Yes, the Penn State University Park campus has prioritized pedestrian access to campus in the campus master plan. Penn State’s Guiding Principles for Campus Planning include 52 statements that establish planning direction for University Park with a rationale of the values that are foundational to the built environment. Eight of the 52 statements directly address the pedestrian mode:

1. Advance the ideal of a pedestrian centered campus by maintaining and improving the major pedestrian and open space corridors and in the campus core.
2. Maintain and expand coherent, efficient, and safe network of walkways. Connect all destinations on campus.
3. Maintain and enhance pedestrian-friendly campus streets (comfortable, attractive, and safe).
4. Provide accessible routes throughout campus and into all buildings.
5. Provide accommodations for pedestrians, bicycles, and transit to enhance the pedestrian ­centered campus experience of the academic core.
6. Provide appropriate accommodations for emergency vehicles, service access, and those with enhanced mobility needs.
7. Locate the majority of parking resources at the campus perimeter with dependable and comfortable transit service and bicycle accommodations to promote a pedestrian-oriented campus.
8. Provide separation of vehicle and pedestrian traffic where major conflicts exist to enhance personal safety

Campus is still active for cars traveling on a main thoroughfare on campus as part of campus master plan to reestablish pedestrian zones. Additionally, a Safe Walk Program has been established to promote campus safety and pedestrian walkability at night.

All 20 Commonwealth campuses keep parking on the periphery with a majority of routes on the body of campus as walk-only paths.

Campus maps of all campuses show numerous pedestrian-only walkways. Three of the 23 are pictured below:

Learn more about Penn State’s progress on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals on the SDG Progress page HERE, and learn more about work on SDG 11 HERE.