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Connectivity -- Safety -- Opportunity -- Participation -- Partnership
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What you'll find in this issue:
- New guidance and training on quick-build projects for active transportation
- Reminder to propose sessions for the next Bike Walk Roll Summit (April 2026)
- Other events and trainings to keep on your radar
Welcome to another special edition of the Wall and Roll Newsletter. This may be habit-forming, but we couldn't wait to tell you about these things that are now or soon!
Upcoming training: Trialing active transportation solutions with quick-build projects
Would you like to use quick-build projects to pilot active transportation improvements and engage your community? Our Active Transportation Division published a guide to developing different types of quick-build projects, which can typically be designed and installed on a shorter timeline than long-term roadway reconstruction projects. Several of our grant programs can support these projects, including the Sandy Williams Connecting Communities Program, Safe Routes to School Program and Pedestrian and Bicyclist Program.
We're hosting a webinar to walk you through this resource. On Nov. 5, 2025, at 1 p.m. PST, supported by Toole Design, we'll share examples of how communities have used quick-build projects to foster support for infrastructure enhancements that make walking and bicycling easier and safer. They also use them to get solutions on the ground more quickly!
Sign up for the training using this link!
Share with your peers at the 2026 Bike Walk Roll Summit
Many of us share hopes for what transportation in Washington state could be like in the future. But how do we make those multimodal visions reality?
That's the question at the center of the next Bike Walk Roll Summit, the largest annual gathering of people working on, advocating for and using active transportation in Washington state. Themed 'Designing the Future We Want,' the Summit will be held in-person from Apr. 1-3, 2025, in Wenatchee, WA. Organizer Cascade Bicycle Club is inviting proposals for presentations, panels, workshops and other learning forums that tackle this theme in innovative, action-oriented ways.
If you have a project, tool, idea or perspective that could help others improve safety and mobility for people walking, biking and rolling, consider submitting a proposal. But don't wait: Applications are due today, Oct. 31, 2025.
Sandy Williams Connecting Communities Program reopens Call for Projects
The Sandy Williams Connecting Communities Program Call for Projects is no longer on pause. We're accepting applications through 11:59 p.m. PST on Nov. 21, 2025.
Please review grant application guidance document before submitting. This guidance will help you confirm your project is aligned with SWCCP's objectives. You can find this document and more resources on the program webpage.
If you already started in application, your information is saved in the system.
Missed our webinars providing program overviews, or just want a refresher? You can still watch an info session recording online.
If you have any questions or need support, please contact Clara Cheeves by email or by phone (564) 233-8762.
We add new trainings as we find them, so the list changes with every issue. Some of these offer continuing education credits. All times are shown in Pacific Standard Time.
All items are webinars unless a location is noted.
October
November
- Nov. 4, 11 a.m.: Road Safey Champion Program: Countermeasures for Road Safety (National Center for Rural Road Safety (NCRRS)
- Nov. 5, 11 a.m.: Road Safey Champion Program: Integrating Public Health and Transportation to Enhance Road User Safety (NCRRS)
- Nov. 5, 1 p.m.: WSDOT Quick Build Training (WSDOT)
- Nov. 7, 11 a.m.: Building Oregon’s Statewide Multimodal Transportation Inventory with AI and Interagency Collaboration (PSU Transportation Seminar)
- Nov. 12, 11 a.m.: Road Safey Champion Program: Public Health Data to Inform Injury Analysis and Monitoring (NCRRS)
- Nov. 12, 12 noon: 2025 U.S. Federal Policy Webinars (Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP)
- Nov. 13, 10 a.m.: Outdoor Tech for Good (American Trails – donations appreciated)
- Nov. 18-19, 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Working with Statistics – What Do You Really Need to Know (PacTrans, University of Washington – fee)
- Nov. 18, 11 a.m.: Road Safey Champion Program: Overview of Local Road Safety Plans (NCRRS)
- Nov. 19, 11 a.m.: Road Safey Champion Program: Intersections between Traffic Safety and Health Culture (NCRRS)
- Nov. 19, 12 noon: Partnering for Grants Greatness - State-Level Bike-Ped Innovations (APBP – fee)
- Nov. 20, 10 a.m.: Understanding Trail Aggregates: Foundation for Performance (American Trails)
Save the Date
- Washington State Department of Commerce is seeking feedback as it finalizes guidance designed to help communities plan for the impacts of climate change in order to meet Growth Management Act requirement, new as of 2023, to add a climate element to local comprehensive plans. Review the guidance document and provide feedback on this form. Deadline for comment is November 15.
Calls for Papers/Presentations/Abstracts:
We share new papers, established databases, thoughtful essays, and even older research that was ahead of its time. If these are helpful to your existing work or spark a new project: Email WSDOTActive@wsdot.wa.gov to let us know!
If you read this far, thank you! You're finding something of value here and you know someone else who should receive this kind of news. Forward WSDOT Walk and Roll to others and share the subscription link on social media (tag it #WSDOTactive).
Hannah Weinberger
Communication Lead, WSDOT Active Transportation Division
hannah.weinberger@wsdot.wa.gov
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