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Many people automatically assume we can never get to zero traffic fatalities. Their protestations are symptomatic of a culture that far too readily accepts preventable tragedies. Here's how community and thought leaders are working towards Vision Zero in our transportation system. 

Support for grassroots organizations is our best hope for growing a truly all-powerful bike and pedestrian lobby. Give to the Alliance before the end of the year, and we'll send you "All-Powerful Bike Lobby" and "All-Powerful Pedestrian Lobby" temporary tattoos.

In 2014, the Alliance offered twenty calls and webinars specifically for biking and walking advocates and proponents. Here are all those sessions in one place – and a peek at what to expect in 2015. Hint: "Mutual Aid" is soooo last year. 

Advocacy Advance's newest report, “Leveraging Health Funding for Active Transportation Investments,” reviews the recent round of CDC awards for biking and walking and provides examples of partnerships connecting transportation and health.

Combined, Alliance member organizations staff over 500 full-time employees. How can your organization best increase staff capacity with strong interns, fellows, volunteers, and contractors?

This week in biking and walking advocacy: advocates absorb big ideas about how to eliminate preventable traffic deaths and injuries. 

This week in biking and walking advocacy: leaders flock to New York City for the Vision Zero Symposium for Cities as Vision Zero campaigns pop up in cities around North America.

Thanks to support from REI, Advocacy Advance will award new rolling Rapid Response Grants to advocates undertaking campaigns to win or preserve public funding for walking and biking. 

Today, we’re excited to announce the three campaigns receiving our “Big Idea” Grants. If successful, these three campaigns will address the urgent need for biking and walking investment at the local level.

Voters flocked to the polls on Tuesday. What did November 4th mean for biking and walking? Advocacy Advance reports back on key transportation funding measures.