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Community Transformation Grant awardees in North Carolina, Illinois, and Wisconsin promoted joint use agreements (formal agreements between 2 parties for the shared use of land or facilities) as a strategy to increase access to physical activity in their states.

In over 17,000 schools around the country, these programs are making it easier and safer for students to be healthy by walking or bicycling to school. 

Safe Routes to School programs can succeed in rural areas. But ensuring that schoolchildren can get the benefits of walking and bicycling to school in rural communities requires dealing with some challenges and barriers that may be different than in other areas.

The purpose of this survey is to learn more about the shared, community use of schools as places for physical activity, as well as assessing access to facilities that support healthy food in programming. 

This resource is designed to address some of the most frequently asked questions that arise while adopting shared use policy or implementing shared use agreements.

This resource is designed to address the variance in terminlogies when referring to shared use. 

This webinar explores shared use agreements as a means to support public health utilizing evidence-based research, best practices and lessons learned from the field in Los Angeles County. 

This webinar from March 18, 2015 discusses the topic of biking and communities of color.

When it comes to walking and bicycling, rural communities can be the best of environments and the worst of environments. Historically, small rural towns were very walkable. With small main streets and compact development, it was easy to walk from place to place while running errands. 

The rate of childhood obesity has increased four-fold over the past forty years, leading to serious health risks for children. 

This factsheet provides the latest fatality and estimated injury data for pedestrians in the US.

The report considers the state of walking and bicycling infrastructure in North Carolina, citing inequitable safety statistics for non-motorized transportation and focusing on state funding levels that fall far below what is needed for bicycle and pedestrian improvements or what is promised through state-level policy.

The purpose of this survey is to understand the extent to which school facilities are being used for community use during non-school hours and identify the benefits and barriers of sharing school facilities in the state of Iowa through a survey to Superintendents.

A UK-specific guide to bicycle safety.

Children's Aid created the National Center for Community Schools in response to the tremendous interest generated in this new comprehensive and integrated approach to promoting children's learning and development. 

This guide is intended to assist residents, parents, and others in getting involved in making communities safer for pedestrians and bicyclists. The guide includes facts, ideas, and resources to help residents learn about traffic problems that affect pedestrians and bicyclists and to find ways to help address these problems.

KEY TAKEAWAY:

Policies and infrastructure that support commuting by bicycle are linked with lower rates of overweight and obesity among adults in large U.S. cities.

This webinar from December 15, 2014 discusses the relationship between student transportation and attendance.

This report is an account of positive changes that occur when broad groups of stakeholders work together on behalf of our children.  Community groups and individuals helped galvanize the call for these changes, demonstrating broad support for active transportation.  

This report provides guidance in working with MPOs and highlights lessons learned in the regions where the Safe Routes Partnership has concentrated efforts through the four-year implementation of the regional network project, which dedicates staff to effect change at the regional level.