*What is the Transportation and Health Tool?*
The Transportation and Health Tool (THT) was developed by the U.S.
Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention to provide easy access to data that practitioners can use to
examine the health impacts of transportation systems.
The tool provides data on a set of transportation and public health
indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan area that describe how
the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation,
air quality, and connectivity to destinations. You can use the tool to
quickly see how your state or metropolitan area compares with others in
addressing key transportation and health issues. It also provides
information and resources to help agencies better understand the links
between transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve
public health through transportation planning and policy.
- See more at:
http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool#sthash.cDPQde3v.dp…
*What is the Transportation and Health Tool?*
The Transportation and Health Tool (THT) was developed by the U.S.
Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention to provide easy access to data that practitioners can use to
examine the health impacts of transportation systems.
The tool provides data on a set of transportation and public health
indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan area that describe how
the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation,
air quality, and connectivity to destinations. You can use the tool to
quickly see how your state or metropolitan area compares with others in
addressing key transportation and health issues. It also provides
information and resources to help agencies better understand the links
between transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve
public health through transportation planning and policy.
- See more at:
http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool#sthash.cDPQde3v.dp…
*What is the Transportation and Health Tool?*
The Transportation and Health Tool (THT) was developed by the U.S.
Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention to provide easy access to data that practitioners can use to
examine the health impacts of transportation systems.
The tool provides data on a set of transportation and public health
indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan area that describe how
the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation,
air quality, and connectivity to destinations. You can use the tool to
quickly see how your state or metropolitan area compares with others in
addressing key transportation and health issues. It also provides
information and resources to help agencies better understand the links
between transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve
public health through transportation planning and policy.
- See more at:
http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool#sthash.cDPQde3v.dp…
*What is the Transportation and Health Tool?*
The Transportation and Health Tool (THT) was developed by the U.S.
Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention to provide easy access to data that practitioners can use to
examine the health impacts of transportation systems.
The tool provides data on a set of transportation and public health
indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan area that describe how
the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation,
air quality, and connectivity to destinations. You can use the tool to
quickly see how your state or metropolitan area compares with others in
addressing key transportation and health issues. It also provides
information and resources to help agencies better understand the links
between transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve
public health through transportation planning and policy.
- See more at:
http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool#sthash.cDPQde3v.dp…
*What is the Transportation and Health Tool?*
The Transportation and Health Tool (THT) was developed by the U.S.
Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention to provide easy access to data that practitioners can use to
examine the health impacts of transportation systems.
The tool provides data on a set of transportation and public health
indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan area that describe how
the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation,
air quality, and connectivity to destinations. You can use the tool to
quickly see how your state or metropolitan area compares with others in
addressing key transportation and health issues. It also provides
information and resources to help agencies better understand the links
between transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve
public health through transportation planning and policy.
- See more at:
http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool#sthash.cDPQde3v.dp…
*What is the Transportation and Health Tool?*
The Transportation and Health Tool (THT) was developed by the U.S.
Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention to provide easy access to data that practitioners can use to
examine the health impacts of transportation systems.
The tool provides data on a set of transportation and public health
indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan area that describe how
the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation,
air quality, and connectivity to destinations. You can use the tool to
quickly see how your state or metropolitan area compares with others in
addressing key transportation and health issues. It also provides
information and resources to help agencies better understand the links
between transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve
public health through transportation planning and policy.
- See more at:
http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool#sthash.cDPQde3v.dp…
*What is the Transportation and Health Tool?*
The Transportation and Health Tool (THT) was developed by the U.S.
Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention to provide easy access to data that practitioners can use to
examine the health impacts of transportation systems.
The tool provides data on a set of transportation and public health
indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan area that describe how
the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation,
air quality, and connectivity to destinations. You can use the tool to
quickly see how your state or metropolitan area compares with others in
addressing key transportation and health issues. It also provides
information and resources to help agencies better understand the links
between transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve
public health through transportation planning and policy.
- See more at:
http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool#sthash.cDPQde3v.dp…
*What is the Transportation and Health Tool?*
The Transportation and Health Tool (THT) was developed by the U.S.
Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention to provide easy access to data that practitioners can use to
examine the health impacts of transportation systems.
