Wtih an eye toward health, the City of San Antonio recently approved a Complete Streets policy. [Continue Reading "In the Heart..."]
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The Coalition is always looking for new ways to share our knowledge and help communities “get it right” with their Complete Streets work. We’re excited to partner on two new initiatives to bring technical assistance to even more communities. [Continue Reading "Opportunities for..."] Communities from Texas to Illinois and Pennsylvania to California are including healthy, active transportation activities in their Community Transformation Grant (CTG) application — and technical assistance from the National Complete Streets Coalition and the Safe Routes to School National Partnership can help them achieve their goals. We’ve rounded up additional resources for communities in today’s blog post. [Continue Reading "Resources for Your..."] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is currently accepting applications for Community Transformation Grants. We encourage you to include technical assistance from the Safe Routes to School National Partnership and the National Complete Streets Coalition in your application. [Continue Reading "Include Complete Streets…"] We’re launching an exciting project that will combine the transportation expertise of the National Complete Streets Coalition with a powerful public health framework for creating healthier environments: Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change – or PSE for short. [Continue Reading "Coalition Launches Technical..."] 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..."] 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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