The Bike Club at Brooklyn Center Secondary in Minneapolis, Minnesota (10.5% Latino) started in the Summer of 2014 during LEAP Program and transitioned into a two day a week program during the following school year to fix brakes, replace rusty chains, and align frames, with funding from a 21st Century Community Learning Center grant and Hennepin County Statewide Health Improvement Program. Brooklyn Center Secondary also began providing Bike Alliance of Minnesota Walk! Bike! Fun! curriculum, which is free for educators and schools to download and use. Walk! Bike! Fun! is a comprehensive curriculum developed by the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota through a federal Safe Routes to School grant provided by the Minnesota Department of Transportation and in collaboration with the Center ...
With funding through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the Alliance for Biking and Walking conducted the 2016 Alliance Benchmarking Report exploring the rise of walking and biking and the intersections between transportation, health, economics, equity, government funding, advocacy efforts, and more. By illuminating key indicators that shape American mobility, the Benchmarking Report can help you make the case for safe, equitable, active transportation options in your community and begin conversations to improve or establish effective, equitable, active transportation systems in your community. "Positive health outcomes from increased active transportation may have the greatest impact on low-income communities and youth." Table of Contents Part I. ...
The Monday Mile is a fun way to jump-start your week with a healthy dose of physical activity. Starting your own Monday Mile walking group is easy. Here’s seven steps you need to get going: Map your Monday Mile: Pick a starting point for your group to meet. Easily create a mile-long walking route using MapMyWalk or Gmap-Pedometer.
Announce your Monday Mile: If your school or workplace allows it, send an announcement via interoffice or school-wide email. Also consider creating a Facebook group for your group and encourage participants to join.
Mark your route: Consider marking your route with Monday Mile Markers: Place markers at the ¼, ½, ¾ and 1 mile points.
Meet and Mile: Show up on time, greet participants and enjoy your Monday Mile!
Log those Monday Miles: ...
America Walks is offering 25 Walking College Fellowships for their 15-week training program designed to strengthen local efforts to make communities more walkable and livable. The curriculum has been designed to cultivate skills that are necessary to become effective change agents. Apply for a Walking College Fellowship if you: Have a passion for making your community more walkable and livable, and a vision for what that would look like;
Want to develop a network of peer mentors and learn to advocate more effectively for walkable community policies and funding;
Are willing to invest your personal time and energy in training. Applications for the Walking College Fellowship will open on March 15, 2016. Learn more here. Copy and Share: 25 Walking College ...
In 2012, the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) conducted a national telephone survey to obtain a status report on attitudes, knowledge, and behavior related to outdoor walking and bicycling. This study updates national telephone survey data collected by NHTSA in 2002. The survey addressed safety and mobility issues; obtained trip information; and explored perceptions and use of public facilities such as sidewalks, bicycle lanes, and bicycle paths. Volume 1: Summary Report - Summary findings from the survey and compares selected results to the 2002 administration.
Volume 2: Findings Report - Detailed findings from the survey and compares results to the 2002 administration.
Volume 3: Methodology Report - Detailed information on the survey methodology, as ...
The mayor of San Antonio, Texas, Ivy Taylor, will be joining walking groups throughout San Antonio (63.2% Latino) to encourage walking and to help get San Antonio fit. It is important for local leaders to promote walking and physical activity to create a culture of health. It is also important for local leaders to understand the walkability or lack of walkability that local residents face on a daily basis. Join Ivy Taylor and the Mayor’s Fitness Council in their “Walk with the Mayor” walk on Saturday, January 16 at 8am at Roosevelt Park, 330 Roosevelt, meeting at the adjacent Greenway trail and walking along Mission Reach to Concepcion Park and back. This recreational walk will be with walking groups from City Council Districts 3 and 5. Mayor Taylor hosted a walk in ...
The mayor of San Antonio, Texas, Ivy Taylor, will be joining walking groups throughout San Antonio (63.2% Latino) to encourage walking and to help get San Antonio fit. It is important for local leaders to promote walking and physical activity to create a culture of health. It is also important for local leaders to understand the walkability or lack of walkability that local residents face on a daily basis. Join Ivy Taylor and the Mayor’s Fitness Council in their kick off “Walk with the Mayor” walk on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 6pm at the Alamo Beer Company, 415 Burnet. This recreational walk will be between City Council Districts 1 and 2. Future "Walk With the Mayor" walks will be with many of the already existing walking groups throughout San Antonio in all city council ...
Walking to school is not always easy for some kids who live in dangerous areas or communities without complete streets and safe sidewalks. One special education teacher, Carl Schneider at Whitney Achievement Elementary School, saw that many kids were walking home alone. Wanting to make sure students got home safe, through the rough neighborhoods of Memphis, Tenn., he started a walking group in 2012 and would personally walk kids home after school. Now five teachers walk 200 students home every day. This movement towards walking together not only provides safety for students, but also daily excersise for the students and teachers ...
Walking is known for it's healthy benefits. The American Heart Association has stated that walking helps reduce cancer and disease while increasing mental health and helping prevent obesity. Latino students need more activity in their day to help prevent cardiovascular disease and obesity. Allowing students to walk while learning is a healthy alternative to the average school day of sitting 90 percent of the time. A teacher from North Carolina (NC), Laura Fenn, was tired from a rough day at school. Wanting more for her students and herself, she put on her sneakers and put on a podcast then headed out for a walk after school. Realizing the health benefits she was getting, while at the same time listening and learning to one of her favorite podcasts, she decided to write a grant the ...
