Our friends from the Committee on Simulation and Measurement of Vehicle
and Operator Performance (AND30) are working on a workshop concept for the
TRB 2014 annual meeting that might be of interest. Below is the working
description of the workshop. If anyone has an interest in the workshop or
is working in this area please contact Wade Allen
(rwallen(a)systemstech.com) directly to discuss your interest and let him
know you are with the TRB subcommittee on Health and Transportation. The
Simulation Committee is interested in partnering with our subcommittee so
this is an excellent opportunity for you to contribute on our behalf.
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Working Description:
The purpose of this workshop is to explore the use of simulators for
assessing the deficiencies of drivers with medical conditions and
rehabilitating these drivers to overcome their deficits. The application
of simulation needs to consider its efficacy relative to driving safety
and the influence of related issues such as simulator sickness which
detract from its diagnostic and therapeutic value.
--
Ed Christopher
FHWA Resource Center Planning Team
4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600
Matteson, IL 60443
708-283-3534 (V)
708-574-8131 (C)
This article in the LA Times may be of interest to you:
http://goo.gl/QZwvo
Researchers in Europe have confirmed scientifically what parents in
traffic-congested Southern California have known anecdotally for years:
Poor air quality associated with busy roads can cause asthma
<http://www.latimes.com/topic/health/physical-conditions/asthma-HEPHC000
007.topic> in children.
The study, which examined children's health in 10 cities, concluded that
14% of chronic childhood asthma cases could be attributed to near-road
traffic pollution. It is the first time that medical researchers have
made such a direct link - previous studies stopped at saying that
traffic pollution is known to trigger asthma, not cause it.
Eloisa Raynault | American Public Health Association | 800 I Street NW,
Washington DC 20001 | Transportation, Health and Equity Program Manager
| o: 202-777-2487 | http://apha.org/transportation
<http://apha.org/transportation>
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The American Public Health Association (APHA) and the Pan American
Health Organization (PAHO) are co-sponsoring the Walk for Health on
April 6, 2013. This year's Walk for Health theme is 'Know Your Number'
as it relates to your blood pressure and hypertension. The walk will
begin at PAHO headquarters and be followed by a fun festival with
activities, information, and refreshments. Both shorter and longer
distance courses will be created and those who wish to jog, run, or bike
are encouraged to do so. This is a family friendly event and all are
encouraged to attend!
This event is rain or shine. Additional details will be released soon,
please check back as the event nears for the most up-to-date
information:
http://www.nphw.org/events/details/walk-for-health-and-post-walk-festiva
l
Facebook URL: https://www.facebook.com/events/317317008371939/
Eloisa Raynault | American Public Health Association | 800 I Street NW,
Washington DC 20001 | Transportation, Health and Equity Program Manager
| o: 202-777-2487 | http://apha.org/transportation
<http://apha.org/transportation>
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This was sent to me by someone on our list but it got deleted by our
spam filtering. Seems "Pregnant Women" in the title triggered something
in the spam filter.
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When you tell people you’re pregnant, the first thing you get is advice.
It comes from friends, from relatives, from books, from your doctor,
from random people on the street, from signs and warnings on various
products. Do this. Don’t do that. Avoid drinking alcohol. Steer clear of
second-hand smoke (or god forbid, first-hand). Don’t drink too much
caffeine. Consult a physician on every medication you take, whether
over-the-counter or prescription. Don’t eat sushi. Skip unpasteurized
cheeses. Think twice before you get on a roller coaster. But one thing
no one says to you is this: don’t drive or ride in a personal motor
vehicle if you can avoid it. Or at least, no one said it to me. No one
told me the proper way to wear a seatbelt while pregnant, either.
http://m.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/03/should-pregnant-women-be-war…
--
Ed Christopher
Hi everyone -
I wanted to share a new Health Impact Assessment (HIA) resource, "Promoting
Equity through the Practice of Health Impact Assessment," in case it may be
helpful in your work.
The report is available for download at the following link:
http://www.sfphes.org/news/201-promoting-equity-through-hia
This primer identifies eight principles for promoting equity in HIA, along
with specific strategies for implementing each principle and examples -
including a number focused on transportation related policies or plans -
that exemplify those principles in HIA practice in communities across the
country. The report also shares common challenges to incorporating equity
into HIA practice and ways to overcome them. The report was co-authored by
the San Francisco Dept. of Public Health, Human Impact Partners, PolicyLink
, and the Adler School of Professional Psychology, working with a diverse
Advisory Committee of equity advocates and HIA practitioners to develop its
structure and content.
