Community vision and interagency alignment: A community planning process to promote active transportation

S.T. DeGregory, N. Chaudhury, P. Kennedy, P. Noyes and A. Maybank

American Journal of Public Health, 2016, vol. 106, issue 4, 654-657

Abstract: In 2010, the Brooklyn Active Transportation Community Planning Initiative launched in 2 New York City neighborhoods. Over a 2-year planning period, residents participated in surveys, school and community forums, neighborhood street assessments, and activation events-activities that highlighted the need for safer streets locally. Consensus among residents and key multisectoral stakeholders, including city agencies and community-based organizations, was garnered in support of a planned expansion of bicycling infrastructure. The process of building on community assets and applying a collective impact approach yielded changes in the built environment, attracted new partners and resources, and helped to restore a sense of power among residents.

Keywords: community care; cycling; demography; environmental planning; financial management; health behavior; health promotion; human; New York; organization and management; physiology; procedures; public relations; safety; traffic and transport, Bicycling; Community Networks; Community-Institutional Relations; Demography; Environment Design; Financing, Organized; Health Behavior; Health Promotion; Humans; New York City; Safety; Transportation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.303024

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