[HealthyTribes] Walk/Bike Planning and Health Resources

[Gramp Heather]

Good morning -
A number of you are working on increasing physical activity in your community through initiatives like Safe Routes to School; being at the table for conversations on transportation infrastructure planning; and linking chronic disease self-management programs (e.g., Walk With Ease) to walkability work as well.

To support all of us in that work, I periodically gather up resources and provide them here:


*         Updates on local jurisdiction planning: Each year, the Oregon Transportation and Growth Management Program (TGM) program makes grants to many tribes, cities and counties to create long-range plans, such as Comprehensive Plans, Transportation System Plans, and Bicycle and Pedestrian Plans. These planning processes provide opportunities for public health to reach out to their planning colleagues to get involved, and provide input on community needs.



This year's applicants are now posted on TGM's web site - this is a useful way to see what is in the pipeline for your jurisdiction (but note that about half of jurisdictions are able to fund their own planning, without a TGM grant, so it's not an exhaustive list of everything in the planning pipeline in Oregon, by any means). Review is underway and awards will be announced around September 1.  See: http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM/Pages/tgmgrantapps.aspx


*         Health and Planning Resources: TGM also has a new place on their web site that shares information to support more walking and biking in Oregon, and provides examples of communities that are making progress: http://www.oregon.gov/lcd/tgm/pages/health.aspx

*         How much does this all cost?
o   The Pedestrian and Bicycle Info Center has a place on their web site (http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/data/library/details.cfm?id=4876)  where you can download an Excel spreadsheet of average national costs. For public health professionals who are not focused on large infrastructure projects, I think this resource is useful because it includes costs for small improvements like bike racks, worksite bike lockers, or something like a flashing crosswalk beacon.
o   For Oregon specific information on funding larger infrastructure improvements, see TGM's funding page: https://www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM/Pages/walkbikefunding.aspx

*         Current opportunities

1)      People For Bikes Invites LOIs for Fall 2017 Community Grant Program

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2)      The National Complete Streets Coalition is now accepting applications for their Safe Streets Academy, a program designed to help jurisdictions (eligible to those with 100,000 or greater population) transform their commitment to traffic safety into practice through learning institutes and support. See https://smartgrowthamerica.org/safe-streets-academy/


3)      Webinar: Land Use Planning and Zoning for Public Health: Exploring Legal Issues

Tue, Jun 27, 2017 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT  https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/36100648626488833<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__attendee.gotowebinar.com_register_36100648626488833&d=DwMGaQ&c=7gilq_oJKU2hnacFUWFTuYqjMQ111TRstgx6WoATdXo&r=ymfKThfhzTMaOYjbpes5Ix00EUstbD8gn5DPaB6D86s&m=eZCm9D1rq3n54-pcO5ojP5vmXXA_t4opT9U_wPV6jDE&s=5aapYMGDyyI6yWw4n26nPvuCExPFgvPKnmeT3K6RbEI&e=>

This session will expand upon the legal basis of planning to promote and protect public health through land use and zoning. Speakers will address the historic connection between zoning, public health, and environmental justice, as well as the legal and ethical challenges to zoning for health. Moderator: Montrece McNeill Ransom, JD, MPH, Team Lead, Training and Workforce Development, Public Health Law Program, CDC

Speakers:
* Terri Harding, AICP, Principal Planner/Metro & Community Planning City of Eugene, OR
* Melinda Ramos, J.D., Senior Assistant City Attorney, Chief-Land Use and Regulatory Compliance Section City of Forth Worth
* Chris Kochtitzky, MSP, Senior Advisor, CDC's Physical Activity and Health Branch


4)      Evidence!

Last but not least, I am resending something I sent out several weeks ago. One of our most definitive "go-to" sources for public health evidence is the Community Preventive Services Task Force. After a comprehensive review, they have come out recognizing a number of built environment approaches as "proven effective" for increasing physical activity. You can learn more here: https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/physical-activity-built-environment-approaches

Thank you,


Heather Gramp, MPH
Physical Activity and Nutrition Policy Specialist
OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
Public Health Division
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention
Office: 971-673-0630
Cell: 503-358-0337
http://www.oregon.gov/OHA


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