Best,
Megan
*** Please note that I am in the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and
Thursdays. Thank you! ***
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Megan L. Wier, MPH, Epidemiologist
Lead - Health, Transportation and Equity
Environmental Health Section
San Francisco Department of Public Health
phone: 415-252-3972, fax: 415-252-3964
Megan.Wier(a)sfdph.org
www.sfphes.org
Hi everyone,
I am writing to follow up for those who were interested in responses to my
post re: VMT/Traffic Density Analysis as a proxy for health impacts of
transportation (e.g., near-source air pollution, noise, active transport
hazards, and livability generally) - see below.
They are summarized as follows. Please feel free to contact me off-list if
you are interested in PDFs of the referenced articles (the first one is
downloadable free online at the link included below the citation).
Best,
Megan
Summary:
- MPOs running a travel forecasting model would have the capacity to do
this type of analysis
- Caveats of mapping modeled VMT using an MPO’s regional model for a
small/sub-city level scale (e.g., TAZ, census block/tract, 1/2 mile grids)
shared by one MPO include:
1. The regional model doesn’t include most of the local roads
2. The regional model would need future recalibration to show
more accurate result for the sub-areas.
- The Boston Region MPO has started aggregating VMT from their travel
demand model by transportation analysis zone (TAZ) and turning it into a
contour surface for transportation health impact analyses.
This approach is described in the article I had shared in my initial email
- available online at the link below.
Characterizing urban traffic exposures using transportation planning tools:
an illustrated methodology for health researchers.
Rioux CL, Gute DM, Brugge D, Peterson S, Parmenter B.
J Urban Health. 2010 Mar;87(2):167-88. doi: 10.1007/s11524-009-9419-7. Epub
2010 Jan 22.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20094920
An additional article related to this work shared by the MPO is:
Modeling and validation of on-road CO2 emissions inventories at the urban
regional scale.
Brondfield MN, Hutyra LR, Gately CK, Raciti SM, Peterson SA.
Environ Pollut. 2012 Nov;170:113-23. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.06.003.
Epub 2012 Jul 7.
- The San Francisco Bay Area's MTC is using modeled VMT density as an
equity performance measure using VMT from the MTC's travel model:
http://www.onebayarea.org/pdf/Appendices_5-4-12/Appendix_F_Equity_Analysis_…
*** Please note that I am in the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and
Thursdays. Thank you! ***
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Megan L. Wier, MPH, Epidemiologist
Lead - Health, Transportation and Equity
Environmental Health Section
San Francisco Department of Public Health
phone: 415-252-3972, fax: 415-252-3964
Megan.Wier(a)sfdph.org
www.sfphes.org
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From: Megan Wier <Megan.Wier(a)sfdph.org>
To: "'TRB Health and Transportation'" <h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net>
Date: 02/28/2013 05:41 PM
Subject: [H+T--Friends] VMT/Traffic Density Analysis Inquiry
Sent by: h+t--friends-bounces(a)chrispy.net
Hi everyone,
I am writing on behalf of Rajiv Bhatia with an inquiry re: whether people
working at MPOs have quantified, modeled or mapped VMT or traffic density
at a smaller area/sub-city level.
If you have, could you please email me directly (megan.wier(a)sfdph.org) with
some details regarding this work and your data source(s)?
If you have not but have plans to do so and/or the data available to do so,
I would be most interested in hearing about it as well.
For some background regarding this approach and implications for health,
please see the attached article.
Thanks so much in advance -
Best,
Megan
(See attached file: Rioux_UrbanTrafficExposures_JUrbanHealth_2010].pdf)
*** Please note that I am in the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and
Thursdays. Thank you! ***
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Megan L. Wier, MPH, Epidemiologist
Lead - Health, Transportation and Equity
Environmental Health Section
San Francisco Department of Public Health
phone: 415-252-3972, fax: 415-252-3964
Megan.Wier(a)sfdph.org
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Hi all,
In case you haven’t already received this information – Project for Public
Spaces is holding a meeting in Detroit next month (April 11-12th) to
discuss the future of how to advance community change through Placemaking,
or focusing on the creation of great public places. One of the groups will
focus on Healthy Communities work. One of the goals of the meeting is to
identify innovative projects and place-based strategies that have succeeded
in creating healthier people and places, as well as to discuss ways and
resource needs in order to replicate these innovations in more places
across the country.
Anyway, I’m including the meeting invitation below, in case any of you are
interested in attending. I recently got involved in this effort, so
apologies for not sending sooner! More info and event
registration<http://plcf.eventbrite.com/>
--Kate
From: Lauren Masseria [mailto:lmasseria@pps.org]
*Placemaking Leadership Council
Detroit, Michigan
April 11-12, 2013
*This is a letter we are sending out to people who have led the
transformation of cities and neighborhoods around the world. Project for
Public Spaces warmly invites you to join our Placemaking Leadership
Council, a body being formed to support and guide an international
campaign to promote the benefits of Placemaking in communities around the
world. We see a convergence of movements supported by the concept of
‘place.’
