Step It Up! The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Promote Walking and Walkable Communities

2015

By: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/call-to-action-walking-and-walkable-communites.pdf
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Active Transportation | Built Environment and Health

This report adopts walkable development and walking behavior as the primary strategy for improving public health at the national scale. The Call to Action shares five goals with accompanying strategies:

  1. Make walking a national priority
  2. Design communities that make it safe and easy to walk for people of all ages and abilities
  3. Promote programs and policies to support walking where people live, learn, work, and play
  4. Provide information to encourage walking and improve walkability
  5. Fill surveillance, research, and evaluation gaps related to waling and walkability.