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Go for Gold

The Burlington Go for Gold Campaign is a community-wide effort to make Burlington a national leader for active transportation and recreation!

Silver Status for the Queen City

It's official: Burlington is a great place for getting around by foot! The City of Burlington was recently awarded Silver-level status by the Walk Friendly Communities program. This award recognizes Burlington's nearly 100% sidewalk coverage, its investment in better crosswalk signals, and its work to slow down traffic. Kudos to Burlington Public Works for making infrastructure for walking a top priority.

Next stop: Gold-level recognition! Local Motion is working with the City and others to map out a plan for getting to gold for both walking and biking. Check out the Go for Gold campaign to learn more about how you can make our community a national leader in active recreation and transportation.

Hey BTV, Can You Catch Up to Indy?

As Burlington strives to improve its environment for walking and biking through it's Go For Gold campaign, Indianapolis offers a striking road map of what can be done with city infrastructure. This mid-sized city used private donations and a federal TIGER grant to build an amazing 8-mile, $63m separated bicycle and pedestrian facility around downtown. Read more here!

The Indianapolis Cultural Trail: The Next-Gen in U.S. Protected Bike Lanes from STREETFILMS on Vimeo.

Burlington "Go for Gold" Blueprint Released

Walk-bikeboxes On May 16, 2013, the City of Burlington, the Burlington Walk-Bike Council, and Local Motion publicly released the "Go for Gold" Walk-Bike Blueprint for Burlington. This collaborative document offers a vision for making our community a national leader in active transportation and recreation.

Click here to download the complete text of the Blueprint

Click here to download a two-page summary of the Blueprint

MEDIA COVERAGE!

CCTV Channel 17 show with Mayor Wienberger

WPTZ news story about the Walk-Bike Blueprint

Pictures from the Mayor's Multi-Modal Tour

WHAT IS THE BLUEPRINT ABOUT?

The Go for Gold Walk-Bike Blueprint is a collaborative effort of the City of Burlington, the Burlington Walk-Bike Council, and Local Motion whose purpose is to lay out a shared vision for how to make Burlington a world-class city for walking and biking. It is supported by the Burlington Partnership for a Healthy Community with funding from the Vermont Department of Health, and is sponsored by Dealer.com.