At the Detroit meeting, we will be developing the Placemaking Campaign's
strategic agenda and jointly defining the steps to achieve maximum impact
through broad, systemic change. After a morning plenary session on
Thursday, April 11, featuring both national and local speakers, most of the
meeting will be structured in small, interactive groups. These smaller
groups will report back to the larger convening and a concluding plenary
panel will summarize next steps for moving forward.
We are delighted to confirm that Rip Rapson, President of
the Kresge Foundation, will be kicking off our two-day dialogue with
an overview of the role of Placemaking in Detroit , highlighting the many
specific places where it is transforming the city. You will have the
opportunity to visit some of these places on the optional Saturday tours.
The Kresge Foundation has been a major funder of the city's Detroit Future
City plan. Here is a link to an overview of this exciting effort:
http://www.kresge.org/news/detroit-future-city-framework-offers-roadmap-for…
*.*
Register for the event. <http://plcf.eventbrite.com/> The registration fee
for the meeting is $250, which covers the costs of space, food and
beverage, and conference materials. We are aiming to attract an audience of
diverse backgrounds, and are able to provide travel assistance in the way
of a limited number of complementary round trip tickets to Detroit thanks
to Southwest Airlines, the official airline of the Council meeting. These
tickets will be available based on financial need. The Westin Book Cadillac
Hotel is holding a limited number of rooms at $139/night plus tax so please
book your hotel.
Event Details
I. Hotel
A group rate of $139/night plus tax is available at the historic Westin
Book Cadillac Detroit. The discounted rate expires on March 24 and
availability is limited so book soon! Click here for more info and to
reserve a room<https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/booking/reservation?id=130115…>
.
II. Southwest Airlines Tickets
There is limited availability of vouchers for free roundtrip flights to
Detroit. Please contact leadershipcouncil(a)pps.org if you require travel
assistance in order to attend the meeting.
III. Venue
The meeting will be held so you can experience (and have fun) in the
revitalizing downtown Detroit, which is undergoing dramatic growth and
change. The meeting will launch at the recently renovated historic Westin
Book Cadillac Hotel but other sessions, meals, and events will take place
in the Compuware corporate headquarters building overlooking Campus
Martius, downtown's vibrant square that PPS help to plan and is now
expanding, and even in storefronts along the city's main street, Woodward
Avenue, where new retail shops will soon be opening.
IV. Meals and Receptions
Lunches will be provided on both Thursday and Friday, and breakfast will be
provided on Friday. A reception will be held Thursday evening.
V. Agenda (regularly scheduled breaks not listed)
*Thursday, April 11, 2013*
*
*8:30 Welcomes and Introductions
10:30 Strategies for Change
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Introduction - Potential Roles of the Leadership
Council
1:30 Group Breakouts - Placemaking Transformative
Agendas
5:00 Adjourn
6:00 – 7:30 Reception
*Friday, April 12, 2013*
8:00 Breakfast & Brainstorming
9:30 Group Breakouts - Continued
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Group Presentations
3:00 Group Presentations (continued)
4:00 Closing Panel/Next Steps
4:30 Adjourn
*Saturday, April 13, 2013 - Optional Tours and Mobile Workshops *
9:00 - 1:00 Tours will leave from and return to the Westin
Book Cadillac.
*Break Out Group Categories: Please select your top two breakout choices
upon registration.*
*Background Information located
here<http://www.pps.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Placemaking-Leadership-Counci…>
.*
1. Building Community Through Transportation
2. Creating Multi-Use Community Destinations
3. Public Markets and Local Economies
4. Architecture of Place
5. Healthy Communities
6. Place Governance
7. Place Capital
VI. Saturday April 13th Tours and Mobile Workshops
Tours are optional at an additional cost of $50. Tickets may be purchased
when you register.
Choices are as follows:
1. Downtown Detroit Walking Tour: visit buildings and public spaces that
are undergoing renovation and renewal, and meet with the leadership of
Quicken Loans/Rock Ventures, the Downtown Partnership, and representatives
from other groups that are working together to attract thousands of new
residents and employees to downtown.
2. Eastern Market and the Detroit Riverfront: visit Detroit's historic
public market, the largest shed market in the United States, and a bustling
district of food enterprises. Get a taste of neighborhood revitalization
in action through urban agriculture and the arts, and visit the city's new
Riverfront public spaces, constructed through a unique public-private
partnership.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
Cancellations made by March 8 will receive a 100% refund. Cancellations
made by March 28 will receive a 50% refund. No refunds will be given after
March 28.
PPS looks forward to seeing you in Detroit and working with you to put
Place back at the heart of how cities are built the world over. If you have
any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to
leadershipcouncil(a)pps.org.
Sincerely,
Fred Kent
President
--
Lauren Masseria
Project for Public Spaces
419 Lafayette Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10003
212.620.5660
lmasseria(a)pps.org
@PPS_Placemaking