Active Community Research
This session will review the published scientific evidence on what works to increase walking and bicycling for active living. Panelists will discuss strategies used to explore the connection between the built environment, physical activity, and behavior change. Panelists will document how specific measures of urban form impact physical activity for "urban-ites" who state their preferences for walkable environments and for "suburbanites" who state their preference for auto-oriented environments. (62)

It's All Over the News: Communicating Active Living Research Findings
This presentation will use two successful national news releases of active living data to show how to think like a journalist and present research and other findings in a compelling way. Participants will learn how to evaluate the potential public interest in research, surveys, and reports about active living issues. They will learn how to "translate” findings for the general public, how to choose the most compelling single statistics out of a long report, and how to turn abstract findings into concrete examples. (76)

Financing Active Communities
The City of Vancouver, British Columbia, has constructed a well-developed network of bikeways and greenways. The source of funding for much of this infrastructure has been capital budgets supported by property taxes. This presentation provides an overview of the additional funding mechanisms used by Vancouver as examples for other jurisdictions to consider in leveraging their capital funding. (78)

Street Trees: A Key to Vital and Active Communities
This presentation discusses the good that street trees can do for walkers, bicyclists, and their communities. In addition, the presenter will show that the benefits of street trees increase when the discussion goes beyond walkers and bikers to include drivers, property owners, neighborhoods and communities. The "Complete the Streets" program should include street trees, and individuals and governments can help this happen. (90)

Producing Pedestrian and Bicycle Media Campaigns
During this presentation you'll learn about several innovative media campaigns from San Francisco and Berkeley, California, that highlight bicycle and pedestrian safety, respect and courtesy towards cyclists and walkers, and conflict reduction between pedestrians and cyclists. If your community is considering a similar media campaign to support your engineering and enforcement initiatives, you'll want to meet the community and city partners who developed and implemented these campaigns. (91)