Community Vision and Interagency Alignment: A Community Planning Process to Promote Active Transportation

Am J Public Health. 2016 Apr;106(4):654-7. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.303024.

Abstract

In 2010, the Brooklyn Active Transportation Community Planning Initiative launched in 2 New York City neighborhoods. Over a 2-year planning period, residents participated in surveys, school and community forums, neighborhood street assessments, and activation events-activities that highlighted the need for safer streets locally. Consensus among residents and key multisectoral stakeholders, including city agencies and community-based organizations, was garnered in support of a planned expansion of bicycling infrastructure. The process of building on community assets and applying a collective impact approach yielded changes in the built environment, attracted new partners and resources, and helped to restore a sense of power among residents.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bicycling* / physiology
  • Community Networks / organization & administration*
  • Community-Institutional Relations*
  • Demography
  • Environment Design
  • Financing, Organized / organization & administration
  • Health Behavior
  • Health Promotion / methods
  • Health Promotion / organization & administration*
  • Humans
  • New York City
  • Safety
  • Transportation*