A young family with little children preapring for bike ride, standing with bicycles in nature and high fiving.

Built Environments and Active Living

Increasing and improving opportunities for physical activity with a focus on bicycle and pedestrian safety.

The Built Environment and Active Living team works to increase and improve opportunities for physical activity with a focus on bicycle and pedestrian safety so that all residents have access to safe and healthy transportation options. This is achieved through a focus on healthy community design and school initiatives.

Briar Creek Greenway at Mint Museum Park. During the time of social distancing April 18, 2020

Active Living

Learn about ways to be active in your neighborhood.
Active Transportation

Learn about Built Environment's community initiatives.
Safe Routes to School

Supports communities in creating opportunities for children to increase their daily physical activity by safely walking, biking, and rolling to, from, or at school!
School Initiatives

Learn about Built Environment's school initiatives.
Traffic Gardens

Traffic gardens help children increase their daily physical activity.

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Traffic Gardens at Schools Promote Health, Safety and Lots of Fun

Riding a bicycle is a hallmark of the childhood experience. Mecklenburg County Public Health’s Safe Routes To School (SRTS) has capitalized on that to bring an innovative program to select Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) in public health priority neighborhoods.