The tool provides data on a set of transportation and public health
indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan area that describe how
the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation,
air quality, and connectivity to destinations. You can use the tool to
quickly see how your state or metropolitan area compares with others in
addressing key transportation and health issues. It also provides
information and resources to help agencies better understand the links
between transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve
public health through transportation planning and policy.
- See more at:
http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool#sthash.cDPQde3v.dp…
*What is the Transportation and Health Tool?*
The Transportation and Health Tool (THT) was developed by the U.S.
Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention to provide easy access to data that practitioners can use to
examine the health impacts of transportation systems.
The tool provides data on a set of transportation and public health
indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan area that describe how
the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation,
air quality, and connectivity to destinations. You can use the tool to
quickly see how your state or metropolitan area compares with others in
addressing key transportation and health issues. It also provides
information and resources to help agencies better understand the links
between transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve
public health through transportation planning and policy.
- See more at:
http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool#sthash.cDPQde3v.dp…
*What is the Transportation and Health Tool?*
The Transportation and Health Tool (THT) was developed by the U.S.
Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention to provide easy access to data that practitioners can use to
examine the health impacts of transportation systems.
The tool provides data on a set of transportation and public health
indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan area that describe how
the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation,
air quality, and connectivity to destinations. You can use the tool to
quickly see how your state or metropolitan area compares with others in
addressing key transportation and health issues. It also provides
information and resources to help agencies better understand the links
between transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve
public health through transportation planning and policy.
- See more at:
http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool#sthash.cDPQde3v.dp…
*What is the Transportation and Health Tool?*
The Transportation and Health Tool (THT) was developed by the U.S.
Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention to provide easy access to data that practitioners can use to
examine the health impacts of transportation systems.
The tool provides data on a set of transportation and public health
indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan area that describe how
the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation,
air quality, and connectivity to destinations. You can use the tool to
quickly see how your state or metropolitan area compares with others in
addressing key transportation and health issues. It also provides
information and resources to help agencies better understand the links
between transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve
public health through transportation planning and policy.
- See more at:
http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool#sthash.cDPQde3v.dp…
Yesterday the Transportation Health Tool (THT) developed by the U.S.
Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention went live. The tool is designed to provide easy access to
data that can use to examine the health impacts of transportation
systems by providing data on a set of transportation and public health
indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan (statistical) area. The
indicators describe how the transportation environment affects safety,
active transportation, air quality, and connectivity to destinations. It
can be used to quickly see how a state or metropolitan (statistical)
area scores against its peers in addressing key transportation and
health issues. The tool also provides a wealth of information and
resources to help agencies better understand the links between
transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve public
health through transportation planning and policy. Give it a test run
and see for yourself what it can do.
http://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool
-- Ed Christopher
The Journal of Tranpsort and Health has just issued a call for manuscripts for its planned special issue on Walking and walkability.
For further details, please see: www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-transport-and-health/call-for-papers/c…www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-transport-and-health/call-for-papers/c…<http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-transport-and-health/call-for-p…>
(and pasted below)
<http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-transport-and-health/call-for-p…>
Call For Papers: Special Issue of Journal of Transport and Health: Walking and Walkability: A review of the evidence on health
________________________________
This special issue is documenting the health effects of walking and walkable communities in a wide range of areas and exploring the policy and environmental changes that can result in sustaining these effects. Although the specific examples listed below are mostly from the USA, submissions are sought from any country. Manuscripts are requested in the following areas:
1. Evaluation of or testing a new or unique program, policy, or project that aims to increase the number of individuals walking for recreation and/or transport. This can include both projects working to increase active transportation/modal shift and/or efforts to improve population health through broad reaching walking initiatives. We are looking for unique and innovative approaches that are underpinned by a good theoretical basis. Manuscripts will be considered whether they examine positive or negative impacts.
Examples include:
* Complete Streets – status of policies across US and experiences with implementing such policies, recognizing that implementing complete streets may be more complicated than passing the policy. What has been the experience of communities and states in the implementation? How have these policies influenced resource allocation and participation in active transportation?
* Walk Friendly Cities – status of program and impacts from having that certification.
