I’m watching local Rochester-area advocates respond to presentations by three panelists on the subject of “Community Food Supply and Environmental Justice” at the Association for Community Design annual conference. We’re here hosted by the Rochester Regional Community Design Center.
Health
Coal & Oil - Biggest Health Culprits, Says National Academies
Pittsburgh Preps for its Debut on the World Stage
California's Classrooms Going Green

wish you were here: liveblog from the Association for Community Design Annual Conference
Place May Be Major Factor In Cancer Rates
Studying the Health Effects of Living Near Freeways

Rethinking Transportation Safety
A paradigm shift is changing the way we think about transportation safety. In the past, traffic safety experts evaluated risk using distance-based units (traffic crashes and casualties per 100 million vehicle-miles or billion vehicle-kilometers), which ignores increases in vehicle traffic as a risk factor, and mobility management as a safety strategy. Yet, we now have overwhelming evidence that the amount people drive has a major impact on their chance of being injured or killed in a traffic accident. Here is a small portion of the evidence:
City Explores Ways To Provide Access To Healthy Food
The Island of Garbage

Smart Growth Safety Benefits
Many families move to sprawled, automobile-dependent suburbs because they want a safe place to raise their children. They are mistaken. A smart growth community is actually a much safer and healthier place to live overall.




















