Health Resources in Action is pleased to be releasing a new series of Community Speed Reduction resources. We hope that you find the resources to be useful and informative. To access them, please visit - http://hria.org/resources/reports/community-speed-reduction/2013-resources-speed-reduction.html

Included in the series are the following documents:

• Public Health Impact: Community Speed Reduction (http://hria.org/uploads/catalogerfiles/2013-speed-reduction-resources/ImpactBrief_120313.pdf)
• Speed Reduction Fact Sheet: Opportunities to Improve Current Practice (http://hria.org/uploads/catalogerfiles/2013-speed-reduction-resources/Speed_Factsheet_120313.pdf)
• Community Speed Reduction and Public Health: A Technical Report (http://hria.org/uploads/catalogerfiles/2013-speed-reduction-resources/TechReport_131209.pdf)

Case Studies:

• Chicago, Illinois: Child Safety Zones (http://hria.org/uploads/catalogerfiles/2013-speed-reduction-resources/ChicagoCaseStudy_120313.pdf)
• Columbia, Missouri: Lowering The Posted Speed Limit On Residential Streets (http://hria.org/uploads/catalogerfiles/2013-speed-reduction-resources/ColumbiaCaseStudy_120313.pdf)
• New York City: Neighborhood Slow Zones (http://hria.org/uploads/catalogerfiles/2013-speed-reduction-resources/NYCCaseStudy_112613.pdf)
• Portland, Oregon: Neighborhood Greenway Initiative (http://hria.org/uploads/catalogerfiles/2013-speed-reduction-resources/PortlandCaseStudy_120313.pdf)
• Seattle, Washington: A Multi-Faceted Approach To Speed Reduction (http://hria.org/uploads/catalogerfiles/2013-speed-reduction-resources/SeattleCaseStudy_120313.pdf)
• Washington, DC: Automated Speed Enforcement (http://hria.org/uploads/catalogerfiles/2013-speed-reduction-resources/DCCaseStudy_120313.pdf)

The documents were written by a team of individuals from Health Resources in Action (www.hria.org), a Boston-based public health institute, and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (www.mapc.org), a Boston-based regional planning organization, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Network of Public Health Institutes.