* Update on interactions between walking and use of transit
* Role of legislation and litigation in making communities more walkable, including accommodations for persons with disabilities as a means to improve walkability for all
* Examples of health institutions and medical care providers who facilitate walking, such as Walk with a Doc (http://walkwithadoc.org/who-we-are/), Arkansas’s Medical Mile (www.americantrails.org/resources/health/medmile06.html<http://www.americantrails.org/resources/health/medmile06.html>), and walking prescriptions (https://www.bidmc.org/YourHealth/The-Walking-Club/Walking-Prescription-Pad.…) - what is the impact of such interventions on walking, and on health?
2. Define and assess walk-friendly policies, provide evidence that the policy or policies result in more pedestrian activity and can be implemented in other places.
For example:
* Comparison of walking facilities and policies by 50 states and 50 major cities using data from Benchmarking report (www.bikewalkalliance.org/resources/benchmarking)
* Interaction of walk friendly and bike friendly policies – where are they synergistic, where are they in conflict?
3. Examine benefits or unintended consequences of walking and walkability. We would be interested in papers showing the associations between walking and walkability with variables such as physical health, behavioral health, cognitive ability, environment, crime, safety, social cohesion, happiness and well-being. Other possible associations might include economic, productivity, resiliency, stress and vitality measures. Creative and advanced measures of walkability are encouraged, especially those that consider network connectivity and accessibility.
For example:
* International comparisons examining national well-being measures and walking and walkability, based on individual level data. These could include cross national comparisons or from a single country.
Submission method
(Submission via EES)
All papers should be submitted via the Journal of Transport and Health online system<http://ees.elsevier.com/jth/>. While submitting a paper to the special issue, please choose the article type “SI: Walking & walkability” otherwise your submission will be handled as a regular manuscript. All submissions will go through the journal’s standard peer review process. Criteria for acceptance include originality, contribution, and scientific merit, as well as being within scope. For author guidelines, please visit the website of the journal at https://www.elsevier.com/journals/journal-of-transport-and-health/2214-1405…
Key dates
Submission is now open. The deadline for submission is Monday February 29th, 2016.
The deadline for resubmission of revised manuscripts will be July 31st 2016.
Final decisions will be made by November 2016.
All manuscripts will be published online (as e-prints) as soon as they receive final acceptance and have been processed for publication, prior to being collated in the special issue. Publication of the Special Issue is planned for early 2017.
Guest Editor contact information:
Kate Kraft, kkraft(a)americawalks.org<mailto:kkraft@americawalks.org>
Tracy Hadden Loh “tracy(a)railstotrails.org<mailto:tracy@railstotrails.org>”
Andrew Dannenberg “adannenberg2(a)gmail.com<mailto:adannenberg2@gmail.com>”
<http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-transport-and-health/call-for-p…>
Dr Jennifer Mindell
Reader in Public Health
Health and Social Surveys Research Group
Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
UCL
1-19 Torrington Place
London WC1E 6BT
Tel. 020 7679 1269 (Internal x41269)
Journal of Transport and Health: www.elsevier.com/locate/jth
Below is a listserv email that includes a link to a toolkit on using
health data from the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics.
May be of interest to the H+T group.
Best,
Ann H
*Subject:* Presentations from the OPRE Meeting - "The Promises and
Challenges of Administrative Data in Social Policy Research"
*Importance:* High
Hello,
Thank you for attending OPRE’s meeting /The Promises and Challenges of
Administrative Data in Social Policy Research /earlier this month. The
meeting agenda and presentation slides are now posted on OPRE’s
Innovative Methods Meeting website <http://www.opremethodsmeeting.org/>.
We also wanted to share the link to the toolkit that Maya Bernstein
mentioned during the roundtable discussion, called the Toolkit for
Communities Using Health Data: How to Collect, Use, Protect, and Share
Data Responsibly
<http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/toolkit-for-communities-using-health-data-how-to-c…>.
It was developed by the National Committee on Vital And Health
Statistics and may be useful to you in your work with administrative data.
If you have any questions, please contact Anna Solmeyer
(anna.solmeyer(a)acf.hhs.gov <mailto:anna.solmeyer@acf.hhs.gov>). Again,
thank you for coming and we look forward to seeing you at future meetings.
Sincerely,
Debra Kulik
Debra Kulik, MHA, PMP
Project Manager
Multimedia Communication Services
RTI International
6110 Executive Boulevard, Suite 902
Rockville, MD 20852
301-770-8222
This may be of interest to some. Thanks Andy.
