Complete streets

Complete streets http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/category/focus-area/complete-streets The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en Making El Paso’s streets safe for active transportation with the Vulnerable Road User Ordinance http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/making-el-paso%E2%80%99s-streets-safe-active-transportation-vulnerable-road-user-ordinance <p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves /> <w:TrackFormatting /> <w:PunctuationKerning /> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF /> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidT</p> <p><a href="http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/somerstreets-filling-streets-fun">read more</a></p> Complete streets Traffic calming Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:59:27 -0600 tschwantes 790 at http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org Taking First Steps for “Stepping to School” http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/taking-first-steps-%E2%80%9Cstepping-school%E2%80%9D <p>Since the beginning of the Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities grant program (HKHC), the New Orleans community partnership, the <a href="http://kidswalknola.org/" target="_blank">KidsWalk Coalition</a>, an initiative of the Prevention Research Center at Tulane University, knew it was important to prioritize their work around the City’s elementary and middle schools. What better way to increase children’s opportunities for bicycling and walking than by focusing on the places where they spend most of their day?</p> <p><a href="http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/taking-first-steps-%E2%80%9Cstepping-school%E2%80%9D">read more</a></p> Complete streets Pedestrians Safe routes to school Traffic calming Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:19:58 -0500 tschwantes 728 at http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org Active Living By Design Advocacy Resource Guide http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/resources/active-living-design-advocacy-resource-guide Childhood obesity Community design Community development Environment Food access Food policy Land use and zoning Nutrition and health Physical activity and health Public Health Recreation and physical activity Safety Schools Transportation Bicycles Communications Community gardens Complete streets Corner stores/markets/grocery stores Farmers markets Food assistance program access Greenway/bike/ped plans Greenways/trails Land use/zoning/joint use Mapping Master plans Parks/playgrounds Pedestrians Preschool/daycare Public policy Restaurants Safe routes to school School policies Traffic calming Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:40:47 -0500 vconti 727 at http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org Grant County, NM http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/grant-county-nm <p>For all the sweeping natural beauty of Grant County—majestic mountains, fragrant pine forests, high desert grasslands—there is also the triple challenge of poverty, isolation and infrastructure.</p> <p> The county covers 3,900 square miles, but its population, divided almost evenly between Whites and Hispanics, is less than 30,000. Nearly half of all residents live in small rural communities distant from the county’s four incorporated towns. Thirty-eight areas are designated as colonias because of substandard housing, water and sewage systems and streets. </p> <p><a href="http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/grant-county-nm">read more</a></p> Communications Community gardens Complete streets Corner stores/markets/grocery stores Farmers markets Land use/zoning/joint use Master plans Parks/playgrounds Restaurants Safe routes to school School policies 32.536442 -108.328110 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:53:18 -0600 rosalie 370 at http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org San Antonio, TX http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/san-antonio-tx <p>Between its founding by Catholic missionaries in the early 1700s and its vivid mix of Spanish, German and other cultures, San Antonio is one of the most historic cities in the country. It is also one of the heaviest—a distinction it’s more than ready to shed. </p> <p><a href="http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/san-antonio-tx">read more</a></p> Communications Complete streets Land use/zoning/joint use Restaurants School policies 29.424490 -98.494624 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:48:01 -0600 rosalie 368 at http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org Phoenix, AZ http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/phoenix-az <p>In less than 20 years, tremendous growth has turned Phoenix into the nation’s fifth-largest city. But the expansion of critical infrastructure has not kept pace with its surge in population and land development. The imbalance is particularly acute in older neighborhoods, where there are too few safe and accessible parks, playgrounds, streets, bike paths and public pools for the burgeoning ranks of children. </p> <p><a href="http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/phoenix-az">read more</a></p> Community gardens Complete streets Corner stores/markets/grocery stores Farmers markets Food assistance program access Land use/zoning/joint use Master plans Safe routes to school School policies 33.448260 -112.075774 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:32:35 -0600 rosalie 365 at http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org New Orleans, LA http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/new-orleans-la <p>When Hurricane Katrina unleashed its fury along the Gulf Coast in August 2005, Americans watched in horror as the levees protecting New Orleans gave way and devastating floodwaters rushed in. Hundreds of people died; entire neighborhoods were submerged. More than four years later, The Big Easy is still recovering—minus nearly 200,000 residents who evacuated and never returned. </p> <p><a href="http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/new-orleans-la">read more</a></p> Bicycles Communications Complete streets Greenway/bike/ped plans Greenways/trails Master plans Pedestrians Public policy Safe routes to school 29.953690 -90.077714 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:21:46 -0600 rosalie 362 at http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org Kingston, NY http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/kingston-ny <p>It’s a historic city that was New York’s first capital, a gateway city to the outdoor fun of the Catskill Mountains. Yet here on the banks of the Hudson River, Kingston is also a city trying to recast itself—as a community that helps its residents be physically active and healthy.</p> <p>With nearly a fifth of its population of 24,000 living in poverty, and about 44 percent of youth overweight or obese, this aspiration will not be easy to achieve.</p> <p><a href="http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/kingston-ny">read more</a></p> Community gardens Complete streets Farmers markets Mapping Master plans Parks/playgrounds Pedestrians Preschool/daycare Public policy Safe routes to school School policies 41.926718 -73.996506 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:12:05 -0600 rosalie 354 at http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org Kane County, IL http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/kane-county-il <p>Forty miles west of Chicago lies Kane County, home to more than 500,000 people. Most of them live in smaller cities strung along the Fox River, which two decades of rapid growth has turned into a dense urban corridor of housing, strip-mall development and traffic congestion. </p> <p><a href="http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/kane-county-il">read more</a></p> Community gardens Complete streets Land use/zoning/joint use Master plans Safe routes to school 41.936951 -88.420258 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:09:52 -0600 rosalie 352 at http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org