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Center for Disease Control, “Adolescent and School Health: Guidelines and Strategies”. Available online:http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/npao/schoolenvironment.htm; See also: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesity-prevention-source/obesity-trends/glo… Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois Roadway Crash Data. Garrett-Peltier, Heidi. “Pedestrian and Bicycle […]
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Learn More WHAT Every day in Illinois, five kids are hit by cars while walking or biking within one block of a school. In 1969, more than half of kids […]
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The Chicago region’s current hub-and-spoke transit system leaves nearly half a million Cook County residents stranded in transit deserts.
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