Active Transportation In Los Angeles

Today we have a much greater understanding than any time before on what if affecting our health that has led to an alarming rate of chronic conditions, including heart disease, obesity, asthma, depression, and diabetes. These are directly linked to poor diet, lack of exercise, and land-use patterns, including access to transportation, urban design, and housing characteristics that can make an impact on people’s ability to participate in physical activity. The land-use pattern that has plagued the United States and Florida since the end of World War II has been suburban sprawl that has led to auto-dependence, air pollution, and a much higher risk of respiratory disease. However, we have the ability to combat these tragedies by shaping

A community’s health can be established through a myriad of differing factors. Three specific factors that will help to determine the health of the county in which I live are community safety, disaster preparedness, as well as an analysis of the population. The community under review, Merced, is located in central California and made up of seventeen cities and communities whose individual populations do not exceed more than 75,000 and covers an area of approximately 1,972 square miles (United States Census Bureau, 2010) with a total population of approximately 255,793 people in 2010 (Merced County California, 2012).

Public transportation provides numerous positive attributes to the community at large. It enhances personal opportunities by providing personal mobility and freedom, gives people transportation options to get to work, go to school, visit friends, or go to a doctor’s office, provides access to job opportunities. It saves fuel and reduces congestion, provides economic opportunities and drives community growth and revitalization. Statistically, every $1 invested in public transportation generates approximately $4 in economic returns, every $10 million in capital investment in public transportation yields $30 million in increased business sales, every $10 million in operating investment yields $32 million in increased business sales, and from 2006-2011, residential property values performed 42 percent better on average if they were located near public transportation with high-frequency service. Public transportation saves money and reduces gasoline consumption. According to APTA’s transit saving report, a two-person household can save, on the average, more than $10,174 a year by downsizing to one car. Public transportation use in the United States saves 4.2 billion gallons of gasoline annually and households near public transit drive an average of 4,400 fewer miles than households with no access to public transit. Public transportation also reduces the carbon footprint in that its use

Lake City is an established neighborhood in northeast Seattle with a population of 39,939 as of 2013 (Demographic Now 2015). The borders of Lake City from south to north are from 95th Street to 145th Street and from Lake Washington to 15th Street going east to west. Walking, driving, and data retrieval comprised the survey of this area. The purpose of this paper is to identify potential community health issues that may impact the residents as a whole.

Many lower income neighborhoods have areas that lack sidewalks, proper street lighting, clearly marked crosswalks, and have limited “traffic calming” features (APHA, 2015, p. 2). These unsafe street conditions create barriers, and limit public access to much needed resources, such as, schools, work, healthy food resources, and health services. Individuals residing in lower income communities experience higher rates of illnesses, such as, diabetes, hypertension, and obesity. Moreover, of a greater concern, is the mortality and injury rates of

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Diez and Mair detail the importance of looking at the physical and social aspects of neighborhoods to better understand the prevalence of health and disease of individuals. The authors further describe how neighborhood physical and social environments impact residents’ health and impact each other to have a collective effect on health. For example, municipal neglect leads to visible physical signs of decline which in turn impact residents’ sense of safety which leads to decreased social cohesion. This cycle results in increased stress and decreased use of neighborhood physical spaces used for physical activity by residents. Emphasized in this article is how neighborhood environment impacts physical activity, diet, obesity, diabetes, hypertension,

Safety on roads remains the public’s principal concern about cycling. While significantly more cyclists are comfortable biking on major roads with and without bike lanes than 10 years ago, still only one-third of cyclists say they are comfortable biking on major roads without bike lanes. But both cyclists and non-cyclists agree that having more bike lanes on streets and separating bike lanes from car traffic would have the greatest impact on improving cycling in the city.

Densely populated areas surrounding retail lends towards a mode of transportation involving either moving by foot or by bicycle. Movements towards a more bike-friendly community can already be noted in Detroit, as the number of cyclists is increasing. Among the reasons cited by cyclists for moving towards bicycles is that it is inexpensive. Though the gentrification would lead towards bringing in a more middle and upper class, having inexpensive modes of transportation would help out those of a lower or lower-middle class looking to come to or remain in the city.

There are many health hazards associated with urbanization, and this picture of New York City’s Five Points neighborhood illustrates many of those dangers. For example, in the foreground of the picture there is a pig on the street. Animals added to the waste accumulation problem in the city and its streets. There is a water pump that many people are using which displays a serious health hazard. The water was most likely from ground water that came from a polluted canal. Thirdly, the street in this image is very overcrowded. The high density of people contributed to the spread of infectious diseases. In addition, the sky appears to be gray and muggy, hinting at air pollution. This pollution caused nausea, which could have led to poor digestion

Transportation innovation and conditions in San Francisco were not always created easily. San Francisco’s had an exceptional nightmare from a transit point of view. The obvious problem was San Francisco geographic makeup. Hills caused the early settlers to deal with the swamp-like conditions. San Francisco expanded population after the Gold Rush led to better-paved streets. In the 1870s Andrew S. Hallidie developed a rope and cable car technology that could drag ore and tools up hills by being pulled by horses. In 1873, the Clay Street Railroad Cable car line was established. Early cable cars were pulled by horses on rails. In the 1890s, electric street cars took over horse car services (Hartlaub, 2015). In the 19th century, railroads encouraged economic progress in California. Transportation costs were reduced, which allowed remote lands and resources to be attainable. Various markets for producers were widened, which enabled raising the land value and increased many people’s earnings and income. One of the first results of the advent of the railroad was phenomenal urbanization. Oakland, a steamboat port that had been settled in the 1850s

A sustainable transportation system will require a good business relationship between citizens and the government, as public transport cost put stress on both. This brings an idea from Jeff Speck, a city planner and urban designer. In Jeff’s TED talk, the Walkable City, he took Portland as his city of choice and illustrated how a sustainable transportation system brings forth sustainable city. Portland has invested $60 million in bicycling and walking since 1970, which seems like a lot of money, but it’s only $2 million per year, which is half the price it takes to rebuild one cloverleaf of the city. After Portland citizens started to drive less, they made 3.5 percent more income that year (Speck, 2013). Portland citizen contributed this 3.5 percent of their income into the local economy; Portlanders do spend a lot more on all kinds of recreational activities than most other Americans.

I am personally interested in this topic because I believe that access to environments that promote healthy lifestyles should not be restricted to the wealthy, and that city governments should concentrate on increasing bike-ability and walkability in lower income neighborhoods. Several studies have shown replacing car travel with cycling and walking decreases obesity and increases overall health5, and one study in Kansas even showed a significant decrease in employee healthcare costs following investments in local cycling programs3. However, before interest groups launch advocacy and infrastructure expansion, it is important that they understand the effects of that expansion, and integrate consideration for future housing affordability into their plans.

Transportation in American cities has become a major concern, as more people find it difficult to move safely around cities. Using public transportation to navigate a city is usually affordable for less affluent members of society, allowing them to get to work, school or shopping centers. However, inefficient or unreliable public transportation can be inconvenient for residents who use it as their main mode of travel within a

Firstly, the easiest and quickest way to travel around New York City is by public transportation especially subways. Riding the subway is also a fantastic way to feel like a local during their stay in New York. However, New York has the largest subway system in the city. It’s the cheapest one for the people to get into long distance traveling. Whereas, the public transportation in the New York City called ( ). On other hand, Amsterdam transportation called ( ). In Amsterdam the transportation tickets is by hours. In my opinion, it consider good idea by having a look around the city by one ticket. However, they have a ticket for 24 hours. In this case it’s easier for the people, because in this way especially the new people visiting new city