What We Do
Safe on the Road educates and empowers individuals to advocate for pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly streets in their communities. We help stakeholders reimagine our streets so they meet the needs not just of drivers, but also of runners, walkers, and bikers.
Our work falls into three main categories:
We educate stakeholders about road safety for pedestrians and cyclists, using the latest research, evidence-based tools, and policy papers. We provide free toolkits that facilitate policy advocacy and empower walkers, runners, and cyclists to have meaningful conversations with their elected officials about safe streets. We also lead free trainings on how to conduct street assessments, teaching community members how to do a walkability and bikeability audit in their neighborhood, so that they can bring evidence and data (along with their personal stories) to their policymakers about the types of changes needed to improve road safety in their community.
Our hope is that a runner who doesn’t have a safe place to run in her town can come to Safe on the Road for resources to help her educate local elected officials and advocate for safe road design that encourages physical activity. We hope that a cyclist whose city doesn’t have countless bike lanes can find on our resources page the evidence and tools to encourage his policymakers to make data-driven decisions about urban planning. And we hope that the driver who sees a yellow sign telling him to “share the road” and “drive like you run here” will think twice about speeding down that street.
Our work falls into three main categories:
- Education
- Community Engagement
- Policy Advocacy
We educate stakeholders about road safety for pedestrians and cyclists, using the latest research, evidence-based tools, and policy papers. We provide free toolkits that facilitate policy advocacy and empower walkers, runners, and cyclists to have meaningful conversations with their elected officials about safe streets. We also lead free trainings on how to conduct street assessments, teaching community members how to do a walkability and bikeability audit in their neighborhood, so that they can bring evidence and data (along with their personal stories) to their policymakers about the types of changes needed to improve road safety in their community.
Our hope is that a runner who doesn’t have a safe place to run in her town can come to Safe on the Road for resources to help her educate local elected officials and advocate for safe road design that encourages physical activity. We hope that a cyclist whose city doesn’t have countless bike lanes can find on our resources page the evidence and tools to encourage his policymakers to make data-driven decisions about urban planning. And we hope that the driver who sees a yellow sign telling him to “share the road” and “drive like you run here” will think twice about speeding down that street.
