Taking On Traffic Laws: A How-To Guide for Decriminalizing Mobility
Check out the new publication Taking on Traffic Laws: A How-To Guide for Decriminalizing Mobility, a collaborative effort between the Safe Routes Partnership and BikeWalkKC!
Healthy Communities
Guest Blog: 5 Reasons Why Your Public Librarian Is the Key to Your Next Safe Routes to School Partnership
This guest blog post is written by Noah Lenstra, Associate Professor of Library and Information Science at the University of North Carolina Greensboro (njlenstr@uncg.edu
New Year, New Ways for Public Health Advocates to Improve Park Access and Health
The start of a new year is an inspiring time. We embrace this moment as a fresh start, setting ambitious resolutions to adopt positive or healthy habits in our everyday lives. We hope these changes will eventually lead us to become healthier, happier, or kinder individuals. With enthusiasm and gusto, we take significant leaps to realize our newfound commitments.
Recapping the 2022 Midterm Elections and Their Impact on Active Transportation
With the Georgia Senate runoff results decided on December 6, 2022, the mid-term election officially comes to a close, and we can take stock of what it means for walking, bicycling, and Safe Routes to School in this upcoming Congress.
Active Transportation, Safe Routes to School, and Access to Parks in the Biden-Harris National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and Health
In 1969, the Nixon Administration hosted the first ever White House Conference on Hunger, and it resulted in the creation of the school lunch program and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). In September 2022, the Biden-Harris Administration held the first White House Conference on Hunger since that initial conference over fifty years ago and established ambitious, yet attainable goals.