The City of Jeannette has followed up participation in the WalkWorks Community Capacity-Building Pre-Planning Program by receiving grant funding through the WalkWorks Program to develop an Active Transportation Plan over the next year. WalkWorks is a collaboration between the Pennsylvania Downtown Center and the PA Department of Health, with support provided by the State Physical Activity and Nutrition Grant and the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The City’s WalkWorks grant is funded by DCNR Community Conservation Partnership Program and the DOH Preventive Health.
The City is assembling a Steering Committee, collecting data, mapping out existing conditions, and getting public input. Stay tuned for opportunities to weigh in through a survey and public meetings.
Active transportation refers to walking, riding a bike or other micromobility device, using a wheelchair, or accessing transit to get to everyday destinations. Active transportation is or should be a regular part of everyone’s day, but in many cases, there are physical barriers to being able to get from place to place safely other than by driving. Planning for active transportation means looking for ways to make communities safer, more accessible, and more connected along inviting networks of sidewalks, trails, shared use paths, and bike lanes. Every community is different and needs to develop an active transportation plan suited to its location, population, needs, and aspirations.
When more people have more options for getting where they need to go safely, it makes for healthier communities, with reduced risk of both crashes and chronic health conditions.
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For more information about WalkWorks, please email pawalkworks@padowntown.org.
For more information about the City of Jeannette Active Transportation Planning process, please email michellel@cityofjnt.com.
Here are some potential resources to choose from to post on the landing page to give people more information about active transportation.
- PennDOT LTAP 80-second video on Active Transportation · Active transportation – presentation slides · El transporte activo – diapositivas de presentación · Safe Routes to School in PA webinars · WalkWorks website · WalkWorks newsletter signup.
Beyond those basic overview resources, there are many more specific terms that may be helpful. To help acquaint people with those, we offer the following:
- WalkWorks Active Transportation Overview Resource List · Definition of traffic calming · Definition of modal filters · WalkWorks primer on Active Transportation, What’s In a Word? Active Transportation Lexicon — it tends to be better as a printed item in hand and copies are available upon request.