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Creating a Healthy Beach Community 60 Years of Improving Health 60 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Creating a Healthy Beach Community 60 Years of Improving Health 60 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Creating a Healthy Beach Community 60 Years of Improving Health 60 Years of Improving Health 60 Years of Improving Health Prevention: keeping people healthy Prevention: keeping people healthy Infancy Childhood Adulthood Older Adults
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60 Years of Improving Health 60 Years of Improving Health
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Prevention: keeping people healthy
Infancy Childhood Adulthood Older Adults
Prevention: keeping people healthy
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Prevention Works: $12M savings in annual healthcare costs
Exercise Healthy Eating Smoking Thriving
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Blue Zones Project
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Power 9 Principles
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20% sign up and complete one pledge action 50% of top 20 employers designated Blue Zones Worksites™ 25% of locally owned restaurants designated Blue Zones Restaurants™ 25% of grocery stores designated Blue Zones Grocery Stores™ 25% of schools designated Blue Zones Schools™ Adopt recommended policies and complete projects
Blue Zones in the Community
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22,000+ Beach Cities residents have taken the Blue Zones pledge
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160 employers have created healthier work environments
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Kids hop aboard the Walking School Bus along 37 routes
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More than 100 restaurants are now
- ffering healthy options
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5 grocery stores are highlighting healthier options
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Livability Plans have been adopted and smoking bans have been implemented in public spaces
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Complete Streets are streets for everyone They are designed and operated to enable safe access for all users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and transit riders of all ages and abilities
What are Complete Streets?
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Living Streets = Complete Streets PLUS
- Living Streets takes
Complete Streets to the next level
- Incorporates elements
related to social and economic vitality, health and quality of life, aesthetically pleasing landscape and restoration
- f the urban ecosystem
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Living Streets can include:
- Sidewalks
- Curb extensions (bulb outs)
- Bike lanes or other bike signage
- Comfortable and accessible
transit stops
- Marked crossing opportunities
- Medians
- Rainwater gardens
- Pedestrian signals
- Trees and vegetation
- Roundabouts
- Destinations
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Better Streets Can Help Communities
- Improve Safety
- Spur Economic Growth
- Lower Emissions
- Reduce Costs
- Raise Property Values
- Provide Choices
- Reduce Traffic
Congestion
- Improve Public Health
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Hermosa Beach
Policies
- Adopted Beach Cities
Livability Plan (2011)
- Adopted South Bay Bicycle
Master Plan (2011)
- First in the country to adopt a
Living Streets Policy (2012) Projects
- Installed sharrows Hermosa Ave., Monterey Blvd. and Longfellow Ave.
- Approved sidewalk improvements to 8th Street
- Revitalized of Upper Pier Avenue
- Officially reopened South Park
- Increased bike parking facilities across the City
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Manhattan Beach
Policies
- Adopted Beach Cities
Livability Plan (2011)
- Adopted South Bay
Bicycle Master Plan (2011)
- Smoke-free Policies
Projects
- Installed bike lanes on Rosecrans Avenue and Manhattan Avenue, and
installed Bike Route sign and sharrows on Manhattan Avenue
- Partnered with the Metropolitan Water District to “green” the Manhattan
Pier and replaced landscaping at City Hall, Post Office and Chamber
- Implemented Safe Routes to School project by retrofitting pedestrian
signals, installing signs and replacing crosswalks
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Policies
- Livability Plan (2011)
- South Bay Bicycle Master Plan (2011)
- Living/Complete Streets Policy
- Smoke-free Policies
Projects
- Built a protected bike path on North Harbor
Drive to connect cyclists from The Strand to the Redondo Pier, and implemented safety improvements on Herondo Street
- Implemented Complete Streets project on the
Esplanade
- Enhanced lighting at Redondo Pier to make it
safer and installed 30 bike racks
Redondo Beach
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