Chicago – Using company incentives to encourage healthy commutes
Thanks to the company’s decision to start a bicycling program and offer incentives to employees to encourage them to commute by bike,…
Improving Health & Opportunities
Whether voting to expand transit service to underserved communities or selecting transportation projects partially based on the health benefits they could bring, innovative leaders in the public and private sectors are finding new ways to utilize transportation dollars to improve the health of their residents and give them access to greater opportunities — bringing tangible economic benefits to their communities along the way.
With transportation funding tighter than ever, citizens increasingly want to know: How will we choose what to build with our limited transportation dollars? Will we be better off after spending our money on these transportation projects? Will my kids be able to safely walk or bike to school? Can more of our region’s residents get to work easier and more affordably? Will our air be cleaner?
Here are eight stories of places, people and organizations aiming to improve the health, access to opportunity and overall quality of life for their residents.
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Mon Valley, PA – Connecting challenged rural communities to jobs
Heritage Community Initiatives provides a valuable service for workers in geographically isolated and low-income areas by connecting…
Washington – Using vanpooling to connect rural residents to employers
In the largely rural southeast part of the state is Washington's fourth largest vanpool operation; it is a program with immense popularity,…
Phoenix: reducing trips to improve air quality
Faced with an intractable air quality problem in metropolitan Phoenix, authorities began a successful program to dramatically reduce…
Washington: Target Zero
Washington State was the first state in the nation to adopt a policy aimed at eliminating deaths on its roadways, a movement most known…
Nashville: linking transportation & health
How incorporating health criteria into project selection transformed a regional transportation plan
Suburban Atlanta county votes to raise taxes and join Atlanta’s regional transit system
In 2014, the Atlanta region benefitted from a substantial expansion of transit service for the first time in 40 years, when the once…
Minneapolis: expanding bicycling network & expanding opportunity
With the aid of a federal grant, the Twin Cities region is creating an interconnected network of bicycling and pedestrian facilities…
