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ACES — Active Community Environments
CDC's Active Community Environments Initiative (ACES) promotes walking, bicycling, and the development of accessible recreation facilities. It was developed in response to data from a variety of disciplines, including public health, urban design, and transportation planning. These data suggest characteristics of our communities such as proximity of facilities, street design, density of housing, availability of public transit and of pedestrian and bicycle facilities play a significant role in promoting or discouraging physical activity.
This initiative encourages environmental and policy interventions that will affect increased levels of physical activity and improved public health. The goals are to
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encourage the development of pedestrian and bicycle friendly
environments.
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promote active forms of transportation like walking and bicycling.
- disseminate information related to Active Community Environments.
Current activities to promote the goals of the Active Community Environments Initiative include
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promoting physical activity through
trails.
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development of the KidsWalk-to-School
program to promote walking and bicycling to school.
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collaboration with public and private agencies to promote National* and
International*
Walk-to-School Day.
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development of the Active Community Environments guidebook for
public health practitioners to use to partner with transportation and
city planning organizations to promote walking, bicycling, and close
to home recreation facilities.
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a partnership with the National Park Services Rivers, Trails, and
Conservation Assistance Program to promote the development and use of
close-to-home parks and recreational facilities.
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collaboration on an Atlanta-based study to review the relationships
of land use, transportation, air quality, and physical activity.
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collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency on a
national survey to study attitudes of the American public toward the
environment, walking, and bicycling.
Active Community Environment Working Papers
The Active Community Environment workgroup is collaborating on a number of working papers and data analyses designed to better understand how the natural, built, and social environment influences physical activity. As research provides new data the current working papers will be updated or new articles posted.
How Land Use and Transportation
Systems Impact Public Health
(PDF-845K)
This paper is a synthesis of the literature on the relationship
between physical activity and community design.
(updated 12/26/2000)
How Land Use and Transportation
Systems Impact Public Health: An Annotated bibliography (PDF-635K)
(updated 12/26/2000)
Please note: Some of these publications are available for download only as *.pdf files. These files require Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to be viewed. Please review the information on downloading and using Acrobat Reader software.
* Links to non-Federal organizations found at this site are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.
Page last updated: July 22, 2008
Content Source: Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion