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Build health into projects & plans
Making a community walkable
Success stories
Resources
Decisions made each day determine
how we plan and build King Countys
communities. Are these choices protecting
peoples health?
By engaging in transportation, land
use, and urban design projects, you can
prevent disease and promote well-being.
This brochure tells the story o King
Countys new in crowd the residents,
developers, ofcials, and designers who
are becoming health advocates.
What you can do today...
Contents:
Building a Healthier Tomorrow
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Decision-Makers
and Elected
Ofcials
Community
Members
Planning
Commissions and
Design Review Boards
Planners and
Designers
Health
Proessionals
Developers
Government
Agencies
School
Districts
Non-Proft
Organizations
Devote sta time to Health Impact Assessment
Encourage health as an objective in comprehensive plan and
zoning updates
Dedicate unds or active transportation inrastructure
Establish an Active Living Task Force (see Resources or more)
Request a re+walk or community assessment rom Feet First
Voice concerns about health at planning and design meetings
Get ree advocacy coaching rom Feet First on how you can
inuence new development
Learn about how the built environment inuences health
Recommend land use decisions that encourage physical activity;
include mixed uses and designs to support active transportation
Include physical activity goals in your designs and plans
Complete checklists to analyze a proposed projects or policys
eects on health, or send to Public Health or review
Learn about active transportation as a physical activity solution
Set up and participate in re+walks in conjunction with Feet First
Educate patients and colleagues on active living issues andeects o the built environment
Ask Feet First what you can do to maximize your positive impact
on community walkability with your projects
Incorporate active transportation into projects
Send SEPA/NEPA project proposals and updates to Public Health
or review
Include health objectives in projects and in comprehensive plans
Incorporate active transportation, saety, and health objectives in
school siting decisions and planning
Organize community events around health themes and goals
Help everyone collaborate to make health a priority in their work
Build health into projects & plans
What will you do today?Turnpage
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stories
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Making a Community Walkable: Step by Step
What is Active Transportation?ctive transportation is the idea o integrating physical activity into daily tasks - as by walking to school, work, or shops. This integr
akes it easier to get the recommended 30 minutes o activity, 5 days a week, 10 minutes at a time, without structured exercise.
Some community designs support healthy lifestyles, vibrant businesses, and strong social ties. Residen
of these neighborhoods are more physically active, report higher quality of life and health status, and
weigh less. To achieve broad health goals, health outcomes should be considered at every stage and lev
of development, from permit review to comprehensive planning. There are many ways to get involved in
making healthier decisions. Here are a few examples of what people are already doing, here in King Coun
Wide roads lined with parking lots push buildings away rom the
street and encourage high vehicle speeds
Dispersed development patterns and zoning codes isolate land
uses and create large distances between daily destinations
Distance, poor aesthetics, and danger discourage walking
Reducing motor vehicle lane width, adding medians and plantings,
and installing street urniture like lighting and benches all have a
calming eect on traic, improving saety or all road users
Well-marked crosswalks, bicycle lanes, and wide sidewalks with
planted buers attract walkers and cyclists
Mixed-use zoning attracts new development and promotes active
transportation by bringing various land uses closer to each other,so distances between destinations are more walkable and bikeable
Reduced setbacks, compact lots and blocks, interesting streetront
designs, and mature trees improve the pedestrian environment
How to redesign activity back into peoples lives by creating spaces where it is easy to be active
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Beacon Hill Plaza: Pilot HIA
The Beacon Hill community in Seattle is
proposing a pedestrian plaza and town center
adjacent to its new light rail stop. This public
space would enable sae access to shops,
services, and paratransit. The plaza will give the
community a place or armers markets, estivals,
concerts, and inormal gatherings.
Public Health and Feet First are piloting an HIA,
reviewing plans, and attending public meetings.
A fnal report will oer recommendations
or how the plaza could best promote active
transportation and social ties.
Health Impact Assessment (HIA)HIA is a way to evaluate the health eects o a policy, project, or program. HIA helps residents,advocates, developers, and oicials analyze how current and uture conditions might aect walking,bicycling, and transit use, as well as air and water quality, social cohesion, and saety.
