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Report: How Urban Planning Shapes Health
The New York region is healthier than ever before. It used to be that life expectancy in the metropolitan area was below that of the U.S.. Today, New Yorkers live longer than the average American. As...
View ArticleRegional Roundup: Electeds Camp Out for Bushwick Inlet Park
Energy & Environment Borough President Eric Adams, Representative Carolyn Maloney and local activists camped out near Bushwick Inlet Park this past Saturday, calling on the city to complete the...
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Pokémon Go: Making Healthy Living & Urban Exploration Fun
Pokémon Go, a smartphone-based game that encourages users to catch Pokémon creatures and visit various local destinations (PokéStops!) on the way, is taking the U.S. by storm since launching last week....
View ArticleDespite Improvements, Low-level Air Pollution Continues to Damage Health in...
More than 40 years after the passage of the Clean Air Act, and nearly ten years after the release of PlaNYC, the air in the New York region is the cleanest it has been in half a century. On our...
View ArticleWhat We’re Reading: Veto for NJ Healthy Foods Bill; Planning Transportation...
Community Planning & Design New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a bill last week focused on access to healthy foods in urban and rural communities. [Politico New Jersey] A new report from NYC...
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What If We All Enjoyed A Fair Chance to Be Healthy?
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View ArticleGuest Post: Re-connecting Regional Planning and Health
While the connection between healthy cities and better lives was recognized in the first regional plan for metropolitan New York almost one hundred years ago, the Fourth Regional Plan re-connected...
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