Report: New Approaches to Understanding Equitable Access to the Outdoors

Building new neighborhood parks.

Improving equitable access to nature for everyone, especially people who have been historically underserved, requires investments to build new parks and green spaces in neighborhoods without them.

Improving infrastructure and programming.

Amenities like parking, restrooms, trash cans, recreational equipment, fields, playgrounds, trails and multi-language signage foster public spaces that are welcoming, safe and worth coming to.

Increasing public transit connectivity.

In the six states examined, the report found that a significant number of people in neighborhoods without parks have limited access to personal vehicles, making regional parks or open spaces hard to reach.