Active Transportation Planning Through Health in All Policies

Presenters:
Alison Redenz, Marion County Public Health Department
Logan Lane, Health by Design
Jodi Raymond, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health

Public health and planning professionals working together to advance active transportation goals is not a new idea, but has become increasingly more popular as both professions have seen the value in partnership. This webinar will focus on a Health in All Policies approach to active transportation planning through data collection, prioritization, and cross-sector collaboration. Health in All Policies is a collaborative approach to improve the health of all people by incorporating health considerations into non-health decision-making sectors and policy areas. The Marion County Public Health Department, the City- County of Indianapolis, and Health by Design have had a longstanding partnership, and together they have achieved countless planning and policy successes to advance active transportation. This collaboration has continued to be solidified through the Health Department hiring their first urban planning position to formally incorporate health impacts into all comprehensive planning processes, including land use and active transportation. Learn about the historic relationship and current projects between these entities as they’ve managed projects such as a pedestrian crash data program, utilized community health assessment data to prioritize projects for the first city Pedestrian Plan, and their current project through the CDC REACH Program.