Links > Transportation and the Built Environment

This section links you to useful resources on this topic on external websites.

• Active Living Essentials: Rural Communities: This webpage focuses on increasing physical activity in rural communities through community design.

• Active Living Network: This network of partners (including leaders from urban planning, architecture, transportation planning, the environment and public health) is committed to finding creative ways to integrate physical activity into American life.

• Age Friendly Rural and Remote Communities: A Guide: This Guide includes information on outdoor spaces, buildings, housing and transportation.

• Alberta TrailNet Society: This organization has a wealth of information on trail and pathway development in Alberta.

• Green Gym: The Green Gym is a Canadian company that specializes in outdoor fitness equipment for all ages.

• LifeTrail: This company specializes in outdoor wellness stations for older adults.

• Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center: A website devoted to walking and bicycling.

• Planning Active Transportation Communities: This website has different resources to encourage people to use active transportation.

• Toolkit for Rural Community Coordinated Transportation Services: This U.S. project includes a toolkit for transportation planners in rural communities. The executive summary gives an overview of the toolkit contents.

  • Executive Summary
  • Full Report (pdf, 434 pp.)