Complete Streets for Low-Income Children: A Focus on Both Sides of Safety

A lively conversation is underway on how transportation policy affects low income and minority children – and what can be done about it. Completing the streets, with a focus on the most vulnerable road users, has an important role to play in ensuring all children have access to safe streets. [Continue Reading "Complete Streets for Low-Income Children..."]

New Report Calls for Complete Streets to Help Prevent Obesity

The latest F as in Fat annual report is out, showing increased obesity rates in 28 states. Of programs and policies proven to help us get healthier, the report authors include the adoption of Complete Streets policies at the community, state, and federal level. [Continue Reading "New Report Calls for..."]

Public Health Community Lines Up Behind Complete Streets

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..."]