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Unusual Suspects: Nonmedical Determinants to Improve the Nation’s Health
November 5, 2010Washington, DC
Toks Omishakin Director Healthy Living Initiatives Office of the Mayor Nashville, TN
Overview
1. The Built Environment and Obesity connection?2. Where we are as a Nation?3. Solutions in Nashville?
Q and A
Nashville & Davidson County Office of the Mayor
“Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds”
Health and PlanningVillage of Euclid vs. Ambler Realty Co. Decision of 1926
“…is to promote and protect the health, safety, and welfare of the community.”
Built Environment Professionals
$373 Million: intensive community approaches to chronic disease prevention and control
$76 Million: providing community support and evaluation support
CPPW
CDC awards $373 Million to 44 Communities ($50 billion/$147 billion)
Improve nutrition, increase physical activity, reduce obesity, and decrease tobacco use - 4 critical actions to combat chronic disease and promote health.
Nashville receives $7.5 million
Metro Health is lead agency and will hire 40 full time positions.
Healthy Eating Active Living Nashville
1. Healthy Places = Healthy People
2. Set frame work for future of Public Health and Healthy Living in Nashville
Conventional
Traditional
Mayor Karl Dean Signs Complete Streets Executive Order
10/06/10
Complete Streets Is a policy initiative using existing, mainstream transportation
funds differently policy ensures that the entire right of way is
routinely designed and operated to enable safe access for all users.
Nashville Complete Streets Policy
Give full consideration to the accommodation of the transportation needs of all users, regardless of age or ability, including those traveling by private vehicle, mass transit, foot, and bicycle;
Why Complete Streets? Complete streets make economic sense. Complete streets improve safety Complete streets encourage more walking and
bicycling (health impact).* Complete streets can help ease transportation
woes Complete streets help children * Complete streets are good for air quality.* Complete streets make fiscal sense
Bike Lanes
Ped-Scale Lighting
Bus Shelter
In-Pavement Warning Lights
PedestrianRefuge
Sidewalks with buffers
COMPLETE STREETS
28th Avenue Connector
28th Avenue Connector
28th Avenue Connector
Roadways design for Active Lifestyles?
1. Lane widths can be created at or reduced 10 -11 ft and excess asphalt striped with a bicycle lane or shoulder.
2. Travel lanes can be removed (Road Diet). 3. On-street parking lanes can be added. 4. Bulbouts, Bike Parking, Countdown signals5. Turning radius that benefits vehicles and
other users.
COMPLETE STREETS
COMPLETE STREETS
Metro Nashville 2010 - 2011 Transportation Funds
Multimodal Funds
•Sidewalks - $12million
•Bikeways - $3million
•Greenways - $3million
•Transit - $11million
Total - $29 million
Street and Traffic Funds
•Paving and Resurfacing - $12million
•ITS (Wayfinding) - $1million
•Bridges - $4million
•Traffic Signals - $4million
Total - $21 million
*Excludes funding for Complete Streets projects (KVB, 28th Ave,), and Parks/Open Space projects.
NEWSWEEK STORY FEATURING NASHVILLE GREENWAYS
NASHVILLE GREENWAYS
Towering Oaks Subdivision
New Subdivision Regulations1. More connected streets (Traditional Grid)
2. Pedestrian Connections
3. Shorter Block Lengths
4. Reduce Cul-de-sacs Recreational green
spaces
Quality of Life/Built Environment: Sidewalks, Transit, Healthy Eating, Bikeways, Land Use and Design, Parks, Sustainability, Roadways, Greenways.
Non Medical Determinants
