Open AccessCommunity Vision and Interagency Alignment: A Community Planning Process to Promote Active Transportation
Author(s) -
Sarah Timmins DeGregory,
Nupur Chaudhury,
Patrick J. Kennedy,
Philip Noyes,
Aletha Maybank
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2015.303024
Subject(s) - process (computing) , community planning , transportation planning , association (psychology) , environmental health , business , environmental planning , public relations , political science , computer science , medicine , geography , transport engineering , psychology , engineering , operating system , psychotherapist
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.