Active Living Topic: Health

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Glendale, Arizona: Events promote safe routes to school

On Wednesday, October 3, the usual crossing guards at Copper Creek Elementary School in Glendale, Arizona, were missing. In their place were other familiar, albeit furrier, faces: Howler and Big Re ...

Making cycling irresistible

"Making cycling irresistible: Lessons from the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany" by Pucher and Buehler, Rutgers University; Transport Reviews, Vol. 28, 2008. (876k pdf)

Filed In: Resource | Case Study | Environment | Health | Transportation

Traffic congestion around schools

#50 Problem-Oriented Guides for Police, Problem-Specific Guides Series; by Nancy La Vigne, Center for Problem-Oriented Policing; for U.S. Dept. of Justice.

Forbes rates America's most sedentary cities

Ranking the most physically inactive cities through a provocative feature, “America’s Most Sedentary Cities,” Forbes magazine shines a spotlight on the environmental characteristics that help ...

Filed In: Resource | National | Health | News

Nicole Freedman: Boston's new bike czar

Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston hadn’t ridden a bicycle in more than 40 years. But two months after purchasing a silver three-speed Trek, the mayor was rising at 5 a.m. for a ride through his Hyde ...

Active Living at Health Canada

Active Living at Health Canada by Rich Killingsworth, MPH, Director, Active Living by Design (2/04) This presentation provides a general overview of the relationships between the built environment, ...

Urban sprawl and public health

*Urban Sprawl and Public Health By Richard Jackson, M.D., M.P.H. National Center For Environmental Health, and Howard Frumkin, M.D., Dr. P.H. Rollins School of Public Health. Presented Octobe ...

Placemaking on a budget: It's all about creating places for people, by people

By Susan Jackson, AICP and Al Zelinka, AICP (RBF/Urban Design Studio). Presented at the 2001 American Planning Association, National Planning Conference (New Orleans) - March 11, 2001. This present ...

The New Metropolitan Agenda

The New Metropolitan Agenda By Bruce Katz, Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, Brookings Institute. Presented April 2001 to the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission. This presentations explor ...

Physical Activity and the Built Environment

Physical Activity and the Built Environment By Marya Morris, AICP, Director of Research, American Planning Association. Presented at the National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity' ...