Last week, the same week as Earth Day, San Francisco celebrated their sixth annual Bike and Roll to School Week.
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Report
Assessing the Mode Shift Potential of Walk to School Programs
With support provided by the Barr Foundation, WalkBoston and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) developed a spatial framework for the following:
Southern cities and states are among our nation’s most dangerous places for walking. According to Dangerous by Design 2014, published by Smart Growth America, 9 of the top 10 most-dangerous large metro areas are located in Southern states.
Model Policy
This Model suggests language for a comprehensive plan's transportation vision statement and policy package, as well as additional language to be used throughout other chapters to encourage the integration of Complete Streets policies in interagency planning for land use, schools, public facilities, parks and recreation, and community health.
As many Americans are enjoying their summer vacations, it’s a good time to look at studies on the tourism and economic benefits that bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly infrastructure can generate.
Fact Sheet
In an era of scarce public funds, this economic value justifies the investment in livable communities. Active transportation and livability should be funded because governments can recover their investment through enhanced tax revenues, and developers can recoup their investment in higher sales or rents.
The largest jurisdiction in the Greater Washington, DC region has just completed its first health impact assessment (HIA), assessing the potential health impacts of a proposed transit center along a state highway corridor.
Model Policy
NPLAN has surveyed existing law, conducted extensive legal research, and consulted with legal and policy experts to create these model laws (local ordinances and state statutes) and local and state/regional resolutions (which may be easier to pass, but are not binding) for Complete Streets.
Authored by Keith Benjamin and Mikaela Randolph.
Congressional supporters have introduced two new pieces of legislation to advance funding and safety for bicycling and walking. The Safe Routes Partnership is pleased to support both bills.
Journal Article, Laws and Policies
To help policymakers avoid crossing constitutional boundaries, we distilled thelegal concepts most relevant to formulating policies aimed at preventing obesity; police power; allocation of power among federal, state, and local governments; freedom of speech; property rights; privacy; equal protection; andcontract rights.
If you travel up North Mount Street between Laurens Street and Presbury Street you find the Gilmore Homes, now most infamously known as the place where Freddie Gray’s life began to slip away. I walked up North Mount, not shocked by what I saw, but filled with dismay. You could not go one street without a burned out home, abandoned property, or empty lot. Three corner stor
Website
The role of the National Center is to build the capacity of schools, districts, community partners and government agencies to organize their human and financial resources around student success.
In May, a series of incomprehensible tragedies happened in the City of Portland and the surrounding region – vehicles hitting, hurting, maiming and killing people walking and riding bicycles. One crash after another.
Model Policy
This resource contains four Model Policies for California for establishing joint use agreements, with schools, cities, indoor and outdoor facilities.
The oceanfront city of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina – permanent population 27,000 – explodes with tourists and temporary workers from all over the world during the summer. With as many as 450,000 people congregating on the seven-mile stretch of beachfront, restaurants, and shops in any given week in the summer, it’s critical that the town’s transportation system is able to handle the large influx of visitors. Central to the experience of visiting Myrtle Beach is the ability to get out of the car and enjoy the town by foot or by bike.
Model Policy, Website
Model School Siting Policies for School Districts
This website includes a fact sheet and package of school siting policies for school districts that want to ensure that their school siting decisions support the educational success, physical health, and overall well-being of students and their community.
Journal Article
This study of traffic fatalities in a county in California found that pedestrian crashes are 4 times more frequent I poor neighborhoods and age of the population, education, English language fluency, nor population density explained the effect of income level.
