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Journal Article
This study found that obesity prevalence would decrease by 22% if adolescents walked/biked to school 4–5 days per week,
Toolkit, Model Policy, Case Study
A Toolkit for Increasing Physical Activity through Joint Use Agreements
This toolkit shares what lessons learned from successful joint use agreements, offering guidelines and templates for other communities seeking to increase their own access to school recreational facilities.
By Michelle Lieberman, Molly O’Reilly and Katharine Bierce
Report, Case Study
This document describes strategies used to implement collaborative and comprehensive education reform at all levels.
Late in the evening of June 9, as part of the House consideration of the transportation appropriations bill, Rep.
Report
How Collaboration can Increase Physical Activity in Communities
This resource documents findings from a survey of school principals in Kentucky about shared use of school facilities with community agencies during non-school hours. The survey was intended to gather baseline data about shared use in Kentucky as well as challenges, opportunities, and best practices for establishing shared use.
This guest blog post was written by our research adviser, Christina Galardi.
First, let’s start with a pop quiz to get your brain working - I’ll give the answers at the end.
Report
Policy Recommendations for Removing Barriers to Community-Centered Schools
School districts are responsible for the education of almost 50 million public school students. This report identifies the larger community interest in decisions about retaining existing schools and deciding where to locate new ones.
A new information brief, issued today by the National Center for Safe Routes to School and written by the Safe Routes Partnership, demonstrates how regional transportation planning authorities (or MPOs) can advance Safe Routes to School priorities using the relatively new Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP).
Journal Article, Fact Sheet
This study used a computer-based model of adults’ walking behavior in a hypotheticalcity to examine the possible impact of interventions on overall walking, andon walking for different purposes, among different socioeconomic groups.
The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee has set its consideration of the transportation bill for Thursday, October 22. This is coming in just under the wire, as the current transportation law expires at the end of October. Congress will still have to do an extension of current law to allow the House to complete its work and then come to agreement with the Senate -- hopefully by mid-December. (Update 10/22/15: The committee completed consideration of the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act today. An amendment offered by Reps.
Fact Sheet
A Guide for Parents and Community Advocates
All public school districts nationwide are required to implement a “wellness policy” to promote student health. This fact sheet is designed to help parents and community advocates ensure that their district’s policy is enforced.
We have been advocating together for three years for a new transportation bill that supports Safe Routes to School, walking and bicycling. Now that Congress has passed the FAST Act and locked in funding for the Transportation Alternatives Program (or as it is now also known the STP Setaside), what should advocates be focusing on?
Website
Public Health online assist individuals interested in the Public Health field on different professions offered. In addition, the resource provides the public with expert driven information and resources on public health topics
The City of Pryor Creek, Oklahoma recently became the first city in the state to approve a Complete Streets ordinance with the unanimous approval of Ordinance No. 2016-01.
When we talk about federal transportation dollars in this space, we most often focus on the Transportation Alternatives Program, since it has a strong focus on funding Safe Routes to School programs and bicycling and walking infrastructure.
In 1935, as part of the New Deal, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration moved 203 Midwestern families from their economically depressed farms to form the Matanuska Colony in what is now Palmer, Alaska. These agricultural families migrated from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan to the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, approximately 45 miles north of Anchorage, 24 years before Alaska became a state. With 40 acres allocated per family, these farming colonists cultivated the land into what is now the heart of Alaska’s agricultural production.
This blog post is authored by Safe Routes Partnership research advisor, Stephanie Tepperberg.
Report
This mid-course report examines the research literature and provides recommendations for increasing physical activity levels of American youth across five key settings: Schools, Preschool and Childcare, Community, Home, and Healthcare.