Get Healthy Philly
Envisioning a Healthy Vision Zero
Cheryl Bettigole, MD, MPH
Philadelphia Department of Public Health
December 2015
Relationship between commuting by bike/foot
& obesity: US States, 47/50 largest US cities, 2007
Source. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Census Bureau.
Relationship between commuting by bike/foot
& diabetes: US States, 47/50 largest US cities, 2007
Source. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Census Bureau.
Pedestrian & bicycling fatality and nonfatal injury
rates in the US, Germany, and The Netherlands, 2000.
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.93.9.1509
Walking, Bicycle & Moped Riding in 47 Danish
Towns
Safety in numbers: more walkers and bicyclists, safer walking and bicycling, P L Jacobsen
Inj Prev 2003;9:3 205-209 doi:10.1136/ip.9.3.205
Walking & Bicycling in European Countries
Safety in numbers: more walkers and bicyclists, safer walking and bicycling, P L Jacobsen
Inj Prev 2003;9:3 205-209 doi:10.1136/ip.9.3.205
Walking & Bicycling in California Cities
Safety in numbers: more walkers and bicyclists, safer walking and bicycling , P L Jacobsen
Inj Prev 2003;9:3 205-209 doi:10.1136/ip.9.3.205
Active Commuting to Work Age 16+, Philadelphia 2000-2013, from American Community
Survey
10.0%
9.0%
8.0%
7.0%
6.0%
5.0%
4.0%
3.0%
2.0%
1.0%
0.0%
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Bicycle Commuting
2007
2008
Pedestrian Commuting
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Pedestrian and bicycle crash counts, Philadelphia
3,000
Pedestrian Crashes
2,500
Bicycle Crashes
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Crash Database
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Toward a Green, Healthy, Vision Zero
• Increased walking and biking are strongly associated with
decreased obesity and diabetes rates.
• Cities with higher numbers of pedestrian and bicycle commuters
experience lower crash injuries and fatalities per mile traveled.
• Philadelphia’s bicycle commute rate has more than doubled in
recent years without an increase in the number of crashes.
• Much more can be done to increase the safety and attractiveness
of walking and biking in Philadelphia, and these changes will hold
promise for improving the city’s health.
Thank you!
www.phila.gov/gethealthyphilly