What is Let's Move LI?
A collaboration among municipalities, schools, businesses and other organizations to promote active transportation across Long Island.
Our Goals
- Promote walking and biking, alone or connected to public transit
- Encourage bike and pedestrian safety education for students
- Support safe walkability and biking infrastructure
Benefits of Active Transportation
Walking and biking can provide many health, environmental, social/safety and economic benefits.
Get Involved
1. Promote the Benefits of Active Transportation
Start promoting the benefits of Active Transportation to your residents, students or employees on your website, email, newsletters and social media. Our Toolkit makes it easy with sample copy, flyers and logos. .
2. Host an Educational Event
Host an educational event either virtually or in person to promote the many benefits of Active Transportation, and build awareness about nearby walkable downtowns and recreational bike trails. Let's Move LI volunteers can help you organize the event.
3. Develop an Active Transportation Plan
Ready for the next step? Form a committee to develop and implement an Active Transportation Plan to encourage your residents, students or employees to walk and bike. Our Spotlights page can give you ideas of active transportation initiatives in other communities. Also, check out our Resources page for information on the many Long Island resources that can help!
January 2025 SPOTLIGHT
AARP walking audits aim to make Long Island roads more pedestrian-safe
This past fall, Long Islanders joined AARP New York’s Taking it to the Streets: Improving Pedestrian Safety effort to share the state of their neighborhood’s sidewalks and intersections by conducting walk audits to help spark change in their community. Long Island AARP volunteers canvassed 11 Long Island communities as part of a statewide walkability audit to find the deadliest intersections for pedestrians and suggest street and sidewalk improvements.
AARP New York launched a series of walk audits around the state from November 14 to December 8 to evaluate how safe our streets are for pedestrians. A walk audit is an activity in which participants observe and evaluate the walkability of a location. Using their simple form, participants document if and how pedestrians can safely travel along a street or navigate an intersection.
Walk audits take less than an hour to do, but the information captured can make a huge impact. AARP’s goal was to highlight ways that a community can improve its walkways to enhance pedestrian safety, improve accessibility and promote healthy lifestyles.
"A walkable community is a much more livable community," said Bernard Macias, AARP senior associate director for Long Island. "We believe that all communities need to be safe for people of all ages. It doesn't matter if you're 8 or you're 80. We need livable communities."
AARP Walk Audits empower community members and local leaders to become change agents. AARP encouraged sharing the results with local elected officials. AARP New York will also compile all the data collected in order to explore opportunities to increase pedestrian safety in New York State.
Download: AARP Walk Audit Tool Kit Worksheet
