Toolkit: Blueprint for Creating Active Cities

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Our bodies are designed to move.  Our cities should be too.

This report provides (1) evidence; (2) calls to action; (3) successful examples; and (4) tools and resources for creating active cities.

Latino communities are disproportionately burdened by crime, traffic and lack of access to recreational areas.  Consequently, Latinos are more inactive and have higher rates of obesity and diabetes.

Active cities encourage people to move more, which is associated with a decrease in crime, pollution and traffic, as well as an increase in productivity, school performance, property values, health and well-being.  Additionally, “redeveloping business areas to promote mixed use and walkability increased employment by 300 percent.”

There are economic, safety, environmental, health and social benefits of cities that are designed to move.

Click here for the Designed to Move: Active Cities report.