Active Living Resource Center - Document Library

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Customized Brochures For Your Community or Organization
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Free artwork sets, available in both English and Spanish, customized with your logo/tag line.

• Bicycle Safety: What Every Parent Should Know

• 10 Really Good Reasons Exercise is Important For Your Child

• Neighborhood Safety

Your Neighborhood

 
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ALRC Publications:
• What's a "Walkabout" and Why Should Your Community Do One? | 380KB
• Active Living Principles | 28KB
• Building Strong Neighborhoods; A Study Circle Guide for Public Dialogue and Community Problem Solving. From the Study Circles Resource Center, a project of the Topsfield Foundation. | 575KB

Biking & Walking

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ALRC Publications:
• Active Facts: Complete Streets for Active Communities | 242KB
• Active Facts: Community Development Block Grants | 339KB
• Creating a RoadMap for Producing & Implementing a Bicycle Master Plan
by Peter Lagerwey | 1.1MB

Other Publications:
• Crosswalk Flags PDF
• Streets For People (Transportation Alternatives) | 1.68MB
• Intrigue & Uncertainty; Towards New Traffic-Taming Tools | 760KB
• Traffic Calming section of the Pedestrian User's Guide | 200KB
• Pedestrian Facility Design | 208KB
• Where The Sidewalk Begins | 90KB
• Chicago's Bike Lane Design Guide | 1.2MB
• Utah Bicycle Commuter Guide | 724KB

Online Resources:
• On-Road Bikeway Design Standards (Oregon)
• Salt Lake City Pedestrian Program Report
• Crosswalk Flags

Healthier Children

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ALRC Publications:
• Active Facts: Getting Youth Involved In Planning | 250KB
• Bicycle Safety: What Every Parent Should Know | 820KB
• How Garfield, NJ, Got Its Kids Moving And Eating Better | 817KB

Other Publications:
• The Policy Game (Project LEAN) | 335KB
• Childhood Obesity in the United States: Facts and Figures | 120KB
• Article: Growing Pains | 128KB
• The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 | 14KB
• Success Stories: Innovative and Inspiring Solutions that Improve Health Wellness in Schools Around the Country | 352KB
• Assessing Recess: A new survey from Sports4Kids (sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) shows that Americans generally agree that school recess is in peril and that life-long habits and skills that affect the health and development of children form on the playground. | 650KB

Online Resources:
 • School Nutrition Success Stories

Your Community

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ALRC Publications:
• Build A Bicycle Advocacy Organization (Gandy) | 17KB
• From the National Center for Bicycling & Walking (NCBW) - A plan for creating more bicycle friendly and walkable communities. | 2.16MB

Other Publications:
• Sample Bike-Ped Advisory Board By-Laws (Gainesville, FL) | 31KB
• Complete Streets Report (Alliance for Biking & Walking) | 420KB
• Neighborhood Scale PLanning Fact Sheet (LGC) | 200KB
• Land Use Planning for Public Health: The Role of Local Boards of Health in
Community Design and Development | 900KB
• The case for increased federal investment in bicycling and walking in American communities. From the Rails to Trails Conservancy (RTC). | 3.57MB
• Building Livable Neighborhoods and Environmental Justice by Fixing Transportation. From the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF). | 5.5MB
• Smart Talk for Growing Communities | 178KB

Online Resources:
• Getting to Smart Growth II document

Safe Routes to School

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ALRC Publications:
• How Garfield, NJ, Got Its Kids Moving And Eating Better | 817KB
• Safe Routes To School = Pledging Safe Communities for our Children | 140KB
• Community Schools = Healthy Children ALRC Fact Sheet | 477KB
• A Safe Routes to School Campaign Action Plan ALRC Guide | 1.9MB
• City-SRTS Pilot Report | 722KB
• Ames Middle School, Chicago, IL | 436KB
• McCutcheon Elementary School, Chicago, IL | 462KB
• Wenonah Elementary School, Birmingham, AL | 269KB
• Ensley Head Start, Birmingham, AL | 337KB
• Monroe Community School, St. Paul, MN | 113KB
• Active Facts: Getting Youth Involved In Planning | 250KB
• Kids CAN Walk To School | Six Things You Can Do To Make Your Child’s Walk To School Safer | 298KB
• Capitol View Elementary School, Atlanta, GA | 673KB
• Benteen Elementary School, Atlanta, GA | 673KB
• PS 5 and PS 7, Garfield, NJ | 615KB
• PS 81, Brooklyn, NY | 722KB
• Annie Fisher and MD Fox Elementary Schools, Hartford, CT | 5.27MB
• Kerr Middle School and Whittier Elementary School, Blue Island, IL | 693KB
• Chapman and McDonnell Elementary Schools, Huntsville, AL | 4.43MB

ALRC Video:
• Community Assessment Tool: Assessing Your Community with Mobile GIS | Flash Presentation
• Your Safe Routes To School Campaign ALRC | Flash Presentation
• SRTS Journals: Garfield, New Jersey | Videos

Other Publications:

• Getting started with setting up a walking school bus in your neighborhood. From the National Center for Safe Routes to School. | PDF 567KB
• Transportation Professionals Get Involved in SRTS | 535KB
• Go For Green: How To Organize A Walking/Biking School Bus | 495KB
• Derveer, NJ, Walking School Bus Success Story | 60KB
• 15 Steps In Setting Up a Walking School Bus | 54KB
• Renovate or Replace? The case for restoring and reusing older school buildings. From the Pennsylvania Historic Schools Task Force | 2.6MB
• The Walking School Bus: Bringing Schools and Communities Together to Create Safer Walking Environments For Kids | PDF 2.19MB

Online Resources:
• Safe Routes To School Practice and Promise (NHTSA)
• Pedsafe, Pedestrian Safety Guide: School Zone Improvements
• For Updates on Transportation Funding Bill, America Bikes
• Washington State School Zone Safetly Program
• The Walking School Bus: Combining Safety, Fun and the Walk to School

Simple Projects

ALRC Publications:
• Active Facts: A Simple Bike Rack | 90KB
• Guide To Bicycle Rodeos | Online Resource
• Bicycle Rodeos: Summary resource  | 1.74MB
• Bicycle Rodeos: Online resource | Online resource 

Build Your Team

ALRC Publications:
• Power Pyramid At Work | 17KB
• Active Facts: Getting Youth Involved In Planning | 250KB

Links

ALRC Publications:
• Parks, Trails, and Recreation ALRC Fact Sheet | 245KB

Other Publications:
• The Streets Are For People, by the Transportation Alliance | 1.68MB
• Good Practices Guide for Bicycle Safety Education (FHWA) | 442KB
• Utah Bicycle Commuter Guide | 724KB