1. Collaboration Between State Transportation and Health Departments to Prioritize Walking National Walking Summit Thursday, October 29 th in Washington, DC

2. Collaboration to Prioritize Walking Health Care has a Problem Ian Thomas, America Walks Transportation/Planning has a Problem Gary Toth, Project for Public Spaces Collaborating for a Statewide Pedestrian System Plan in Minnesota Amber Dallman and Jasna Hadzic, MN Dept. of Transportation Cindy Zerger, Toole Design Group Empowering Communities to Create Local Pedestrian Plans in Kentucky Shellie Wingate, KY Dept. for Public Health

3. National Health Care Expenditure $ ??????

4. National Health Care Expenditure $ 3,000,000

5. National Health Care Expenditure $ 3,000,000,000

6. National Health Care Expenditure $ 3,000,000,000,000/year

7. National Health Care Expenditure $ 3,000,000,000,000/year (18% of GDP)

8. National Health Care Expenditure $ 3,000,000,000,000/year (18% of GDP)

9. National Health Care Expenditure

10. Behavior and Environment “It is unreasonable to expect people to change their behavior … when so many forces in the environment conspire against such change” Institute of Medicine

11. The Problem for Public Health “How can we change the environment … so the healthy choice is the easy choice ?”

12. Surgeon General’s Call to Action on Walking and Walkable Communities 9 th September, 2015 Goal 1. Make Walking a National Priority Goal 2. Design Communities that Make It Safe and Easy to Walk for People of All Ages and Abilities Goal 3. Promote Programs and Policies to Support Walking Where People Live, Learn, Work, and Play Goal 4. Provide Information to Encourage Walking and Improve Walkability Goal 5. Fill Surveillance, Research, and Evaluation Gaps Related to Walking and Walkability

13. Benefits of Collaboration Walkable Communities help solve problems for Public Health

14. Benefits of Collaboration Walkable Communities help solve problems for Public Health Walkable Communities help solve problems for Transportation