Partnerships between planners, public health professionals, and coalitions that promote sound urban planning and design are becoming essential to public health and education.

1. Non-traditional Partnerships
to Create Healthy
Communities
Cynthia Hoyle, FAICP
Hoyle Consulting
American Planning Association
National Planning Conference
April 23, 2018

3. 17% of kids and teens are obese.
Limited physical activity contributes to the
obesity epidemic.
Dedicated, safe space for bicycling and walking
helps kids be active and gain independence.
3
Pictures: Cynthia Hoyle, FAICP, Hoyle Consulting

4. Equity
Enhancing the ability of
underserved populations to
travel by non-motorized
modes can:
◦ Improve outcomes in health,
safety, and economic
development;
◦ Promote resource efficiency, e.g.
reduce household transport
costs;
◦ Strengthen neighborhood
relations
Slide adapted from: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center

5. Urbana-
Champaign,
IL

6. Flat Terrain
– Glaciation
did leave
moraines
Pictures: Cynthia Hoyle, FAICP, Hoyle Consulting

7. Moraines get
warning
signs!
Pictures: Cynthia Hoyle, FAICP, Hoyle Consulting

8. Champaign
County, IL
208,419 residents in 2016
Close to 20% of Champaign County residents
live in poverty
54% of children attending public schools
were eligible for free or reduced price
lunches
25% of Champaign Residents reported being
obese, a drop from 27% in 2014
Leading cause of death in Champaign County
from 2003 to 2014 was heart disease, in 2015
cancer surpassed heart disease

9. A Tale of Two Cities (Plus a University)
From 1980
to 2000
U.S.
Census
showed
declining
rates of
walking,
bicycling
and transit
use in C-U.
Community leaders
decided to make a change
and create a Micro-Urban
Community

10. What is a Micro-Urban
Community?
A community of 250,000 or less with the desirable
attributes of metropolitan centers such as: a vibrant
arts/culture/nightlife scene, an internationally diverse
population, a strong technology base, and an animated
public discourse on major societal and global concerns, such
as sustainability and the environment.
http://www.micro-urbanist.com/index.html

11. Partnerships
Champaign
County Bikes
6,963 units of
government in
Illinois

12. Partnerships
- Planning &
Public Health

13. /
13
2001
MPO (CUUATS)
begins LRTP &
CUMTD adopts
Strategic Plan
2004
CUMTD sponsors
Safe Routes to
School programs
starting w/
International
Walk ‘n Bike to
School Day
2005
CUMTD sponsors
Champaign
County Bikes
bicycle
education,
bicycle maps, &
organizations
2008
First SRTS Grants
awarded to City
of Urbana and C-
U SRTS Project &
Champaign
adopts Complete
Streets Policy
2009
First
communitywide
Bike to Work
event held
2010
Urbana becomes
Bronze Level
Bicycle Friendly
Community
2012
Urbana adopts
Complete Streets
Policy
2013
Champaign
become Bronze
Level Bicycle
Friendly
Community
2014
MCORE $15.7
million TIGER
grant awarded &
Urbana becomes
first GOLD Level
Bicycle Friendly
Community in IL
2017
Community
IPLAN developed
C-U Community Partnerships

14. Community Plans

15. Community Health Improvement Plan 2018-
2020

16. Illinois Project for Local Assessment
of Needs (IPLAN)
Elements of IPLAN are:
1. Organizational capacity
assessment
2. Community health needs
assessment
3. Community health plan,
focusing on at least 3
priority health problems
Mobilizing for Action
through Planning &
Partnerships includes:
1. Community Health Status
Assessment
2. Community Themes &
Strengths Assessment
3. Local Public Health
System Assessment
4. Forces of Change
Assessment

17. Local Public Health System
Assessment
Local Public Health System
Assessment:
 748 residents surveyed to get in-
depth picture of community
84 community leaders
 50 different agencies, including
government, planners, public health,
police, fire, nonprofits, emergency, &
university
 3 top priorities identified

18. Long Range
Transportation
Plan & MPO
data useful to
community
health
planners

20. IPLAN Community Health Assessment Community Survey

21. Create Mode Shift
Provide people with choices:
• Invest in bicycle/pedestrian
infrastructure
• Calm traffic
• Create Safe Routes to School
• Build Transit Supportive development
• Retrofit sprawling neighborhoods
• Revitalize walkable neighborhoods
• Education and Encouragement
Measuring the Health Effects of
Sprawl; Barbara McCann and Reid
Ewing; Smart Growth America and
Surface Transportation Policy Project,
2003
Pictures: Cynthia Hoyle, FAICP, Hoyle Consulting

