Pedestrian Awareness Week

One of the Scavenger Hunt Sites








Pedestrian Awareness Week is underway. Yesterday was the Kick-Off Breakfast Walk and tomorrow will be a walkability audit and the booth at First Friday ArtWalk. There is still time to complete the Scavenger Hunt and qualify for great prizes (turn answers in at booth tomorrow, 4 pm - 7 pm). Here are the activities:

Friday, October 2
Sunnyside – Fourth Street Walkability Audit
How to Conduct a Walkability Audit Workshop
Coconino County Health Department, Ponderosa Room
2625 North King Street
8:30 – 11:00 am
A walkability audit is a community-based exercise intended to highlight opportunities, identify obstacles, and evaluate how easy it is to get around your neighborhood on foot.
The first part of this event (from 8:30 to 9:30) will include a workshop on how to conduct
a walkability audit. The second part (starting at 9:30 am) will be an on-the-ground walkability audit of the Fourth Street corridor in the Sunnyside neighborhood, conducted as part of the corridor planning process for Fourth Street.

Downtown Scavenger Hunt
Downtown Flagstaff
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 through Friday, October 2
Attention explorers, young and old: search the nooks and crannies around downtown Flagstaff to find Scavenger Hunt treasure. The Scavenger Hunt list will be posted on the City’s website: http://www.flagstaff.az.gov/DocumentView.aspx?DID=9916, starting the week before Pedestrian Awareness Week. Bring in your answers to the Pedestrian Awareness Booth at Heritage Square during the First Friday Art Walk to be entered in a raffle.

Pedestrian Awareness Booth
Heritage Square
Aspen Street, downtown Flagstaff
4:00 – 7:00 pm
Stop by our table in Heritage Square during the First Friday Art Walk to discuss walkability and pedestrian issues with representatives of the City of Flagstaff’s Pedestrian Advisory Committee and Coconino County’s Safekids Coalition and Safe Routes to School program.
Bring your answers to the Scavenger Hunt challenge (see above) and be entered in a raffle!

Saturday, October 3
Community Sidewalk Clean-Up Day
Kinsey Elementary School parking lot
1601 South Lone Tree Road
9:00 am – 12:00 noon
Help keep Flagstaff’s sidewalks clean, clear and safe for everyone! Volunteers are needed to sweep debris and clear weeds from the public sidewalks in the Pine Knoll neighborhood near Kinsey School. Meet in the parking lot at Kinsey School; tools will be provided.

Sunday, October 4
Hike the FUTS/Ride the Bus
Sechrist School parking lot
2230 North Fort Valley Road
9:00 am
We will meet at Sechrist School for a leisurely walk along the tree-lined FUTS trail to the Flagstaff Community Market by City Hall. The walk is a little over 2 miles long. With bags full of produce, we will then board the Mountain Line bus (Orange Line) near the library and head back to Sechrist School. Bus passes cost $1.00 for adults, $0.50 for children and seniors 60 and over.

Monday, October 5
Try Transit Day
All Mountain Line bus routes, all day
The Northern Arizona Intergovernmental Public Transportation Authority (NAIPTA) is offering free Mountain Lift and Mountain Line bus rides all day to give everyone a chance to experience firsthand how affordable, convenient, and fun it is to ride the bus.

Tuesday, October 6
Southside Accessibility Audit
Mountain Line Downtown Transfer Center
Phoenix Avenue, west of Beaver Street
9:00 – 11:00 am
The City’s Disability Awareness Commission will lead a short tour of the southside neighborhood to illustrate conditions that make getting around easier or more difficult for persons with mobility limitations – an eye-opening experience for all.

Brown Bag Lunch Presentation on Complete Streets
Community Federated Church
400 West Aspen Avenue
12:00 noon – 1:00 pm
Complete streets is the simple, yet compelling notion that streets should be safe, attractive, comfortable, and enjoyable for all users – pedestrians, bicyclists, public transit users, and motorists. Bring your own lunch and come ready with questions. This presentation is part of the week-long form-based code design charrette held in conjunction with the project to revamp Flagstaff’s zoning code.

Wednesday, October 7
International Walk to School Day
Killip, Kinsey, Marshall, Sechrist, and Thomas Elementary Schools
7:30 – 9:30 am
Join kids, parents, teachers and community leaders on a “walking school bus” to one of five participating Flagstaff elementary schools. Last year more than 1,600 children in Flagstaff joined millions of school children across the globe in this event, which is intended to encourage physical activity, raise awareness of community walkability, and reduce traffic congestion, pollution, and speed near schools.
If you would like to participate in the event or volunteer to help, please contact Kim Austin, Safe Routes to School coordinator with the Coconino County Health Department, at (928) 679-7213.

Pedestrian Awareness Week is organized by
City of Flagstaff Pedestrian Advisory Committee
Coconino County Injury Prevention Program – Safe Kids Coalition
City of Flagstaff Disability Awareness Commission
Northern Arizona Intergovernmental Public Transportation Authority
Flagstaff Metropolitan Planning Organization
Numerous volunteers
For more information, please contact
Martin Ince..................(928) 226-4850
Kim Austin...................(928) 679-7213
Heather Taylor.............(928) 679-7262