City of Minneapolis Earns Gold-level ‘Walk Friendly’ Designation
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 3:33PM
The City of Minneapolis has once again earned a gold-level designation from Walk Friendly Communities – a national recognition program developed to encourage cities across the country to support safer walking environments.
Minneapolis is one of four cities in the country to earn the gold designation this cycle, an honor it also received in 2017. Overall, 23 cities and towns were recognized by the Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based organization with a Walk Friendly designation on June 21. Since 2010, 82 communities have received designations, including 15 gold-level honors.
The Walk Friendly Communities program cited Minneapolis as a gold-level community for several initiatives, including the Transportation Action Plan, Complete Streets Policy and Vision Zero Action Plan, among many others. The plans create safer, more equitable, walkable, bikeable and transit-friendly communities, the organization noted.
The Walk Friendly Communities program is the first national program to highlight walkability initiatives and programs. At the core of the program is a comprehensive web-based assessment tool that evaluates community walkability and pedestrian safety related to engineering, education, encouragement, evaluation, and planning.
