Becoming One of America’s Healthiest Schools, One Step at a Time
Guest blog post written by Karen Mohr, Principal, Beryl Heights Elementary School, Redondo Beach, CA.
To become one of America’s Healthiest Schools, it simply takes one step at a time.
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Sign On to Support Significant Investments in Physical Activity
Please join the Safe Routes Partnership in asking our next President to make a significant investment in getting Americans more physically active. Half of adults and 75 percent of children in this country do not meet the minimum levels of physical activity recommended for good health. Yet, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently has very little funding to address our nation’s physical inactivity crisis.
San Francisco Leading the Way for Safety and a Better Environment
Last week, the same week as Earth Day, San Francisco celebrated their sixth annual Bike and Roll to School Week.
Danger Zone: Report Points to Critical Need for Safer Walking in Southern States
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.
Economic Returns from Active Transportation
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. While this may not seem immediately relevant to our day-to-day work of making schools and neighborhoods safer for walking and bicycling, policymakers can be strongly influenced by economic arguments.
Fairfax County, Virginia Releases Their First Health Impact Assessment
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.