In this study, increases in perceived safety were associated with increased recreational walking, but not walking for transportation.

Key takeaway:

• As driver speed increases, the rate of yielding to pedestrians decreases.
• The researcher suggests that speed enforcement and design to reduced speeds through skinny lanes or traffic calming devices could improve unsafe crossings.

Qualitative interviews with an adult population indicate that concepts of neighborhoods and walkability apply to rural areas, but some characteristics of these concepts may be different from urban and suburban areas.

KEY TAKEAWAY:

• In this study, urban location and decreased distance to school were related to adopting or maintaining active transportation to school.

“Schools not located near residences make it impossible for most children to walk or bike to school, thereby missing an opportunity for physical activity as part of daily routines.”

Parental concerns are important predictors of child participation in active transportation to school, highlighting the importance of engaging parents in interventions like Safe Routes to School to promote walking and biking to school.

This study describes relationships between travel for different transportation modes and aspects of the built environment. These relationships can be used to forecast changes in driving, walking, or transit use and estimate impacts of policy changes that influence the built environment.

Measuring the built environment can help assess needs and set priorities for creating healthy community design. 

An instructional video by Jason Serafino-Agar on how to teach your child to ride a bike in 3 steps

This fact sheet explores the benefits of making healthy food accessible by foot, bike, or transit, and highlights examples of how businesses, agencies, and nonprofits are taking action to improve transportation options to healthy food.

Learn how you can use the report cards to communicate the importance of supportive state policies and highlight ideas for inspiring change in your state.

This fact sheet provides a quick summary of the report cards' scoring structure.

This fact sheet includes tips for employers and employees who want to incorporate walking into the workday.

This guide can help communities ensure their Complete Streets policy becomes more than words on paper and creates real, on-the-ground change. It focuses on how public health practitioners, in particular, can collaborate with other agencies to implement Complete Streets. 

Fear is a big barrier to bicycling for Blacks and Hispanics (i.e., fear of traffic collisions, fear of robbery and assault, fear of being stranded with a broken bicycle, fear of police racial profiling, and fear of verbal harassment). 

Use this checklist to assess the walkability of your route or neighborhood.

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for creating walking route maps using free tools.

Here is a guide to use walking meetings in your workplace to stimulate creativity, boost workplace morale, and provide easy opportunities for physical activity during the workday.

The ChangeLab Solutions' pedcast, Road Signs, is designed for public health practitioners and advocates interested in creating safe and active streets. Each episode introduces one transportation tool that promotes community health and well-being.