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Take A Break – Take A Walk Five Minute Healthy Habit Walking Pathways Initiative Frequent Walking Motion is : Most Healthy! Most Habitual! Most Natural! Most Convenient! Most Beneficial! Holistic Healthy Habits - Be Active, Be In Motion Take A Break – Take A Walk Five-Minute Healthy Habit Walking Daily Routine When sitting; At least four to six times a day, take a 5 minute, 1,320 foot (440 paces) walk, (on a previously designated, measured and/or paced off pathway); Once around the house/yard every morning Once around the parking lot on the way into work, or into a store Once around the office/plant building! at mid morning break Once around the parking lot or block on the way to the car at lunch Once around the office/building on mid afternoon break Once around the parking lot or block on the way home, or out of a store Once around the house/yard every evening When traveling; At least every couple of hours, take a 5 minute, 1,320 foot (440 paces) walk, Once around the Rest Stop Area! Quick Stop parking lot ---PAGE BREAK--- Be A Participant In The Take A Brake – Take A Walk Five Minute Healthy Habit Walking Pathways Initiative To create/establish Five Minute Healthy Habit Walking Pathways at state and interstate highway rest stops, and other convenient locations, anywhere where a 1,320 foot loop path can be measured/paced off, marked with stripping and/or signage, or remembered. Such as existent: trails, paths, both commercial and residential sidewalks, parking lots, malls, stores, inside office/school/plant buildings, school yards, and/or residential yards/houses. If your state does not have Five Minute Healthy Habit Walking Pathways at your highway rest stops contact your state’s; Governor, State Department of Transportation Office, Regional Department of Transportation Office, State Department of Transportation Rest Area Plan Administrator, and/or The National Department of Transportation and request that pathways be established around the perimeters of rest stops and at other convenient locations. What Is Needed For Other Convenient Locations: Sites/locations; to be determined by the organization, firm, group and/or individual Establish 1,320 Foot Designated Pathway - By measuring, or pace off, and mark 1,320 foot loop route(s); on sidewalks, around the perimeter of parking lots, in yards, in buildings and/or malls. For Highway Rest Stops: 1. Select Site(s) of Interest (Adopt A Rest Stop) 2. Seek Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) or Other Funding 3. Establish 1,320 Foot Designated Pathways 4. Introductory Sign and Pathway Markers 5. Promotion of Usage of Pathways 1. Select Sites of Interest (Adopt A Rest Stop - Our preference of course would be that all rest stops at state and interstate highways, would be adopted by local organizations/groups, but we realize that due to budget constraints this may not be feasible, and local organizations/groups may have to set priorities. ---PAGE BREAK--- 2. Seek Transportation Alternatives Program or Other Funding Non-profits are eligible to partner with any eligible entity, which include, local governments, transit agencies, natural resources or public land agencies, school districts, local education agencies, or schools, tribal governments, and any other local or regional governmental entity with responsibility for oversight of transportation or recreational trails. 3. Establish 1,320 Foot Pathways - working with the appropriate government entity, where necessary to establish pathways at state and interstate highway rest stops, and/or other convenient locations. Pathway Options: 3.1. Full Service All Weather - 1.320 foot loop, well lighted, handicapped accessible, low impact surface, walking pathway with markers around the perimeter of the rest stop. 3.2. Limited Service Fair Weather - 1,320 foot loop, improved surface, walking pathways with markers around the perimeter of the rest stop. (Basically slight improvements to dog walking paths and/or establishment of dog and/or human walking paths, with double signage.) 3.3. Optional Route - 1,320 foot loop striping of most existent sidewalks, walking paths with markers. ( Striping most existent sidewalks would allow walkers an optional route, and allow establishment of pathways at rest stops where options 2.1 and 2.2 may not be feasible.) 4. Introductory Sign and Pathway Markers With Posts The Introductory Sign (about 2' x should encourage people to "Take A Break, Take A Walk" explain the benefits of frequent walking and point the way to the beginning of the loop pathway. The Pathway Markers (about the same size as the dog walking path markers) should mark the actual pathway. (See Introductory Sign and Pathway Marker attached.) 5. Promote the Usage of the Pathways Encourage individuals, families, community organizations, educational institutions, spiritual entities, commercial firms, and/or government departments and agencies, to establish designated Five Minute Healthy Habit Walking Pathway routes and encourage people to Take A Break - Take A Walk frequently during the day. For additional information: Email: [EMAIL REDACTED] ---PAGE BREAK--- Common Signage So as to try to create a since of connection for healthy habit walkers wherever they may be, we are trying to establish a common signage for all frequent walking motion walking pathways. Please feel free to Download, Duplicate, and Distribute (use) the following images. Contact Information for: United States of America - Department of Transportation American Association State Highway Transportation Organization AASHTO Subcommittee on Design.... http://design.transportation.org/Pages/Contact.aspx States – Governors - Departments of Transportation http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/webstate.cfm - Nutrition and Physical Activities Programs National/State/Local - Links to Walking Web Sites http://www.walkinginfo.org/assistance/contacts.cfm Introductory Sign Path Marker