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Safety, Physical Activity, and the Built Environment

Traffic congestion, the automobile's impact on the environment, and decreasing levels of physical activity are receiving more and more public attention.  Creating pedestrian and bicycle-friendly communities where people are able to walk and bike instead of drive is one way that planners, engineers, and public health practitioners are addressing these problems.  However, if people are going to get out of their cars and enjoy their neighborhoods in other ways then we need to ensure that the environment we are creating and promoting is safe. In this issue of the Traffic Safety Center Newsletter we explore the connections between the built environment and physical activity in light of traffic safety concerns. We examine programs and concepts that planners and public health practitioners are employing in California and the possible effects they might have on the safety of pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists.

This issue of the Traffic Safety Center Newsletter is dedicated to the memory and work of Anne Seeley.

This newsletter was created by the UC Berkeley Traffic Safety Center (TSC) to disseminate important information on traffic safety topics most relevant to communities in California. The mission of the TSC is to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries through multi-disciplinary collaboration in education, research, and outreach. A main goal of the Center is to make traffic safety information available and accessible to public and private organizations, agencies, and businesses, and to individuals. 

All photographs in this issue were taken by Dan Burden and are available at the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center's Digital Library. 

Editor:
Phyllis Orrick, Publications Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, 510-643-2591

In this Issue:

Making Safety a Must
Commentary by David Ragland, Director of TSC
 

Can Pedestrian-friendly Planning Encourage Us to Walk?
A look at efforts to change walking behavior by focusing on the built environment
 

Safety in Numbers
Surprising insights into how streets and buildings shape driver and pedestrian interactions
 

Safer Streets for Older Adults—and Everyone Else
Pedestrian-friendly communities for walkers of all ages


Healthier Kids, Safer Neighborhoods
Safe Routes to School encourages walking while educating kids and parents about pedestrian safety
 

Safety and a Sense of Place
Elizabeth Macdonald talks about making streets safer

A Tribute to Anne Seeley


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