Submit Comments to U.S. EPA by March 1 on Draft Publication: Creating Equitable, Healthy, and Sustainable Communities.
Submit Comments to U.S. EPA by March 1 on Draft Publication: Creating Equitable, Healthy, and Sustainable Communities. more »
Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives
Public transit is a powerful tool for addressing a huge range of urban problems, including traffic congestion and economic development, as well as climate change. more »
Making Community Design Work: A Guide for Sharing Ideas and Shaping Communities
Making Community Design Work gives planners a clear roadmap for guiding community members toward effective decisions and beneficial designs. Real-world case studies and field-tested tools show how to make participatory planning work for regions, cities, communities, and specific sites. more »
Rebuilding America's Legacy Cities: New Directions for the Industrial Heartland
This new book explores strategies for retooling, reimagining and re-building cities of the Industrial Heartland. The book provides a blueprint for cities, towns and neighborhoods seeking to adopt policies that encourage the adaptive repurposing of land to make them competitive. more »
Livability Initiative Fact Sheets
A series of fact sheets is now available on the Federal Highway Administration's livability initiative website. The fact sheets provide information and examples on how considering livability during the
transportation decision-making process can benefit communities. more »
Healthy Community Design Checklist
Recently published by the Healthy Community Design Initiative, this plain-language checklist was written for community members with little or no knowledge of the public health and built environment connection. It includes healthy community design elemen… more »
Bicycling and Walking in the United States: 2012 Benchmarking Report
In this new report, the Alliance for Biking & Walking ranks all 50 states and the 51 largest U.S. cities on bicycling and walking levels, safety, funding, written policies on bicycling and walking, education and encouragement activities, and the eco… more »
A Primer for California's Public Health Community on Regional Transportation Plans and Sustainable Communities Strategies
This new report explains key components and requirements of Regional Transportation Plans, identifies ways to incorporate health-promoting strategies into RTPs, and showcase short case studies of improving community health through RTPs. This primer shou… more »
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