Case Study

This report by a partnership of transportation groups is designed to inventory and clarify the different approaches used in Safe Routes to School programs.

This report provides summary studies, literature reviews and individual studies that pertain to the relationships between travel and land use. The references can be characterized as smart growth, and thus consistent with the FHA objective of transportation and community system preservation

Create an attractive public gathering place by using artistic features intended to foster a sense of community.

The goal of "The Shape We're In" newspaper series and its companion Web site, Shape News, is to provide "tools designed to raise attention and stimulate action around physical activity and obesity, including media outreach strategies, ideas for community events, and links to other organizations working on these issues.

The goal of Wheeling Walks is to motivate sedentary residents ages 50-65 to become more physically active by walking 30 minutes a day. The goals of the media campaign are to raise awareness among the target population about the health benefits of walking and to motivate this age group to be more physically active.

Increase Olympia voter support to approve a utility tax increase to fund parks and sidewalks.

Program Goals: (1) To encourage bicycle commuting, while decreasing the number of bicycles on the train. (2) To create an environment that encourages people to rent bicycles to travel around Palo Alto. (3) To increase bicycle vehicle trips within Palo Alto, California.

To create the opportunity for all citizens of Pitt County, North Carolina to have access to physical activity facilities.

Increase walking among residents of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to promote health and the city's art and history.

The goal of the project was to convert the Capital Crescent Trail, once a railroad bed, into a paved trail suitable for walking, bicycling, jogging and rollerblading, and to link the trail to areas of interest.