Making Strides: State Report Cards on Support for Walking, Bicycling, and Active Kids and Communitie

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How supportive is your state of walking, bicycling, and physical activity?

The Safe Routes to School National Partnership working with the YMCA of the USA, developed Making Strides: State Report Cards to provide a snapshot of how supportive each state is of walking, bicycling, and physical activity for children and adults as of 2016.

Physical activity, like walking and biking, are critical to fight childhood obesity and help kids grow up healthy and avoid lifelong, burdensome chronic diseases.

The report cards primarily look at state policy focusing on four key areas: Complete Streets and Active Transportation, Safe Routes to School and Active Transportation Funding, Active Neighborhoods and Schools, and State Physical Activity Planning and Support.

In addition to the state report cards, the Making Strides report includes data supporting the health benefits of walking, bicycling and physical activity; what you can do with your state’s report card; ideas for activities and strategies to promote change; and an explanation of the report card grading system.