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atlurbanist:

The Health Threat of Car-oriented Places

massurban posts a cool article about a former CDC administrator who “has become one of the leading voices calling for better urban design for the sake of good health.”

Here’s a quote about Dr. Jackson’s epiphany while on Buford Highway:

On the side of the road he saw an elderly woman walking, bent with a load of shopping bags. It was a blisteringly hot day, and there was little hope that she would find public transportation.

At that moment, Dr. Jackson says, “I realized that the major threat was how we had built America.”

…Treatments could come in the form of pills, inhalers, and insulin shots, but real solutions had bigger implications. “More and more, I came to the conclusion that this is about how we build the world that we live in.”

Read the full article:
America’s Health Threat: Poor Urban Design