Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Public Health

Designing Communities for Longevity: The Blue Zones Project

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 8, 2013 | No Comments

Is your neighborhood designed to make people healthy or sick? With the right characteristics, the place where you live could add years to your life. In 2004, Dan Buettner, CEO of the Blue Zones Project, partnered with researchers from National Geographic to study the places around the world that enjoy the greatest longevity. They found that […]

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Surgeon General Announces Call to Action on Walking

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 5, 2012 | No Comments

Walking can seem like a rather mundane thing to get organized about, until you realize that it’s a direct challenge to car-oriented transportation and it’s the best thing people can do for their health. Then walking is downright revolutionary. Not only that, but it can be joyful. That was the message that the U.S. Surgeon General, […]

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British National Health Experts: Cycling Safer Than Couch Sitting

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 30, 2012 | No Comments

A British national health authority is advising UK residents to make walking and cycling the norm for short trips, in order to reduce the risk of chronic diseases associated with the nation’s obesity epidemic. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence issued a 97-page report Wednesday on the topic with a number of recommendations. […]

Bronx Toddler Apparently One of Many Unreported NYC Pedestrian Deaths

By Brad Aaron | Nov 20, 2012 | 3 Comments

Based on NYPD crash data and media reports, it appears that a toddler who was hit by a driver in the Bronx earlier this year soon died from his injuries. On March 27 at around 4:40 p.m., a 2-year-old boy was chasing after an ice cream truck on Taylor Avenue in Parkchester when he was struck […]

East Harlem Parks Report Recognizes Value of Livable Streets

By Stephen Miller | Nov 8, 2012 | 2 Comments

Because of its proximity to Central Park, you might be forgiven for assuming East Harlem has plenty of open space. But a new report from New Yorkers for Parks argues that the neighborhood is isolated from many of its parks by busy roads and other barriers. Streets and sidewalks, the group says, can play a crucial role […]

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Study: Access to Light Rail Can Reduce Obesity Risk — If You Use It

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 26, 2012 | No Comments

Living near transit can help you stay trim and healthy. That’s the result of a study published last year in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine. This study is a little old — it was published in August 2011 — but we just came across it in the Reconnecting America resource center and the results are too […]

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