As July unfolds before us, we look back on the progress of the Complete Streets movement since the year began: We’ve seen incredible progress federally, and we celebrated two new state laws. Eighteen communities have committed to complete streets since January, and we released a Best Practices report on policies and implementation. [Continue Reading "Six Months of Complete..."]
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While the U.S. Department of Transportation has gotten lots of attention for its efforts to promote livable communities, the Department of Health and Human Services is also determined to invest in livability – for health. They are directing $650 million to 44 communities through the Communities Putting Prevention to Work to institute policy and environmental changes that will help make the healthy choice the easy choice. [Continue Reading "Communities Putting Prevention..."] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention become one of the first agencies to weigh in on the federal transportation reauthorization – and transportation choice is front and center in their recommendations. [Continue Reading "Transportation Policy Is Health..."] A new flurry of study results, meetings, and reports from the public health community - including a specific recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - are pointing the way toward complete streets policies as an important tool in the fight against the obesity crisis. [Continue Reading "Public Health Community..."] |
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