These resources explore healthy community design and strategies for integrating physical activity into our daily lives.
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Webinars
Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 · Time: 2 p.m.–3 p.m. ET
Fact Sheets
Since 2017, the Safe Routes Partnership has worked with community-based organizations to make park access safe, convenient, and equitable for people walking and biking. However, making changes to a sidewalk or holding one community engagement meeting is not going to have as long-term of an effect if we don't zoom out to see the whole system that created unsafe routes or inequities in the first place.
Reports, Evaluations, and Toolkits
Since 2017, the Safe Routes Partnership has partnered with community-based organizations, government agencies, and other national partners to improve local park access via walking and biking. In those seven years, we have shown that there is significant demand to unlock the full potential of neighborhood parks for health and community building by activating the routes to them. Along the way, this movement has highlighted the power of engaging parks and recreation stakeholders in creating safer, more equitable streets, ensuring that parks are integral to connected, thriving communities.
Case Studies
State agencies have a significant role in influencing the funding and policy that affects local park access. The Safe Routes Partnership set out to work with states to establish collaboration between agencies whose work impacts local park access and build on opportunities for active transportation to all community destinations. The Safe Routes Partnership recruited six states over two years from a pool of 13 applicants to work on the internal systems that could support local park access.
Model Policies
This Model suggests language for a comprehensive plan's transportation vision statement and policy package, as well as additional language to be used throughout other chapters to encourage the integration of Complete Streets policies in interagency planning for land use, schools, public facilities, parks and recreation, and community health.
Websites
Kohl’s and Healthier Generation are helping families prioritize healthy living and create home environments where everyone can thrive.
Journal Articles
This document provides some ideas for how to stay active while practicing safe social distancing, including ways to make your walk more fun, Earth Day themed activities, and safe walking and biking educational resources.