Take action to raise awareness about safe routes to school by participating in national Walk to School month. Communities nationwide are leveraging Walk to School events as a way to rally local and...

In a recent interview, New York City Planning Director Amanda Burden touches on the importance of mixed-use development and creating healthy, activity-friendly neighborhoods. Her advice to aspiring...

To coincide with the start of National Public Health Week (April 3-9), U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Rep. Hilda L. Solis (D- Calif.) introduced "The Healthy Places Act of 2006" in C...

A presentation to the Pacific Coast Builder.s Conference urged builders to design communities that encourage children to spend more time outdoors.

Preserving trees and maintaining bicycle and pedestrian thoroughfares dominated the concerns of Berkeley.s residents at a community meeting, where plans for the redesign of the downtown BART statio...

The New York Times explores the merits of active living and the perils of sprawl on public health, touting the efforts of Network partner Active Living by Design and the leadership of the Robert Wo...

A partner of the Active Living Network, Humboldt Partnership for Active Living, highlighted the need for change in its walkability audit of West Eureka, Calif.

While research on the relationship between built environment and childhood obesity is nascent, the policy implications are clear, write researchers James Sallis and Karen Glanz.

With an agreement on the .complete streets. pedestrian plan, Alameda County, Calif., supervisors will focus on improving streets and sidewalks for pedestrians.

City officials are struggling to keep up with demand for bike boulevards as more Portland residents choose to leave their cars at home.