District of Columbia 20004-1707
Phone: 202-662-0600
Fax: 202-393-2072
https://www.nchpad.org/Directories/Organizations/2207/National~SAFE~KIDS~Campaign
Safest
Route to School Program
Safe
Routes to School (SRTS) is an approach that promotes walking and bicycling to
school through infrastructure improvements, enforcement, tools, safety
education, and incentives to encourage walking and bicycling to school.
U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington,
DC 20590
855-368-4200
https://www.transportation.gov/mission/health/Safe-Routes-to-School-Programs
“[Walking] is the perfect way of
moving if you want to see into the life of things. It is the one way of
freedom. If you go to a place on anything but your own feet you are taken there
too fast, and miss a thousand delicate joys that were waiting for you by the
wayside.”
- Elizabeth von Arnim
Prevention
Magazine Walking Club
5 Ways
To Start Your Own Walking Group
https://www.prevention.com/fitness/a20460338/start-a-walking-group/
Physical Education and Health Education -
Shape America!
SHAPE
America envisions a nation where all children are prepared to lead healthy,
physically active lives through health and physical education.
PO Box
225
Annapolis
Junction, MD 20701
Phone:
(800) 213-7193
Fax:
(703) 476-9527
Web
Site: https://www.shapeamerica.org/
Walk to School - Action for Healthy Kids
Overview: By giving kids active and safe routes to
schools, walk–to-school programs create a fun and fitness-promoting part of
students’ school day routine. A walk to
school program is great for schools to promote active transportation for trips
of less than one mile. Programs
frequently are structured to take into consideration the 5 E’s of safe routes
to school. The Five E’s of Safe Routes
to School include: Education, Encouragement, Engineering, Enforcement, and
Evaluation.
Phone: 1-800-266-3312
Address:
600 W Van Buren St UNIT 720
Chicago,
IL 60607
https://www.actionforhealthykids.org/activity/walk-to-school/
Perils for Pedestrians
This is
a television series examining issues affecting people who walk.
Fairfax Cable Access Corporation
4730
Bradley Blvd. #207
Chevy
Chase, Maryland 20815
E-Mail:
john@pedestrians.org
The American Discovery Trail Society
Making Connections
– the first coast to coast non-motorized trail
PO Box
1514
Front
Royal, VA 22630-0032
Phone –
(800)-663-2387
Email –
info@discoverytrail.org
Recreational Equipment, Inc.,
commonly known as REI, is an American retail and outdoor recreation services
corporation. It is organized as a
consumers' co-operative. REI sells
sporting goods, camping gear, travel equipment, and clothing. It also offers services such as
outdoor-oriented vacations and courses.
Rei has
a motto that proclaims that they are, “The BIGGEST outdoor store on the net.”
Phone:
1-800-426-4840
Pedestrian Safety
Overview: At some point in the day, everyone is a
pedestrian, and unfortunately pedestrian fatalities remain high. There was a more than 3% increase in the
number of pedestrians killed in traffic crashes in 2018, totaling 6,283 deaths
— the most deaths since 1990. NHTSA
raises awareness of the dangers to pedestrians by providing safety tips,
educational material and other resources.
Find out how to protect yourself and your loved ones when walking, and
learn how you can help us prevent pedestrian injuries and deaths.
National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington,
DC 20590
1-888-327-4236
1-800-
424-9153 (TTY)
https://www.nhtsa.gov/road-safety/pedestrian-safety
House of Canes and Walking Sticks
34-35
Collins Place
Flushing,
NY 11354
888-478-2263
This is an excellent online store for
canes and walking sticks.
The
Naturist Society Foundation
LLC 627
Bay Shore Drive Ste 100
Oshkosh,
WI 54901
Phone: 920-426-5009
This magazine, published by the Naturist
Society, lists beaches, gatherings, and resorts where nudity is allowed. The authors don’t recommend nude recreation
based only on health and safety reasons.
But, we put this address in our book to achieve evenhanded and impartial
reporting.
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