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Sacramento’s Public Health Leaders Join Forces for the U.S. Surgeon General’s Call to Action for Walkability and Walkable Communities

Design 4 Active Sacramento /

A region-wide coalition of public health organizations launched a collaborative effort today in response to the U.S. Surgeon General’s September 9, 2015 Call to Action for Walkability and Walkable Communities, titled “Step It Up.” This kickoff was held at 11:30am in conjunction with Kaiser Permanente’s weekly “Walk to Thrive” public walking event sponsored by the […]

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Healthy Planning Leadership Series: What’s New, What Matters, What’s Next

Communities and Coalitions, Design 4 Active Sacramento, News /

We are pleased to share on Thursday, June 11, 2015 from 1-2pm the Governor’s Office of Planning & Research begins the first webinar of their Healthy Planning Leadership Series. If you are interested in building and supporting healthy communities this will be of particular interest to you, particularly planners, public health professionals, elected officials, and

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Looking Back, Looking Forward

Development Review, Safe Routes to School Programs /

WALKSacramento and walkable communities enjoyed some key successes in 2012. At the regional level, the Sacramento Area Council of Governments adopted the region’s first Sustainable Communities Strategy, which included a significant increase in funding for active transportation around a vision of transit-oriented development. WALKSacramento helped lead the fight for a more sustainable future in regional

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Projects Improved After WALKSacramento Testifies at County Planning Commission Hearing

Development Review /

  Testimony by WALKSacramento staff at the March 26, 2012 Sacramento County Planning Commission hearing resulted in positive changes to two projects in North Highlands.  In the first project, a walkway for the proposed Watt Avenue Walmart may be rerouted to encourage pedestrians to cross a busy, high speed arterial at a safe location.  The

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Roundabouts

Development Review /

The following is a wonderful discussion on roundabouts that took place on WALKSacramento’s e-mail discussion list in April 2011, preserved here for reference and review by others: What exactly is a roundabout? Go here to find out!! ——————————————————————————————- 2011/4/9 Terry Preston <tpreston@walksacramento.org> Walkers, I found the following roundabout in the oddest place (I thought) on

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