Ed Christopher
Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Andrew Dannenberg" <adannenberg2(a)gmail.com>
> Date: October 23, 2015 at 11:45:14 AM CDT
> To: "Eloisa Raynault" <eloisaraynault(a)gmail.com>, "Ed Christopher" <edc(a)berwyned.com>, "Carey McAndrews" <cmcandre(a)gmail.com>, "Ipek Sener" <i-sener(a)ttimail.tamu.edu>, "megan wier" <meganwier(a)gmail.com>
> Cc: <adannenberg2(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: Call for Papers for special issue on walkability in Journal of Transport and Health - now posted
>
> The Journal of Transport and Health Call for Papers for the special issue on walkability is now posted on the journal website –
> see http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-transport-and-health/call-for-p…
> Please share this announcement with any colleagues who may be interested as well as with the TRB health and transportation subcommittee.
>
> Thanks.
> Andy
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> Call For Papers: Special Issue of Journal of Transport and Health: Walking and Walkability: A review of the evidence on health
> This special issue is documenting the health effects of walking and walkable communities in a wide range of areas and exploring the policy and environmental changes that can result in sustaining these effects. Although the specific examples listed below are mostly from the USA, submissions are sought from any country. Manuscripts are requested in the following areas:
>
> 1. Evaluation of or testing a new or unique program, policy, or project that aims to increase the number of individuals walking for recreation and/or transport. This can include both projects working to increase active transportation/modal shift and/or efforts to improve population health through broad reaching walking initiatives. We are looking for unique and innovative approaches that are underpinned by a good theoretical basis. Manuscripts will be considered whether they examine positive or negative impacts.
> Examples include:
> Complete Streets – status of policies across US and experiences with implementing such policies, recognizing that implementing complete streets may be more complicated than passing the policy. What has been the experience of communities and states in the implementation? How have these policies influenced resource allocation and participation in active transportation?
> Walk Friendly Cities – status of program and impacts from having that certification.
> Update on interactions between walking and use of transit
> Role of legislation and litigation in making communities more walkable, including accommodations for persons with disabilities as a means to improve walkability for all
> Examples of health institutions and medical care providers who facilitate walking, such as Walk with a Doc (http://walkwithadoc.org/who-we-are/), Arkansas’s Medical Mile (www.americantrails.org/resources/health/medmile06.html), and walking prescriptions (https://www.bidmc.org/YourHealth/The-Walking-Club/Walking-Prescription-Pad.…) - what is the impact of such interventions on walking, and on health?
>
> 2. Define and assess walk-friendly policies, provide evidence that the policy or policies result in more pedestrian activity and can be implemented in other places.
> For example:
> Comparison of walking facilities and policies by 50 states and 50 major cities using data from Benchmarking report (www.bikewalkalliance.org/resources/benchmarking)
> Interaction of walk friendly and bike friendly policies – where are they synergistic, where are they in conflict?
>
> 3. Examine benefits or unintended consequences of walking and walkability. We would be interested in papers showing the associations between walking and walkability with variables such as physical health, behavioral health, cognitive ability, environment, crime, safety, social cohesion, happiness and well-being. Other possible associations might include economic, productivity, resiliency, stress and vitality measures. Creative and advanced measures of walkability are encouraged, especially those that consider network connectivity and accessibility.
> For example:
> International comparisons examining national well-being measures and walking and walkability, based on individual level data. These could include cross national comparisons or from a single country.
>
> Submission method (Submission via EES)
> All papers should be submitted via the Journal of Transport and Health online system. While submitting a paper to the special issue, please choose the article type “SI: Walking & walkability” otherwise your submission will be handled as a regular manuscript. All submissions will go through the journal’s standard peer review process. Criteria for acceptance include originality, contribution, and scientific merit, as well as being within scope. For author guidelines, please visit the website of the journal at https://www.elsevier.com/journals/journal-of-transport-and-health/2214-1405…
>
> Key dates
> Submission is now open. The deadline for submission is Monday February 29th, 2016.
> The deadline for resubmission of revised manuscripts will be July 31st 2016.
> Final decisions will be made by November 2016.
> All manuscripts will be published online (as e-prints) as soon as they receive final acceptance and have been processed for publication, prior to being collated in the special issue. Publication of the Special Issue is planned for early 2017.
