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AARP Livability Index

Source: AARP
Announces the updated AARP Livability Index with current community data and enhanced functions.
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Complete Streets, Complete Communities Distance Learning Series

Source: Smart Growth America
Offers a seven-module distance learning series on influencing community health outcomes.
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Pedestrian Fatalities in Indian Country: Responding to a Crisis

Source: America Walks
Offers strategic recommendations for improving tribal pedestrian safety.
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Guide for Safe Speeds: Managing Traffic Speeds to Save Lives and Improve Livability

Source: World Bank Group
Offers evidence to inform decision-making and address barriers to adjusting traffic speeds.
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Walking to School: Connecting Past and Present Impacts

Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Explores the enduring effects of segregation and present-day social factors on current street conditions around schools and disinvested communities via a StoryMap focusing on these impacts in Atlanta,
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Eight Reasons Your Community Should Invest in Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure

Source: Short Elliot Hendrickson Inc.
Compiles descriptions of eight benefits of investing in bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, including cost savings, increased public health and safety, economic development and more.
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Trails and Resilience: Review of the Role of Trails in Climate Resilience and Emergency Response

Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Describes seven programs and funding sources to improve transportation infrastructure resilience, including investments to improve trails.
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Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety in Bus Rapid Transit and High-Priority Bus Corridors

Source: Transit Cooperative Research Program
Examines the state of practice in bus transit corridor planning, design, and construction in relation to pedestrian and bicyclist safety, public health, and equity, with a focus on dedicated bus lanes.
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High Bike Use Scenarios in 17 Countries: Impacts on Public Health

Source: Streetsblog USA
Finds that the benefits of biking outweigh the risks, and that replacing car trips with bike trips could prevent premature deaths from disease as well as from traffic violence.
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Estimated Number of Deaths Prevented Through Increased Physical Activity Among US Adults

Source: JAMA Internal Medicine
The findings support implementing evidence-based strategies to improve physical activity to potentially reduce deaths.
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