What is Walktober?
Walktober offers fun events to help promote walking as a free, healthy and environmentally friendly option in the City of Raleigh.
Walktober is sponsored in partnership with Commute Smart Raleigh. Commute Smart consultants offer solutions to alleviate traffic congestion by encouraging the increased use of transportation options such as walking, biking, transit, carpooling, and parking cash-out.
Let's get moving!
Walk to School Day
Wednesday, October 5, locations and times vary
Check with your child’s school to learn more about Walk to School events.
Southeast Raleigh History Stroll
Saturday, October 15
10 a. m. to 11:30 a.m.
and 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
The Southeast Raleigh History Stroll will highlight the rich history of Southeast Raleigh and focus on many aspects of African American heritage in the region.
The tours will include stops at several City of Raleigh Historic Sites (e.g. John P. "Top" Greene Community Center, Pope House Museum, Moore Square) as well as other extant and no longer extant historic resources (e.g. Shaw University properties, Prince Hall Masonic Lodge, Lightner Arcade, Lincoln Theater).
Tours start and end at John P. "Top" Greene Community Center.
401 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Raleigh, NC 27601
Call 919-996-2220 for more information. No sign-up required.
Chocolates and Trains - A Walking Tour
Saturday, October 22
10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Join Commute Smart Raleigh Saturday, October 22 at 10:30 a.m. for delicious beverages from Black and White Coffee (located inside Videri Chocolate Factory) and a tour of the Raleigh Union train station. All registered guests will receive a voucher for one small free drink of their choice. After getting your beverage, please head down the street to join us at Raleigh Union Station for a free behind-the-scenes tour of Raleigh’s only train station, Raleigh Union Station.
Learn more about the innovative architecture, plans for the station, and experience arguably the best indoor space in the city!
More information!
A Commute Smart Raleigh WALKinar - Vision Zero
Tuesday, October 25
11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Online
Learn about Raleigh's Vision Zero efforts and how to become a sighted ally to the visually impaired community.
Join us virtually to:
1. Hear from the City of Raleigh's Vision Zero Program Manager to learn about how the City plans to decrease pedestrian fatalities and improve walking infrastructure for all.
2. Learn from visually impaired community activists on how to be a sighted ally for blind residents that navigate an urban pedestrian environment.
Original source can be found here
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