The latest edition of the Subcommittee newsletter is now online! Read the latest news, stay up to date on events, and explore some new ways to get involved as a friend of the Subcommittee.
Please visit our website to read the newsletter in full: http://www.trbhealth.org/newsletter/april-2014-newsletter
Here are some highlights:
* Help us write the TRB Circular, which will document what a transportation planner needs to know about health, what a public health professional needs to know about transportation and other connected issues.
* Coming soon: the report documenting the Health and Transportation Subcommittee session at TRB’s Annual Meeting in January 2014.The session was organized as a panel discussion where we heard the perspective from three senior state transportation officials and a state health commissioner on raising public health issues to a higher level in the transportation sector.
* The Subcommittee mid-year meeting this year will be held in Burlington Vermont in conjunction with the Tools of the Trade conference<http://www.trbtoolsofthetrade.org/conference/index.html>. Registration is now open and our meeting will be Wednesday afternoon (Eastern time), July 23, 2014. Do not worry if you cannot make it to Vermont, since we will host the subcommittee meeting virtually!
* Help the subcommittee craft a recommendation that TRB establish a Task Force on Urban Arterials and Public Health.
* The TRB paper submittal deadline is August 1.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the newsletter's development.
Eloisa
Eloisa Raynault | American Public Health Association | Transportation, Health and Equity Program Manager | o: 202-777-2487 | http://apha.org/transportation
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In 2013 the Volpe Center on behalf of FHWA published a report discussing
several MPOs that were focusing on Health as part of their MPO
responsibilities. Complimenting this report, FHWA just released a
follow-up report focused on five state Departments of Transportation and
how they are considering health in their transportation planning and
activities. The report synthesizes trends, lessons, and opportunities
based on the five states and translates them into insights for peer DOTs
and partners. The DOTs featured are: The California Department of
Transportation (Caltrans), Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT),
Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), Minnesota
Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and North Carolina Department of
Transportation (NCDOT).
The report can be found on the FHWA Health in Transportation website at
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/health_in_transportation/
The direct link to the PDF of the report is
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/health_in_transportation/resources/statewi…
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Ed Christopher
Two new reports may be of interest:
Transport for Health: The Global Burden of Disease from Motorized Road Transport:
The World Bank has released a report that summarizes ways to quantify the health losses from road deaths and injuries worldwide.
http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2014…
Achieving Safety, Sustainability and Health Goals in Transport:
The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety has released a report that considers efforts in the United Kingdom to align policy and practice across the road safety, sustainable transportation, and public health sectors.
http://www.pacts.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/Achieving-safety-sustai…
Eloisa Raynault | American Public Health Association | Transportation, Health and Equity Program Manager | o: 202-777-2487 | http://apha.org/transportation
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Greetings TRB Health and Transportation Subcommittee,
Many friends of the subcommittee are interested in issues around access to goods and services that support health, especially for vulnerable populations.
The new ChoiceMaps tool from Walk Score may be of interest to those friends; just a few US cities are included in this iteration of the tool: http://blog.walkscore.com/2013/04/choicemaps-new-way-to-measure-neighborhoo…
>From the website: The tool uses Walk Score data to show the number of neighborhood amenities within 5-, 10-, or 20-minute walks of a location. In addition to restaurants, groceries, and coffee shops, it also lets you see the number of schools, transit stops, bike-share stations, and car-share locations within walking distance.
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Dear all,
We are delighted to announce the publication of the first issue of Journal of Transport & Health, edited by Dr Jennifer S. Mindell. The issue is free to read online until the end of 2014.
A selection of articles is shown below. Please visit http://bit.ly/jth_launchissue to see the full issue.
Welcome to the Journal of Transport and Health
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214140513000042
Jennifer S. Mindell
The role of bicycle sharing systems in normalising the image of cycling: An observational study of London cyclists http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214140513000030
Anna Goodman, Judith Green, James Woodcock
Changes in outdoor mobility when becoming alone in the household in old age
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214140513000121
Vanessa Stjernborg, Ulla Melin Emilsson, Agneta Ståhl
Independent mobility on the journey to school: A joint cross-sectional and prospective exploration of social and physical environmental influences http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214140513000157
Alison Carver, Jenna R. Panter, Andrew P. Jones, Esther M.F. van Sluijs
The contribution of light levels to ethnic differences in child pedestrian injury risk: a case-only analysis http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214140514000176
Rebecca Steinbach, Phil Edwards, Judith Green, Ben Armstrong
Rhianna Jones
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Jenny Mindell
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Dear Sir/Madam,
May I please take this opportunity to introduce myself as Rhianna Jones, Marketing Communications Manager at Elsevier.
We have recently launched the Journal of Transport & Health<http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jth> for which the launch issue is currently available to read for free online. We believe that this journal would be of great interest to subscribers of the H+T--Friends mailing list. It would be greatly appreciated if the attached announcement, which shares details of how the free issue can be accessed, could be circulated to your members.
I look forward to hearing from you.
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Rhianna
Rhianna Jones
Marketing Communications Manager
Elsevier - Social Sciences and Economics The Boulevard, Langford Lane Kidlington Oxfordshire UK
OX5 1GB
00 44 1865 843806
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Elsevier Limited. Registered Office: The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, United Kingdom, Registration No. 1982084, Registered in England and Wales.
Dear Sir/Madam,
May I please take this opportunity to introduce myself as Rhianna Jones, Marketing Communications Manager at Elsevier.
We have recently launched the Journal of Transport & Health<http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jth> for which the launch issue is currently available to read for free online. We believe that this journal would be of great interest to subscribers of the H+T--Friends mailing list. It would be greatly appreciated if the attached announcement, which shares details of how the free issue can be accessed, could be circulated to your members.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
Rhianna
Rhianna Jones
Marketing Communications Manager
Elsevier - Social Sciences and Economics
The Boulevard, Langford Lane
Kidlington
Oxfordshire
UK
OX5 1GB
00 44 1865 843806
________________________________
Elsevier Limited. Registered Office: The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, United Kingdom, Registration No. 1982084, Registered in England and Wales.
Greetings TRB Health in Transportation Subcommittee Friends,
In observance of National Public Health Week, the American Public Health Association invites you and your colleagues to join in a special free Google+ Hangout On Air about active transportation’s role in helping the United States become the healthiest nation in one generation. Making active transportation a realistic, affordable and convenient option for all transportation users would help reduce health impacts and also promote physical activity, recreation and environmental preservation.
This Google+ Hangout On Air will feature an exceptional panel of public health professionals, leaders and advocates who will share unique perspectives and experiences surrounding active transportation in communities. Our confirmed speakers for our NPHW Active Transportation Hangout on Air this Friday are:
Amy Eyler, PhD, assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis and chair of APHA’s Physical Activity Section
Rachel A. Davis, MSW, managing director, Prevention Institute
Kate Kraft, PhD, national coalition director, America Walks
Susan Polan, PhD, associate executive director for public affairs and advocacy, American Public Health Association
Join the event to share your questions and ideas with our panelists by using #NPHW here, on Facebook or Twitter.
Watch the panel conversation live on the Google+ event page on Friday, April 11 at 2:00 pm EST. To register, visit https://plus.google.com/events/cskvv9iete18g2mmv19vhoh438o
Please circulate to any peers who may be interested. Thanks!
Eloisa
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