Hi everyone,
This might be of interest to some of you.
Phyllis
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Date: Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 8:54 AM
Subject: [ANB10(8)] TRB 2014 Announcements
To: trb-globalroadsafety <trb-globalroadsafety(a)lists.berkeley.edu>
Dear Friends of the TRB Global Road Safety Subcommittee ANB10(8),
We hope you are well and hope to see you in Washington, DC, in January
2014. If you haven't already done so, you can register for TRB at:
http://www.trb.org/AnnualMeeting2014/AM2014Registration.aspx
TRB ANNUAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Please mark your calendar for our Wednesday Subcommittee meeting and our
Thursday, Global Road Safety free workshop (it is no longer Sunday as in
past years). Please plan to stay through Thursday because the Workshop on
Pedestrian Safety Across the Five Pillars of the Decade of Action will be
an interesting, useful one. The information for the Subcommittee meeting
and the workshop are below:
1) Global Road Safety Subcommittee Meeting - Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Event Type: Published Meeting - Committee (M)
Event Title: Global Road Safety Subcommittee, ANB10(8)
Event Date: 01/15/2014 10:15 AM-12:00 PM
Event Location: Marriott, Park Tower Suite 8212
Sponsored By: Transportation Safety Management (ANB10)
2) Global Road Safety Workshop (Pedestrian Safety) - Thursday, January 16,
2014
Session 869
Thursday, January 16, 2014, 8:00am-12:00pm, Marriott, Maryland B
Pedestrian Safety Across the Five Pillars of the United Nations Decade of
Action
Kim Kolody Silverman, CH2M Hill, presiding
Sponsored by Committee on Transportation Safety Management (ANB10);
Subcommittee on Global Road Safety (ANB10(8))
Pedestrians account for 22% of the 1.24 million traffic deaths a year, with
the burden falling most heavily on low- and middle-income countries. This
workshop is designed for practitioners and researchers to provide an
understanding of challenges and solutions for the pedestrian safety
problem. Experts present the latest research on pedestrian safety across
the Five Pillars of the UN Decade of Action: safety management, safer
roads, safer vehicles, safer road users, and postcrash response.
Overview and WHO Report (P14-6975)
Ann M. Dellinger/David Sleet, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pillar 1 - Safety Management (P14-6976)
Offer Grembek, University of California, Berkeley
Pillar 2 - Safer Roads (P14-6977)
Charles V. Zegeer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Pillar 3 - Safer Vehicles (P14-6978)
David Ward, Global NCAP
Pillar 4 - Safer Road Users (P14-6979)
David Shinar, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Pillar 5 - Post Crash (P14-6980)
Dia Gainor, NASEMSO
ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1) Please visit our subcommittee website, which includes photos from past
subcommittee activities and additional information:
https://sites.google.com/site/trbsubcommitteeanb108/
2) Below is a link to a new report by Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle
that might be of interest to the friends of ANB10(8):
Road safety in 170 low-, middle-, and high-income countries
http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/100256/102973.pdf
We thank you for your interest in global road safety and look forward to
seeing you in January.
Sincerely,
Bella Dinh-Zarr, PhD, MPH (Chair)
Kim Kolody (Co-Chair)
Lori Mooren (Co-Chair)
Offer Grembek, PhD (Research Coordinator)
TRB Global Road Safety Subcommittee ANB 10(8)
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Phyllis Orrick
Communications Director
Safe Transportation Research and Education
Center<http://www.safetrec.berkeley.edu/>
(SafeTREC)
Season's greetings everyone!
This new WHO resource may be of interest to you.
Eloisa
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The World Health Organization just released a new health benefits report entitled Health in the Green Economy - Transport Sector. The cost is $36.
Visit http://www.whopress.us/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=313310 to learn more.
"This report makes an important contribution to the transport, planning, health and climate change literature by sign-posting the need to assess co-benefits and co-costs of transport and land use planning interventions. With reference to the IPPC work, many of the implications of a technology-linked transport sector emissions mitigation agenda for public health - considered very broadly - were identified." - Ryan Falconer, Agitator for better transport outcomes , ARUP
Cycling, walking and rapid transit systems are associated with a wide range of health benefits that need to be reflected more systematically in transport and development policies. Health benefits may include: reduced risk of heart disease, some cancers, type 2 diabetes, and some obesity-related risks from more physical activity; reduced health risks from urban air pollution; reduced traffic injury risks and less noise stress. Rapid transit, walking and cycling systems also improve access to vital jobs, services and opportunities and ease the mobility of vulnerable groups, such as children, people with disabilities, and older adults, enhancing health equity.
This report, part of the Health in the Green Economy series, considers evidence regarding health co-benefits, and risks, of climate change mitigation strategies for transport, as reviewed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
I've just come across a report ULI released last month and thought some of you might be interested.
http://www.uli.org/report/intersections-health-and-the-built-environment/
>From the ULI press release<http://www.uli.org/press-release/10-principles-for-building-healthy-places-…>:
The reports mark the start of a two-year body of work ULI is devoting to its Building Healthy Places Initiative, which will examine how urban design and development can contribute to living environments that are conducive to active lifestyles, social interaction, and prosperity. Through the initiative, ULI is leveraging the power of its global networks to shape projects and places that improve the health of people and communities.
Intersections: Health and the Built Environment makes the case that we can build our way to better health, by providing an indication of the scale of the challenges facing communities worldwide, and it outlines the opportunities and benefits for improving global health through intelligent urban design.
Ten Principles for Building Healthy Places provides practical steps that communities can adopt to have a positive impact on the health of their population. It is based on recommendations from a workshop of multi-disciplinary experts convened this summer, which distilled findings from three ULI advisory panels conducted last spring in Colorado to recommend strategies for fostering active living. The Colorado Health Foundation funded those panels, and is a partner of the Building Healthy Places Initiative.
Healthy Places also looks like it was co-authored with the Colorado Health Foundation.
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The American Public Health Association is now accepting abstracts for the 142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition. The theme of the meeting is Healthography: How Where you Live Affects Your Health and Well-being. Abstracts are due between February 10-14.
To learn more, visit https://apha.confex.com/apha/142am/oasys.epl?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_campa…
See the website for specific deadlines. Deadlines will not be extended. All authors will be notified via email of abstract status on Monday, June 2, 2014. Please make sure your email address is correct and up-to-date.
You do not have to be an APHA member to submit an abstract. However, if your abstract is accepted for presentation, the presenting author MUST become an APHA Individual member and MUST register for the Annual Meeting by the September pre-registration deadline (APHA Learning Institute faculty and Speakers of invited sessions are excluded).
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