>
> Guest Editor contact information:
> Kate Kraft, kkraft(a)americawalks.org
> Tracy Hadden Loh “tracy(a)railstotrails.xn--org-9o0a
> Andrew Dannenberg “adannenberg2(a)gmail.xn--com-9o0a
>
Hello All,
Sorry for cross posting.
*Field of Specialization:*
Community and Regional Planning: Transportation and public health
*Job Description:*
The Graduate Program in Community and Regional Planning in the School of
Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin invites applications for
the tenure track position of Assistant Professor to begin fall 2016. The
successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in planning or a related field and
preferably a professional Master’s degree in planning and/or practice
experience. We seek a candidate who can offer courses in transportation
planning and public health or healthy cities but we will consider
candidates with other transportation planning specialties. Additionally,
the successful candidate will be able to contribute to the planning program
core curriculum. Applicants should also demonstrate evidence of independent
scholarship in the specialization area and potential for a successful,
peer-reviewed publication record.
The CRP Program is 52 years old and has 900+ alumni. The faculty consists
of 11 full-time equivalent positions, and the student body comprises
approximately 90 masters and 15 doctoral students. Many of the planning
faculty and students are engaged in sponsored research through the School
of Architecture's Center for Sustainable Development, which coordinates
grants and contracts on a variety of topics. The CRP Program offers
opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration within the School of
Architecture and with programs and research institutes across the
University of Texas campus, including the Institute of Latin American
Studies, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and the Environmental
Science Institute. Furthermore, the newly created Dell Medical School,
located on the main campus, presents great opportunities for joint research
and education on community health.
Located in Austin, the state capital, and widely rated as one of America's
most desirable places to live, the Program has a long history of research
and other collaboration with professionals, public officials and
community-based organizations working on planning and related issues in a
city known for extensive public involvement and a commitment to sustainable
urban development.
*Applicant Instructions:*
Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2015 and will continue
until the position is filled. Applications should include a statement of
interest including professional background and current and proposed
scholarship, CV, description of courses which the applicant is capable of
teaching, and names and contact information for three references. Search
committee representatives will be doing informational meetings with
interested candidates at the ACSP Annual Conference in Houston.
Please apply online via InterFolio: http://apply.interfolio.com/31400.
A background check will be conducted on the selected applicant.
The University of Texas at Austin is an Affirmative Action/Equal
Opportunity Employer.
Best Regards
Junfeng Jiao, PhD
Assistant Professor
Community and Regional Planning
School of Architecture
The University of Texas at Austin
https://soa.utexas.edu/people/junfeng-jiaohttps://soa.utexas.edu/resources/urban-information-lab
Exciting news!
The Federal Transit Administration, USDOT is hiring a Director for Research Management. Please share this announcement far and wide with your networks so that we get super stellar candidates! Closes on October 9.
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/417413800
JOB SUMMARY:
About the Agency
You will serve as the Director, Office of Research Management in the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation (TRI). This office is responsible for overseeing FTA's cooperative research program, technical assistance and workforce development programs, national training programs; and performing day-to-day research program management, to include data management, developing and managing cooperative agreements, overseeing contractors, implementing research performance metrics, and program evaluations and reporting. As the Director, you will oversee a professional staff and work closely with several institutional research and training partners, such as the National Transit Institute (NTI); the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP); the Transit Research Board (TRB) and other partners. These relationships include planning and implementing the programs, disseminating information to the transit industry, the general public, Congress and other stakeholders.
This office is responsible for several discretionary programs and the annual research program planning processes. You will also represent FTA on several intra and interagency working groups or committees as a result of FTA's role in partnered research, capacity building and training for the transit industry.
This position requires demonstrated ability and skill in planning, developing, and implementing tools to foster the deployment and management of TRI research, evaluation, training, capacity building and international activities, as well as working with industry groups to improve the capability of the transit industry to deliver high-quality services.
Thanks!
Faith
______________________________
Faith Hall
Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation (TRI) Federal Transit Administration U.S. Department of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Ave, SE
Washington, DC 20590
202-366-9055
Faith.Hall(a)dot.gov
FTA has issued a $22.5 million Notice of Funding Availability for low and no emissions buses and supporting facilities! Apps are due November 23, 2015. Learn more at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-24/html/2015-24231.htm