Making the Connection:
Transportation and Health
Did you Know???
The data indicates that more
than 70% of NY State adults
do not meet the recommended
levels of physical activity
Over 50% of the State's
adults are overweight or
obese.
Inactivity costs $3 billion
in New York State
A 5% increase in physical
activity rates would save
NY taxpayers $150 million
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Welcome!
The Initiative for Healthy Infrastructure (iHi) is a project of the State University of New York at Albany
designed to help communities create physical environments that support healthy, active lifestyles. ‘Healthy Infrastructure’ is a new way of describing the connection between facilities for walking, bicycling
and physical fitness as an integrated part of transportation, recreation and community quality of life.
The initiative includes teaching, research, policy development, public outreach and planning in a
cross-disciplinary approach. Specific efforts in the iHi program include developing county-level Healthy
Infrastructure Plans, establishing a Resource Center to provide technical support, and hosting a biennial
Healthy Infrastructure Conference.
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What's New??
--THE GOLDEN GRID PLANNING STUDIO--
Want to know how walkable your neighborhood is? Check out Walk Score! Updated 11/10/07!
Type in your address and find out how your neighborhood rates in terms of walkability!
News Release! UAlbany's Purple Path Fosters Neighborhood, Campus Activity Updated 10/30/07!
Purple Path in Times Union: New path to exercise Updated 10/29/07!
"If students want to procrastinate away from their computer screens, they'll soon have a new place to do it: The Purple Path. The trail, now being built, is another project on a campus quaking with construction. A graduate studio with the Department of Geography and Planning came up with the concept. The first section will offer walkers a 9-foot-wide, blacktop-paved path and runners a 6-foot-wide path with crushed stone. A grassy area will divide the two-lane trail. The section, one-third of a mile long, will stretch from the corner of the baseball field to the entrance of the SEFCU Arena parking lot.
That part should be done by December. The goal is to eventually replace the patchwork of pavement, sidewalks and dirt areas that now ring the campus.
"Our campus is a popular place for our neighbors, faculty, staff and students to run and walk, and this new path will make UAlbany an even more inviting place for these activities," Officer in Charge and Provost Susan Herbst said in a statement." ~ Times Union - By MARC PARRY
New York Pedestrian Group Project Updated 10/01/07!
New York Times Article on New York Safe Routes To School: Turning the Ride to School Into a Walk Updated 09/17/07!
Govenor Spitzer's Announcement on New York State Safe Routes To School Program! Updated 09/17/07!
Fun Videos on Google: Perils for Pedestrian Video - Episode 125 Updated 09/17/07!
Fun Videos on Google: Perils for Pedestrian Video - Episode 128 Updated 09/17/07!
Jeff Olsons Bike and Pedestrian Lecture PDF Updated 03/12/07!
Planning and Policy Models Document Updated 11/20/06!
This manual offers zoning code language and policy models that promote pedestrian and bicycling through building healthy infrastructure for communities in New York State. Please feel free to use this and offer comments and recommendations.
--County Level Healthy Infrastructure Plans--
We've updated our County Level Healthy Infrastructure plans and added new ones as well including, Bronx and Manhattan! To view and download [click here]!
--APA survey on 10,000 planners about ordinances and planning tools for physical activity
--THE PURPLE PATH PLANNING STUDIO--
---New Law Protecting Pedestrians and Bicyclists against Motorist in New York State---
Great news for Pedestrians and Bicyclists in New York State! A new law
will take effect November 1, 2006 directed at drivers involved in a
crash resulting in serious injury or death of a pedestrian, bicyclist,
or motorcyclist that could result in the suspension or revocation of
their driver's license. This law targets some of the issue which Ryan's Law addresses and can serve as an initial step to further protect Pedestrians and Bicyclists!
Read the bill summary A04914 [click here]
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iHi to host FREE GIS Workshop, Dates to be Announced
Safe Routes to School Information, Legislation, and Discussion
IHI Safe Routes to School Overview for New York State
Safe Routes to School Briefing Document
New York State Comptroller Report
School Transportation Cost Update
New York State Legislation for Safe Routes to School
Safe Routes to School White Paper from the IHI Symposium 2005
SAFETEA Summary
SAFETEA Bill
Safe Routes to School: Practice and Promise
Call for research
iHi seeks research ideas that focus on the
relationship
between public health and the physical environment.
Interested parties can email iHi
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Contact iHi:
University at Albany
Department of Geography and Planning
1400 Washington Avenue, AS 218
Albany, New York 12222
Telephone (518) 591-8564
ihi@albany.edu
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