22. 5. Tools for Transformation

23. Programs
Complete Streets (Implemented)
Safe Routes to School
(Implemented)
Bicycle Friendly America
(Implemented)
Vision Zero (TBA)
Walk Friendly Communities
(TBA)

24. Complete
Streets policies
defined:
Complete Streets ensure
that the entire right-of-
way is planned, designed,
constructed, operated,
and maintained to provide
safe access for all users.
Both cities, University of
Illinois, and MPO adopted
policies.
Pictures: City of Urbana

25. Two- to Four- lane Streets
(Road Diets/Right-Sizing)
FROM THIS…. TO THIS!
Photo source: City of Urbana

26. •Improves walking and biking conditions
•Reduces congestion
•Increases physical activity (10 minutes to school
and 10 minutes home=20 minutes of daily physical
activity)
•Cost savings for schools
(reduce need for “hazard” busing)
•Others:
 Increase child’s sense of freedom
Help establish lifetime habits
Teach pedestrian and bicyclist skills
SRTS Programs
Pictures: Cynthia Hoyle, FAICP, Hoyle Consulting

27. The 6 E’s
Education
Encouragement
Enforcement
Engineering
Evaluation
Equity
Pictures: Cynthia Hoyle, FAICP, Hoyle Consulting

28. “In God we trust,
everyone else bring
data.” NYC Mayor
Bloomberg

29. Evaluation
Collecting data is key!
◦ Parent surveys
◦ Travel tallies
◦ Walkability checklists
◦ Bikeability checklists
◦ Crash data

30. Equity
Ask schools what they need – more outreach and support
needed for lower income school population engagement
Pictures: Cynthia Hoyle, FAICP, Hoyle Consulting

31. National recognition for
communities that actively work
to support bicycling
• 5 award levels
o Bronze
o Silver
o Gold
o Platinum
o Diamond
Bicycle Friendly Community Program of
League of American Bicyclists
Photo credit: Jennifer Selby

32. A Bicycle Friendly Community
welcomes cyclists by providing safe
accommodation for cycling and
encouraging people to bike for
transportation and recreation.
Pictures: Cynthia Hoyle, FAICP, Hoyle Consulting

33. Vision Zero is
a strategy to
eliminate all
traffic
fatalities and
severe
injuries,
while
increasing
safe, healthy,
equitable
mobility for
all.
https://visionzeronetwork.org/
Picture: Cynthia Hoyle, FAICP, Hoyle Consulting

34. Walk Friendly Communities
http://walkfriendly.org/ Picture: Cynthia Hoyle, FAICP, Hoyle Consulting

35. Results in C-U

36. 0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
2004 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Miles
Year
Bicycle Facilities in the Urbanized Area
Shared-Use Path (sidepath, divided, off-street) Bike Path (includes UIUC Bike Path)
Bike Lanes (on-street) Shared Lane Markings (sharrows)
Shared Bike/Parking Lanes Bike Route

37. 0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
NumberofCrashes
Year
Historic Bike Crashes in Cities of Champaign, Urbana, and the
Urbanized Area
Champaign Urbana Urbanized Area

38. 80.00%
82.00%
84.00%
86.00%
88.00%
90.00%
92.00%
94.00%
96.00%
98.00%
100.00%
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Year
Residential Parcels Within 1/4 Mile of CUMTD Weekday Routes
Single Family Residential Multi Family Residential Total Residential

39. Sidewalks to transit

40. Affordable
Housing Units
w/in ¼ mile of
bicycle facilities
=2075 units
Picture: City of Champaign

41. Urbana Trips to Work Increasingly
Active Modes (U.S. Census/ACS)
54.3%
17.2%
5.0%
16.6%
0.4%
6.5%
38.8%
58.1%
14.8%
6.7%
14.2%
1.1%
5.1%
35.7%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
Car truck or van Walked Bicycle Public
transportation-
excluding taxi
Taxicab,
motorcycle, or
other means
Worked at home Active
Transportation
Total
Percentage
Mode
City of Urbana
Urbana 2007-2011 Urbana 2012-2016

42. 6. The Future
Where do we go from here?
Pictures: Cynthia Hoyle, FAICP, Hoyle Consulting

43. It is All About the American Dream:
life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness
Pictures: Cynthia Hoyle, FAICP, Hoyle Consulting

44. Thank You!
Cynthia Hoyle, FAICP, LCI
Hoyle Consulting
2207 S. Cottage Grove Ave.
Urbana, IL
cynthia@cynthiahoyle.com
http://www.cynthiahoyle.com/

45. Resources

46. Resources
www.activelivingbydesign.org
www.bikeleague.org/bfa
www.planning.org
https://www.880cities.org

47. Resources
www.saferoutespartnership.org/home
www.completestreets.org
www.ite.org

48. Resources
www.apha.org
www.apbp.org