Building a Healthier Community to Support Health & Wellness

(Part I)

9:45-10:35 a.m.

Presenters:

• Carrie Parker, Snohomish Health District

• Deb Osborne, Community Transit

• Marielle Harrington & Sarah Olson, City of

Lynnwood

Introductions: George Kosovich, Verdant

Health Commission

BUILDING A HEALTHIER

COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT HEALTH

& WELLNESS

Carrie Parker, BS, MSHS

Snohomish Health District

CHA/CHIP

Community Health Assessment (CHA)

79 Indicators

Public Health Advisory Council (PHAC)

Top 27

Trend

Breadth of Impact

Best Practices Available

Three Community Health Improvement Plan

Priorities (CHIP)

CHA/CHIP

Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP)

Youth Physical Abuse

Suicide

Obesity Prevention

CHIP

Obesity Prevention:

Establish a social marketing campaign used throughout the

county

Promote inclusion of “health language” in city/town

comprehensive plans

Increase school based policies that promote physical

activity

SCHOOL AUDITS

Improve pedestrian infrastructure around schools

to get more students walking or biking

Sidewalks

Crossings

Traffic

Drop-off Areas

Signage

Maps & Policies

SCHOOL AUDITS

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SCHOOL AUDITS

SCHOOL AUDITS

SCHOOL AUDITS

SCHOOL AUDITS

Next Steps:

June 24th

What is feasible

What are barriers

Who do we need at the table

Grant seeking/writing

School walking maps

Parent encouragement &

alternative parking agreements

Partnering to Build

Healthier Communities

Verdant Healthier Community Conference

February 29, 2016

Transportation and Health

Every passenger

is a pedestrian

Each trip starts

and ends with

pedestrian activity

Community Transit Overview

Each weekday, up to 40,000 people ride Community Transit bus,

vanpool, and paratransit, DART service

On I-5 at peak hour, 25% of

people are carried in 1% of the

vehicles

Community Transit Overview

In 2015 Curb removed 398,359 drive-alone

trips and prevented the release of 3.7

million pounds of CO2 from the air

Community Transit

Service Coverage

Map

Transit-Oriented Development

Major factors influencing transportation

in the future

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Growing to Meet Demand

Service Level in 2016-2021 TDP

Service Hour History Forecast

Link Light Rail to Lynnwood in 2023

Transit Service Growth 2016-2021 and PSRC Transportation 2040

Second Line of Swift BRT

Making what we have better

More trips, improved connections, and expanded daily hours of service

More Swift Lines

Second Line of Swift – Paine Field/Boeing to Canyon Park/Bothell

• 12.5 miles• Crosses existing Swift on Hwy 99

to begin the high capacity network in Snohomish County

Third Line of Swift – Lynnwood

• Early planning underway • Conceptual 196th Street/164th

Street corridors• Integration with Link Extension

to Lynnwood in 2023

Summary

• More trips and better connections

• Faster trips to job centers

• Safe, healthy way to travel

• Second line of Swift connecting Boeing/Paine Field to Canyon Park

• Planning for Swift III on 164th Street and 196th Street

• Continue to work with jurisdictional partners to support health and wellness in our communities

Making the healthy choice, the easy choice.

Healthy Communities Action Plan

Lynnwood’s Community Vision

The City of Lynnwood will be a regional model

for a sustainable vibrant community with

engaged citizens and an accountable

government.

Bike2Health Project

Question & Answers