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Events As Tools for Change

Source: Vision Zero for Youth
Info brief focuses on how events, such as Walk or Bike to School Day, can serve as powerful catalysts for improving safety and building a healthy community for everyone.
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Physical activity from walking and cycling for daily travel in the United States, 2001–2017: Demographic, socioeconomic, and geographic variation

Source: Buehler, Pucher and Bauman; Journal of Transport and Health, Vol. 16 (March 2020).
This research paper documents changes in rates of walking and bicycling in the United States between 2011 and 2017.
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Who is Walking or Biking to School? Patterns from the 2017 National Household Travel Survey and Future Directions

Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
Info brief explores 2017 National Household Travel Survey data within the context of students traveling to school.
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FHWA Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation University Course: 2. The Benefits of Designing Streets for Walking and Bicycling

Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
The FHWA Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation University Course is designed to help educators inspire the next generation of practitioners to support safe, vibrant, and multimodal transportation systems.
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FHWA Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation University Course

Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
The FHWA Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation University Course is designed to help educators inspire the next generation of practitioners to support safe, vibrant, and multimodal transportation systems.
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Reading List – Automated Vehicles University Course Module Series

Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
A university course series from PBIC provides a foundation and orientation for students and practitioners to learn more and join the conversation about the advancement of AVs and the safety and mobility for all road users.
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Automated Vehicles University Course Module Series

Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
A university course series from PBIC provides a foundation and orientation for students and practitioners to learn more and join the conversation about the advancement of AVs and the safety and mobility for all road users.
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State of the Air 2018

Source: American Lung Association
Report documents the state of the air, including trends, rankings, and health effects.
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Physical Activity Builds a Healthy and Strong America

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Infographic from the CDC outlines health benefits of physical activity.
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Step It Up! The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Promote Walking and Walkable Communities

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Provides strategies that communities can use to support walking, which will hopefully result in long-lasting changes to improve the health and health care of Americans today and of the generations that follow.
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