South Park: Communityre+walkThe South Park Neighborhood Health Advocacy Group and
Concord Elementary PTA members were concerned about
dangers or children walking to school. Students wrote Mayor
Nickels about their wish or stop signs near the school where
cars requently sped. Feet First organized a re+walk with the
principal, sta, parents, and SDOT. Participants took pictures
and notes, and Feet First compiled recommendations. By the
beginning o the school year, SDOT had installed stop signs,
improved road markings, and begun monitoring speed.
Feet Firstre+walksA re+walk brings residents, employers, employees, and government stakeholders together to conducta neighborhood walking audit. Community members identiy improvements that make it easier andsaer or people on oot to access transit, shopping, community activities, and work. Even people veryamiliar with a place will see things in new ways on a re+walk.
Feet First re+walk - June 2005. Community members on awalking audit in South Park
Before: Street designed or cars
After: Street with walkable, health-supportive proposals
Tools or Healthier Communities
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Burien Town Square: Leaders and Builders Making Healthy Places
Burien leaders have sought a central public space since the Citys incorporation in 1993. On October10, 2006, residents gathered or the ground-breaking o the centerpiece o the cultural and economic
renewal o Buriens downtown. Burien Town Square will oer retail, work, and residential space nextto a new City Hall, Library, and 1.2 acres o open space. The Square will support community gatherings,walking, and economic opportunities. The project is paid or jointly by the City o Burien, the King CountyLibrary District, the developer Urban Partners, and ederal unds secured by Senator Patty Murray andellow members o Congress.
Attending Design Review Meetings:Residents Can Guide Design Choices
Design review meetings are great places to help create betterpublic places. Community members can encourage developmentprojects to include new eatures. During the comment period,anyone can ask questions and comment on sidewalks, buildingorientation and entrances, access to bus stops, stairs, and otheramenities.
Public Health & Planning Staff:Land Use Proposal Health Review
Public Health is connecting with planningsta in cities across King County to reviewpotential health eects o new projects. Seattlrequires that Public Health review all MasterUse Permits. Public Health has also reachedout to other agencies, asking or voluntary
project submission or review. Despite heavyworkloads, the Port o Seattle, Shoreline, andKenmore already send updates addressingissues including landill gas, contaminated soiand walking access.
Budgets: Funding Active TransportationSeattle, Olympia, and Shoreline haveeach recently voted to dedicate new local
unds to active transportation projects.
Seattle Mayor Nickels joins Asa Mercer Middle School students at theground-breaking ceremony for a new 2005 sidewalk program. This
sidewalk was recommended after a Feet First re+walk.
Youth testify on behalf of Safe Routes to Schoolat a 2006 City Council meeting
What You Can Do as a Community Member
Leaders as Health Advocates
n King County
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A concise reerence or Health Impact Assessment -www.eetfrst.ino/hia (sign up here for the HIA-USA listser
The Land Use, Transportation, Air Quality, & Health project - www.metrokc.gov/kcdot/tp/ORTP/LUTAQH
Washingtons Active Community Environments project -www.aces-wa.org (learn about Active Living Task Force
Public Health in Land Use Planning & Community Design act sheet -searchwww.naccho.org
Environmental Justice Checklist - linked fromwww.wsdot.wa.gov/environment/envJustice/
The Promoting Healthy Built Environments projectThe Promoting Healthy Built Environments project (www.eetfrst.ino/phbe) is a
collaboration between the Environmental Health Division o Public Health-Seattle & King
County and the non-proft organization Feet First. The project is made possible by a grant
rom Steps to Health a ederally-unded program led by community partners and Public
Health-Seattle & King County. Steps ocuses on preventing and controlling asthma,
diabetes, and obesity. The PHBE project identifes environmental, policy, and
institutional changes that support this program.
Please contact us with your questions or to request training or assistance.
About Environmental Health:The Environmental Health Division educates and inorms public
customers and clients about healthy environmental practices and
enorces state and local regulations to saeguard the health o all
residents in King County.
www.metrokc.gov/health/env_hlth
About Feet First:Feet First is a hub o creative, passionate people who can help yourcommunity in big ways. We build walkable communities by using an
eective combination o outreach, advocacy, research, and education.
As a 501(c)(3) non-proit membership organization, Feet Firsts
programs help citizens, proessionals, business leaders, and oicials.
2019 Third Avenue, Suite 110, Seattle, WA 98121e-mail: ino@eetfrst.inotelephone: 206.652.2310
www.eetfrst.ino
www.metrokc.gov/health/steps
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