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Geography: North Carolina

Officials and residents hoping to make their communities safer for walking and biking often need to study existing streets and neighborhoods to understand what to change. The Walkability and Bikabi ...

Since many office workers spend the entire workday at their desks, it is hard to incorporate physical activity into work environments. Using the stairs is one good way to keep active, but most offi ...

When the University of North Carolina was faced with rising congestion in nearby streets and overcrowded parking lots, it needed to take steps to increase student and employee use of alternative tr ...

Located near the rapidly growing metropolis of Charlotte, the town of Cornelius was beginning to feel the pressures of urban sprawl. Rather than allow unregulated development to destroy the town.s ...

GO! Chapel Hill, the Community Mobility and Health Initiative, will support the development of community environments for active living. The project conducts neighborhood mobility and connectivity ...

Clinton Hill neighborhood reclaims and revitalize 3.5-acre park for a safe, healthy environment for children. Mildred Helms Park, located in Newark, NJ in a predominately African-American and Latin ...

Clay County, a small rural community of 9,300 residents located on the western border of North Carolina near Georgia, lacked a community park or playground. With three schools on one campus, a team ...

Be Active North Carolina aims to increase the physical activity levels and healthy lifestyles of all North Carolinians through people, programs and policies.

This prospective study of the building of a multi-use trail did not demonstrate an increase in physical activity among adults living near the trail. (Volume 28, Issue 2, supplement 2, pages 177-185)

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