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HIA Report
Location Spartanburg South Carolina
Organization South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health. Partners: South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control, Spartanburg Area Transportation Study, Partners for Active Living

The HIA examined the potential health impacts of the proposed re-striping and “road diet” of a downtown Spartanburg arterial road, Daniel Morgan Avenue (DMA). A road diet is a technique to reduce the number of lanes on a roadway to provide safe space for pedestrians and cyclists. The proposed road diet in Spartanburg would reduce the roadway to one travel lane in each direction with a center turn lane and the freed-up space would be used to provide a physically separated sidewalk for pedestrians and a physically separated bicycle lane for cyclists. 

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At A Glance
  • Status:
    Completed
  • Publication date:
    2012, April
  • Decision-making levels:
    Local
  • Sectors:
    Planning and zoning, Transportation
  • Additional topic areas:
    Bridges and roads, Active transportation, Planning
  • Drivers of health:
    Safe street infrastructure, Diet and physical activity, Safe and accessible active transportation routes
  • Affected populations:
    Economically disadvantaged
  • Community types:
    Urban
  • Research methods:
    Literature review, Primary research
  • Funding source:
    Other funding