http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/category/focus-area/pedestrians The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en 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:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:U</p> <p><a href="http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/making-el-paso%E2%80%99s-streets-safe-active-transportation-vulnerable-road-user-ordinance">read more</a></p> Complete streets Pedestrians Traffic calming Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:02:15 -0600 tschwantes 791 at http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/buffalo-residents-work-increase-access-healthy-food-exercise <p>Despite a struggling economy, residents of Buffalo are mobilizing with the help of activists and researchers to change policy and infrastructure to support community health by improving access to nutritious, affordable food and making it safer to walk and bike in their communities.</p> <p><a href="http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/buffalo-residents-work-increase-access-healthy-food-exercise">read more</a></p> Community Engagement Corner stores/markets/grocery stores Master plans Pedestrians Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:41:48 -0600 tschwantes 787 at http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/seattle-area-affordable-housing-community-planting-gardens-building-sidewalks <p>Dawn Nelson loves to eat vegetables and says she grows 95 percent of the vegetables she eats herself—spinach, lettuce and snow peas in spring; tomatoes, green beans and peppers in summer, to name just a few. Thanks to the unusually high raised-bed gardens at her apartment complex, Nelson is able to do her own gardening despite difficulty bending after multiple spine surgeries.</p> <p><a href="http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/seattle-area-affordable-housing-community-planting-gardens-building-sidewalks">read more</a></p> Community gardens Pedestrians Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:36:01 -0600 tschwantes 786 at http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org 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 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 http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/spartanburg-county-sc <p>Decades of deindustrialization and subsequent job losses have taken a significant toll on the financial health of Spartanburg County, once a booming textile center and transportation hub in northwest South Carolina. The economic downturn has also affected the physical health of Spartanburg residents, 70 percent of whom are obese or overweight. Many suffer from multiple problems associated with their weight. </p> <p><a href="http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/spartanburg-county-sc">read more</a></p> Community gardens Corner stores/markets/grocery stores Food assistance program access Greenways/trails Master plans Parks/playgrounds Pedestrians Preschool/daycare Safe routes to school School policies 34.888088 -81.969131 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:56:53 -0600 rosalie 371 at http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/rancho-cucamonga-ca <p>Rancho Cucamonga originally was a small agricultural community of 50,000 tucked into Southern California’s San Bernardino County. Today, after several decades of rapid growth, it is an ethnically and racially diverse suburban community of 175,000. Vineyards and citrus groves have been replaced by sprawling housing and retail development, including an abundance of unhealthy food outlets.</p> <p> These environmental changes have helped to create a perfect storm for obesity and related health problems, particularly in the southwest section of the city. </p> <p><a href="http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/rancho-cucamonga-ca">read more</a></p> Communications Community gardens Farmers markets Greenways/trails Pedestrians Preschool/daycare Safe routes to school School policies 34.102617 -117.573839 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:33:36 -0600 rosalie 366 at http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org 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 http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/lake-worth-greenacres-and-palm-springs-fl <p> Palm Beach boasts sparkling white beaches, beautiful hotels and mansions of some rich and famous. Drive just a few miles south, and it’s no longer a tourist’s postcard world. The affluence and privilege disappears, to be replaced by the social and health problems of economically compromised communities. </p> <p> Poverty. Homelessness. Illiteracy. Obesity. They’re all too plentiful within the trio of cities wedged here between the Atlantic Ocean and Florida Turnpike. </p> <p><a href="http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/lake-worth-greenacres-and-palm-springs-fl">read more</a></p> Bicycles Community gardens Corner stores/markets/grocery stores Farmers markets Land use/zoning/joint use Mapping Master plans Pedestrians Traffic calming 26.616265 -80.057244 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:14:19 -0600 rosalie 356 at http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org 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