Many of NACDD’s WAI Alumni teams have achieved new outcomes as a result of their cross-disciplinary approaches to create more walkable and movable places within their communities. The WAI Alumni Network has collectively and voluntarily self-reported the achievement of more than 1,400 different outcomes reaching over 60,000,000 people across the 36 states, while leveraging nearly $540,000,000 from various funding sources to support walkability-related implementation strategies.

These outcomes have come in the form of new plans or policies, such as new or updated Long-Range Transportation Plans, Active Transportation Plans, Comprehensive Safety Action Plans, or Complete Streets policies, among others. New systems improvements have been accomplished by way of improving grant and project scoring criteria to prioritize bicycle and pedestrian safety, equity integration into regional project applications, or budget allocation for active transportation projects, as examples. Changes to the built environment have included examples like new or enhanced pocket parks, trail and multimodal connectivity, improved park access, street redesigns, and enhanced pedestrian crossing facilities.