Susan G. Zieff

TL;DR: The strategic engagement of citizen scientists from sociodemographically diverse communities across the globe as both assessment as well as change agents provides a promising, potentially low-cost, and scalable strategy for creating more active, healthful, and equitable neighborhoods and communities worldwide.

TL;DR: An analysis of the cost–benefit ratios of physical activity of the Ciclovía programs of Bogotá and Medellín in Colombia, Guadalajara in México, and San Francisco in the USA found that these Ciclovín programs are cost beneficial.

TL;DR: In 2013, San Francisco was one of eight sites funded by Partnership for a Healthier America to implement Play Streets, a smaller-scale Open Streets-type initiative, aimed at increasing physical activity (PA) among children and youth by closing neighborhood streets for recreational activities as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: Open Streets offer a potentially effective public health intervention in a variety of contexts and are viewed by policy makers and health and community advocates as being beneficial to social, environmental, and community health.

TL;DR: Although many groups successfully worked on parks and recreation improvements, opportunities remain in other areas, including transit and infill and redevelopment, where additional time and resources may be critical to realizing these types of changes.