Alex C Smith MCRP Safe Routes to School Coordinator Columbus Safe Routes to School HIA Alex C Smith MCRP Safe Routes to School Coordinator

Columbus Public Health Protecting health, improving lives Our business is Health Protection We create and ensure conditions in which our communities can or will be healthy and safe An investment in public health: Saves in health care costs Increases life expectancy Makes Columbus a great place to live, work, play & raise a family

Rapid to Comprehensive HIAs 2007 Northeast Pilot Project 2010 HIA Development Checklist 2011 Pilot Project 2013 Establishing Goals for the Future of HIAs at CPH 2014 Safe Routes to School HIA 2015 Connect Columbus HIA

Working Our Way Out of a Job Transportation Infrastructure Decisions Bike Audits & Engineer Rides Bicycle Coordinator Sitting on Subcommittees Community Design Reviews Up next > Land Use Planning

Coordinating the HIA & Safe Routes to School Large District School Travel Plan How the process worked Meetings 1st Hand Data Gathering Literature Review Updating the Steering Committee Double Agents

Perception Mapping

Barriers Overcome Getting Into the Schools Talking to the RIGHT Person Staffing

Connections Made Connecting with Paving the Way for Future Research Public Service Community Groups School Administration Paving the Way for Future Research

Integrating into Larger Plans & Polices The Bicentennial Bikeway Plan Update The Connect Columbus Plan School Wellness Policy Working with Capital Improvements

acsmith@columbus.gov