Healthy Communities Reports

This easy-to-read special report, released in 2013, is a roadmap for parents, educators, school administrators, and school volunteers to create healthier school environments so the children in their lives are better positioned to learn.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has developed videos and training resources on bicyle and pedestrian safety for law enforcement. 

In 2010 and 2011, the 20 state networks engaged more than 600 partner organizations and agencies in policy priorities based upon the following policy categories:

This report describes the strategies, partners, successes and lessons learned from the Safe Routes to School state network project in 20 states during 2010.

GIS mapping examples of poor siting decisions are used to help the reader understand the importance of making better school site decisions using a collaborative, data informed, objective process. 

Arizona Department of Health Services partnered with the Arizona Department of Transportation SafeRoutes to School Program to develop a tool that generates a score which represents the walkability,bikeability, and safety of the school (existing or proposed) location.

This guide explains how the public and interested stakeholders can get involved in the San Francisco Bay Area’s transportation project development process. Specifically, we focus on the Transportation Improvement Program or TIP, which is compiled and approved by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.

The Boyle Heights/East Los Angeles (BHELA) Community Health Assessment explores the nexusbetween the built environment, public policy, and urban planning in an effort to determine theirimpact on the health and wellbeing of residents in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles

This guide looks at how local government incentives can help improve community health. It explains a variety of different types of incentives that promote access to healthy food and physical activity space, and outlines the steps involved in developing and carrying out these policies and programs.

This document provides a list of resources, steps and processes for creating healthy food and physical activity environments.