The typical steps required to create a community-based Safe Routes to School (SRTS) or walkable community program include creating a local coalition; obtaining maps; collecting information about where children live, the routes they take to school and the condition of the streets along the way; and identifying existing walking and bicycling barriers. For many communities, creating the local coalition and collecting the data can be difficult tasks. However, through the combination of facilitated Volunteered Geographic Information and Geodesign processes that utilize mobile spatial technology it is possible collect the necessary planning data while generating interest in the project and further developing an excited and engaged local coalition.