Walkable Albany memberships are annual.

Your membership dues are more than just a fee; they are the resources that will help us to:

●      Host Community Walking Audits: Identifying dangerous intersections and proposing real solutions.

●      Advocate at City Hall: Ensuring the pedestrian voice is heard in zoning and budget meetings, including the new City Engineering Department.

●      Educate and Engage: Organizing events each year that bring neighbors and local leaders together toshare ideas and reimagine our public spaces.

●       Help Our Neighbors and Communities: Organizing Shovel Brigades and neighborhood cleanups to directly improvewalkability in our city.

●      Promote Housing Development: Encouraging Albany to build on Strong Towns principles to create moredevelopment, bringing down costs for Albany residents and make housing more affordable.

In 2025, we:

●      Hosted a candidate forum for the 6th Ward Common Council Candidates

●      Issueda candidate questionnaire for city elections

●      Cohostedand moderated the NAACP Albany Mayoral Candidates Forum

●      Advocated for pedestrian safety in the Washington Park Transportation & PedestrianImprovements Project

●      Assisted in implementing pop-up traffic calming demonstrations in Washington Park

●      Participated in a Strong Towns podcast about making cities more walkable

●      Cohosted the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

●      Organized shovel brigades after snow storms to clear sidewalks and crosswalks

●      Commented on plans to reintegrate the Harriman Office Campus into the city’s street grid

●      Commented and advised on state plans to spend $200 million to revitalize downtown Albany

●      Advocated for pedestrian interests in the I-787 project

●      Advocatedfor and achieved permanent stop signs at the corner of Dove and ChestnutStreets

●      Launched a petition to calm traffic on Swan Street

●      Hosted social events to build membership cohesion

●      Tabled at numerous local events around the city to build membership and raise awareness