New Orleans and Jefferson Parish Equity Report

An Evaluation of New Orleans and Jefferson Parish

At Bike Easy, we see mobility as a means to an end. Not only do better biking, walking, and transit get individuals to their destinations on a daily basis, improved mobility options will also enable our region to get where it needs to be for a healthy future. Today, we are proud to stand with members of the New Orleans and Jefferson Parish Complete Streets Coalitions, the National Complete Streets Coalition, and the American Heart Association Voices for Healthy Kids program to release a report that details how New Orleans and Jefferson Parish can maximize the benefit of Complete Streets for health equity.

Read the full Complete Streets for Health Equity: An Evaluation of New Orleans and Jefferson Parish and/or the Report Brief. 

As individuals, organizations, and governments work to tackle the critical issues in the region – poor health outcomes and inequity, economic development and job access, crime and public safety, affordable housing, flooding and impacts of climate change – it is becoming clear that how people move, or struggle to move, affects so many aspects of life and levels of decision-making.

Safe, convenient transportation options for everyone in greater New Orleans are essential to our vision of an equitable, vibrant future. Streets built to share are safe for people biking, people walking, people taking transit, and people driving. The complete streets approach is based on the premise that everybody, regardless of who they are, where they live, or how they get around, should have the option to travel in a safe and convenient manner.

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