Traffic calming

Traffic calming http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/category/focus-area/traffic-calming 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 Lake Worth, Greenacres and Palm Springs, FL 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 Jackson, MS http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/jackson-ms <p>The City with Soul, as Jackson is known, is steeped in a rich heritage of food and southern hospitality. Nightclubs and small juke joints play an intoxicating mix of jazz, blues, rock, rap and hip hop. The winters are mild, the summers hot and humid, and here along the slow-moving Pearl River, it all makes for a distinct sense of place in Mississippi’s biggest city.</p> <p><a href="http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/jackson-ms">read more</a></p> Complete streets Corner stores/markets/grocery stores Parks/playgrounds Public policy Traffic calming 32.298690 -90.180489 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:07:52 -0600 rosalie 350 at http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org Cuba, NM http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/cuba-nm <p>Its natural environment offers desert, forests, mountains and often spectacular sunsets. Its built environment presents quite a different landscape, as residents in the northwest New Mexico community of Cuba can attest.</p> <p><a href="http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/cuba-nm">read more</a></p> Community gardens Complete streets Farmers markets Food assistance program access Greenways/trails Master plans Parks/playgrounds Pedestrians Safe routes to school School policies Traffic calming 36.021973 -106.956485 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:48:41 -0600 rosalie 339 at http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org Somerville, MA http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/somerville-ma <p>Somerville is a small but densely populated city immediately abutting Boston. It has both an urban and suburban feel: per-capita income below the state average and increasing numbers of families living in poverty, balanced by vibrant neighborhoods, well-maintained sidewalks and many parks and playgrounds.</p> <p><a href="http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/somerville-ma">read more</a></p> Bicycles Community gardens Complete streets Corner stores/markets/grocery stores Greenway/bike/ped plans Greenways/trails Land use/zoning/joint use Master plans Parks/playgrounds Pedestrians Public policy Restaurants Safe routes to school Traffic calming 42.386675 -71.098264 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:07:28 -0600 admin 167 at http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org King County/Seattle, WA http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/king-countyseattle-wa <p>Seattle and the rest of King County are home to an increasing number of immigrants from a wide range of countries. This is especially true in the low-income neighborhoods at the center of the Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities project here.</p> <p><a href="http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/king-countyseattle-wa">read more</a></p> Bicycles Community gardens Corner stores/markets/grocery stores Farmers markets Food assistance program access Greenway/bike/ped plans Greenways/trails Master plans Parks/playgrounds Pedestrians Preschool/daycare Public policy Traffic calming 47.603560 -122.329439 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:02:09 -0600 admin 166 at http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org Louisville, KY http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/louisville-ky <p>Louisville/Jefferson County Metro is the largest city in Kentucky, a mix of urban, suburban and rural areas along the Ohio River. A recent groundswell of activity around childhood obesity prevention has primed Louisville for real change on the issue. Significant efforts already are under way to develop a network of walking trails and bike paths, support urban gardening and provide children with safe routes to school.</p><p><a href="http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org/communities/louisville-ky">read more</a></p> Bicycles Community gardens Complete streets Corner stores/markets/grocery stores Farmers markets Food assistance program access Greenway/bike/ped plans Land use/zoning/joint use Master plans Parks/playgrounds Pedestrians Preschool/daycare Public policy Safe routes to school Traffic calming 38.254860 -85.766404 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:51:33 -0600 admin 164 at http://www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org