Organization Safe Routes to School Network, Johns Hopkins University
An HIA on proposed bike lanes on a 2-mile section of Alabama Avenue in Southeast Washington, DC. The bike lanes would connect two off-road bike trails–Oxon Run and Suitland Parkway–plus connect nearby residents to health care facilities, grocery stores, schools, recreation centers, and the Congress Heights metro station.
The Health Impact Project’s toolkit contains resources that help communities, agencies, and other organizations take action to improve public health. The toolkit offers a collection of health impact assessments, guides, and other research to support policymakers’ efforts to consider health when making decisions across sectors, such as housing, planning, and education.
