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  Media Policy Center Honored for Its Environmental Stewardship

  April 30, 2012 / Transportation

  The Media Policy Center is being honored Wednesday, May 2, for its efforts to promote environmental stewardship and sustainability, as the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce presents its 2012 Sustainable Quality Awards. The Sustainable Quality Awards (SQA) were created in 1995 to honor businesses in Santa Monica that have made significant achievements in the areas of sustainable economic development, social responsibility and stewardship of the natural environment. This year’s Sustainable Quality Awards will highlight the power of the entertainment industry [...]

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  The American Way of Unhealthful Living

  March 12, 2012 / Transportation

  Dr. Richard Jackson explains the link between our health and the way our communities — especially our suburbs — are designed. Obesity, asthma, diabetes and heart disease are all aggravated by the auto-centric way we live our lives today. It’s no secret that today’s generation of children are likely to have shorter lives than their parents because of their unhealthy lifestyles.  It doesn’t have to be this way. Well-designed communities can improve both physical and mental health, as Dr. Jackson [...]

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  Hear Dr. Jackson on National Geographic Weekend

  March 8, 2012 / Richard Jackson, M.D. | Our Host, Transportation

  Dr. Jackson recently appeared with host  Justin O’Neill on the nationally-broadcast National Geographic Weekend radio program to discuss Designing Healthy Communities. Hear the broadcast here. Related Topics or Episodes:No Related Posts

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  Transportation Secretary LaHood Kicks Off Construction of Cincinnati’s New Streetcar Line

  February 23, 2012 / Transportation

  U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood helped kick off construction of a new 3.9-mile streetcar line that will spur Cincinnati’s efforts to revitalize its downtown core by improving access to major employers, the developing riverfront, and many area attractions. The Secretary was joined at the Feb. 13 event by Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff and Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory. “President Obama called on us to rebuild America by putting people back to work on transportation projects that are built to last, [...]

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  Vancouver Plans a Farm Atop a Parking Garage

  February 3, 2012 / Transportation

  Generally speaking, there’s not much on top of parking garages except cars.  But in downtown Vancouver, B.C., a parking garage will host a high-density “VertiCrop” farming structure, the first in North America. Valcent Products has signed an agreement with the garage owners to build the 6,000-square-foot vertical farm, which will feature 12-foot-high stacks of growing trays on motorized conveyors that will ferry plants around to be watered, to catch the sun and, finally, to be harvested. The array will produce [...]

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  Atlanta Getting New Streetcar Line

  February 3, 2012 / Transportation

  U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and local officials have kicked off construction of a new 2.6-mile streetcar line that will run through the heart of Atlanta’s business, tourism, and convention corridor, bringing jobs and new development to the city and reflecting President Obama’s blueprint for an America that’s built to last. “President Obama called on us to rebuild America by putting people back to work on transportation projects that are built to last, like Atlanta’s modern streetcar [...]

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  Twin Cities Light Rail Presents Health Opportunities and Risks, Pew Finds

  January 18, 2012 / Transportation

  The rezoning around a planned light rail line in the Twin Cities would create both opportunities and potential risks for the health of the people in the communities it would pass through, according to a health impact assessment (HIA) released today by PolicyLink, TakeAction Minnesota, and ISAIAH, a nonprofit coalition of 90 congregations of various faiths in the Minneapolis, St. Paul and St. Cloud region. The HIA was made possible through a grant by the Health Impact Project, which is [...]

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  Dr. Richard Jackson on the effects of Diesel

  August 6, 2011 / Richard Jackson, M.D. | Our Host, Transportation

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  Boulder Biking

  August 6, 2011 / Transportation

  Boulder is one of the largest biking communities in America. Watch how they started this city wide initiative towards a healthier and more enjoyable transportation option.

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  Where the Sidewalk Begins

  October 12, 2010 / Transportation

  For centuries, our cities and public places have been designed for the person on foot. Only in the last 60 years have we tilted our architecture from accommodating the pedestrian to catering to the automobile. How can we return to healthy architecture for the pedestrian?

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  LA Takes the Train

  October 12, 2010 / Transportation

  If there was ever a transformative time in the history of Angelenos’ attitude toward public transportation, that time is now.  Even before County voters’ approved Measure R, a half-cent transportation sales tax in November 2008, the car capital of the world was changing the way it thinks about getting around.  Over the next thirty years, Measure R will

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  Public Transportation: Live Healthier, Live Longer

  September 24, 2010 / Transportation

  A new report, released by the American Public Transportation Association, which surveys current research has found that people who live in communities with high-quality public transportation drive less, exercise more, live longer, and are generally healthier than residents of communities that lack quality public transit.

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