{"id":2,"date":"2015-05-19T14:17:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T18:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2015-09-30T14:35:33","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T18:35:33","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"pedestrian-reciprocity\"<\/a>WalkUP Roslindale<\/a> is made up of residents who live, work, or simply care about Roslindale and intend to make it the most pedestrian-friendly neighborhood in the city of Boston. Regardless of how else we get around,\u00a0everyone<\/strong> walks (or, similarly, uses a wheelchair). We envision Roslindale as a safe, pleasant, and beautiful place to walk, gather, and interact, for the young, old, and everyone in between. The\u00a0approach to improving the human environment is comprehensive and holistic: development, design, infrastructure, culture, social norms, and law enforcement. Although our starting point is people on their feet, we will work with allies to\u00a0improve the neighborhood for bikes, other non-motorized forms of transportation, as well as mass transit.<\/p>\n

Check out our Mission and and Seven Statements of Principles, first published 9\/30\/15<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can sign up as a “supporter”<\/a>; this just shows you believe in our mission. Any\u00a0information you provide will be kept confidential and you will receive, at most, infrequent emails, and you can unsubscribe at any time.<\/p>\n

You can also join our private email discussion list<\/a>,\u00a0follow us on Twitter<\/a>, and\/or\u00a0join us on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our\u00a0group’s name in inspired by a\u00a0set of studies about the value attached to “Walkable Urban Places” or “WalkUPs.” To paraphrase Leinberger’s March 2015 report on WalkUPs in the Boston region<\/a>, a “Walkable Urban Place”\u00a0is a place characterized by<\/p>\n