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• The first traffic death was a pedestrian!
  On September 13, 1899, Henry H. Bliss stepped off a New York streetcar and was hit by a passing automobile, resulting in the first traffic death.

• Alliance for a Paving Moratorium. Our goal: to halt the tremendous environmental, social and economic damage caused by endless road building.

• Bata Shoe Museum. 10,000 shoes. 4,500 years of history. Only in Toronto!

• Creative Communities, with David Engwicht, a founding member of CART - Citizens Against Route 20, publishers of Traffic Calming, with a chapter on "The Eight Myths of Traditional Traffic Planning". Articles include traffic and street reclaiming - ways for you as an individual to start a process that should result in less traffic in your street and a reclaiming of your street for a variety of community-building activities. Also Traffic Tamers, a walk to school safety program.

• The Environmental Transport Association (ETA) is the voice of transport users who are concerned about the environment. Launched in 1990, it is the fourth European organization of its kind.

• The National Main Street Center, part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is designed to improve all aspects of the downtown or central business district. The annual Great American Main Street Awards recognize exceptional accomplishments in revitalization.

• Home Zone News (UK). Home zones are a street or group of streets designed primarily to meet the interests of pedestrians and cyclists rather than motorists.

• International Pedestrian Lexicon A great resource for pedestrian advocates and traffic professionals.

• Law Enforcement, Pedestrian Safety, and Driver Compliance with Crosswalk Laws by John Britt, et al. A four-year experiment with different approaches for enforcing the law requiring vehicles to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks had little impact on driver behavior.

• Centre for Alternative and Sustainable Technology - developing the use of non-motorised, sustainable transport. Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent campus, England.

• Project for Public Spaces, Inc. is a non-profit corporation specializing in the planning, design,and management of public spaces.

• The Pedestrian Prerogative by Carter B. Horsley. An article in The City Review, a 'zine devoted to Manhattan affairs and the arts.

• The University of British Columbia's TREK Program Centre was established in 1997 to promote sustainable transportation alternatives

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