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Arlington Heights, IL
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Bike Audits
Description: Older adults helped audit a multi-use path where safety and accessibility issues limited use. Their input highlighted hazards and informed plans for improvements. The project also built ties with the bike advisory committee, giving older adults a voice in shaping safer routes. Continued engagement, including monthly meetings, ensures their concerns remain central to future upgrades.
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Montgomery, AL
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Bike Audits
Description: This project will engage volunteers to conduct two bike audits evaluating safety near Montgomery Whitewater park. County officials will analyze the findings and work toward implementing improvements.
Anchorage, AK
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Bike Audits
Description: Bike audits will review access near civic facilities located along roads under reconstruction. Project teams will use the data to include safer bike and pedestrian features in future roadway designs.
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Portland, OR
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Transportation Other
Description: This project will offer introductory classes on E-bikes for adults age 50-plus. The clinics will explain how e‑bikes work, safety rules, where to buy them and how to apply for local rebate programs, with both online and in‑person options.
Portland, OR
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Public space activation
Description: A dangerous five-way intersection will be converted into a shaded cultural plaza featuring seating, public art and pedestrian amenities. The pop-up space will calm traffic, reduce heat and provide a safe gathering place.
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