Public Health and the Built Environment
www.activeliving.org – An organization that ties health and activity to urban form (funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
www.activelivingbydesign.org – Specific to Urban Design
www.cdc.gov/osi/goals/places.html – Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s land use site
www.epa.gov/smartgrowth – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Smart Growth

Land Use / Urban Planning /Community Design
www.planning.org – American Planning Association
www.planetizen.org – Planner Network
www.cnu.org – Congress for New Urbanism
www.uli.org – Urban Land Institute – Real Estate & Developer (National and local Chapters)
www.saveourlandsaveourtowns.org – Book and charitable organization on urban sprawl/decay
www.govinstitute.org -Governor’s Institute on Community Design (national organization)
www.micd.org – The Mayor’s Institute on City Design (national organization)
www.nationaltrust.org/smartgrowth – The National Trust
www.nationaltrust.org/main_street.html – Downtown development
www.smartgrowth.org – Smart Growth Network;
www.theseasideinstitute.org – Community design
www.energy.ca.gov/places/index.html – California program for Sustainable Communities
www.lgc.org/center/index.html – Local Government Commission’s Center for Livable Communities

Transit Oriented Development
www.reconnectingamerica.org/index.htm
www.transitorienteddevelopment.org
www.todadvocate.com

Transportation Planning
www.vtpi.org – Victoria Transportation Policy Institute
www.transact.org – Surface Transportation Policy Partnership and A Guide to Transportation Opportunities in Your Community
www.livablecity.org – San Francisco organization that focuses on alternative transportation
www.trb.org – Transportation Research Board

Travel/Transportation Demand Management (TDM)
www.vtpi.org/tdm – Victoria Transportation Policy Institute’s website on TDM
www.ncdot.org/transit/transitnet/OperationsAndPlanning/TDM.html – North Carolina
www2.fpm.wisc.edu/trans/index.htm – TDM is popular for college campuses

Street Design
www.lesstraffic.com – Reducing traffic and speeds through place design
www.trafficcalming.org – Traffic Calming Devices
www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/tcalm/index.htm – Federal Highway Administration site on traffic calming
www.ite.org/bookstore/RP036.pdf – New Institute of Transportation Engineer’s Context Sensitive Solutions Walkable Communities Guidance
www.fhwa.dot.gov/csd/index.cfm – Federal Highway Administration site on Context Sensitive Solutions
www.contextsensitivesolutions.org – Online resource center

Bike/Ped
www.walkable.org – Walkable Communities, Inc., a nationally renowned Florida organization
www.walkscore.com – Walk Score calculates how walkable neighborhoods are by locating nearby stores, restaurants, schools, parks, etc.
www.americabikes.org – funding and policy options to improve bike facilities, use and safety

www.bikewalk.org - The National Center for Bicycling & Walking

Transit
www.railvolution.com – National organization on Transit/Land Use/Livable Cities
www.apta.com – American Public Transit Association
www.midwesthsr.org – Midwest High Speed Rail Association
www.indianahighspeedrail.org – Indiana High Speed Rail Association
www.indianatransportationassociation.com – Indiana’s association of transit agencies

Presentations
May 2007, Indiana Public Health Association.  Health Implications of Community Design Decisions:  Integrating Public Health and Community Design.  Vickie Booth, Environmental Engineer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. VBoothIPHA507.pdf

September 2007, Health by Design.  The Consequences of Inactivity.  Richard Killingsworth, Executive Director, Harvest Foundation. RichardKillingsworth.pdf

September 2007, Health by Design.  Smart Growth Principles.  Gov. Parris Glendening, President, Smart Growth Leadership Institute.  GovGlendening.pdf

September 2007, Health by Design.  Health Impact Assessment.  Brian Cole, HIA Project Manager, UCLA School of Public Health. BrianCole.pdf

September 2007, Health by Design.  Transportation and Public Health...How are they Related?  Ken Rose, Associate Director of Policy, Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. KenRose.pdf

September 2007, Health by Design.  Community and School Traffic Safety Partnership:  Portland's Coalition Model.  Greg Raisman, Traffic Safety Specialist, Portland OR Office of Transportation. GregRaisman.pdf

Books / Publications
Frank, L.D., Engelke, P.O., & Schmid, T.L. (2003) Health and Community Design: The Impact of the Built Environment on Physical Activity. Washington, DC:  Island Press

Frumkin, H., Frank, L., & Jackson, R. (2004) Urban Sprawl and Public Health: Designing, Planning and Building for Health Communities.  Washington, DC:  Island Press

Morris, M. (Ed.). (2006) Planning Active Communities.  (PAS Report 543/544). Chicago:  American Planning Association

Morris, M. (Ed.). (2006) Integrating Planning and Public Health:  Tools and Strategies to Create Healthy Places. (PAS Report 539/540).  Chicago:  American Planning Association.