Healthy Communities Reports

This easy-to-read special report, released in 2013, is a roadmap for parents, educators, school administrators, and school volunteers to create healthier school environments so the children in their lives are better positioned to learn.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has developed videos and training resources on bicyle and pedestrian safety for law enforcement. 

In 2010 and 2011, the 20 state networks engaged more than 600 partner organizations and agencies in policy priorities based upon the following policy categories:

This report describes the strategies, partners, successes and lessons learned from the Safe Routes to School state network project in 20 states during 2010.

Many of the ideas presented are simple, but have immense potential to improve the overall success, health and well-being of our City’s students. This Active Design Toolkit for Schools provides ideas and resources to incorporate active design into your school. 

This guide provides information about LEED-ND (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighborhood Development) standards and how they can support neighborhood sustainability. 

Released in 2014 by Smart Growth America, Measuring Sprawl 2014 examines how some places in the United States are sprawling out and some places are building in compact, connected ways. 

In this monograph, the Prevention Institute has profiled eleven projects in predominantlylow-income communities where local residents mobilized public and private resources to makechanges in their physical environments to improve the health and quality of life for their citizens.

Transform created this report to highlight data that examines the full economic impact of transportation policies.

This report shows that physical activity among adults and high school students is higher in some states than others. Overall, most states have environmental and policy strategies in place that encourage physical activity.