Hi, everyone in the AME70 Health and Transportation listserv,
The Committee on Community Resources and Impacts (AME80) seeks paper
reviewers and the topics overlap with health. More information below.
Best,
Carey
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Dear former ADD20 members & friends,
Since the AME80 Standing Committee on Community Resources and Impacts is
new and therefore still in the process of establishing its membership base,
we are reaching out to y’all to serve as volunteer paper reviewers!
We have been assigned 43 papers, each requiring at least two reviewers and
covering the following broad topics:
· Travel behavior and transportation disadvantaged groups
· Mobility and COVID-19
· Access to services and COVID-19
· Health impacts of transportation
· Socioeconomic impacts, communities, and well being
If you are available to help with this effort, please respond to the Google
Form link by Noon on August 17th: https://forms.gle/ZxQMBxZqhZ7NbbpWA
Also update your profile and peruse reviewer requirements here:
https://www.editorialmanager.com/trbam/default.aspx
Thank you all in advance for your participation in the paper review process
as we work towards the 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting. Do let us know if you
have any questions!
Alec Biehl (ORNL) & Eleni Bardaka (NCSU)
AME80 Paper Review Coordinators
Hello,
Please share as you see fit...
The Federal Transit Administration-funded National Center for Mobility Management (NCMM), is now accepting applications for its Community Mobility Design Challenge 2021 grant program. These grants, using the human-centered design process (aka "design thinking"), will support communities in creating innovative mobility solutions for community members who face transportation barriers in advancing their personal well-being. Grants of up to $25,000 will be available as well as NCMM facilitation throughout the entire process. You can learn more about the grants and download the application here<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnationalc…>. Deadline for responses: July 12, 2021. Pre-application webinar: May 27 at 1:00 pm ET Register Here<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.z…>.
This may be of interest to some.
Ed Christopher
708-269-5237
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Faith Cole Hall <faithcole(a)gmail.com>
> Date: May 12, 2021 at 6:43:23 PM CDT
> To: ame70(a)googlegroups.com
> Subject: FHWA, USDOT - Seeking Case Study Ideas: Integrating Public Health in Transportation Planning on Public Lands (deadline, June 18)
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> Greetings colleagues!
> The FHWA Office of Federal Lands Highways is conducting research on integrating public health in transportation planning on public lands. The project team is seeking case studies that highlight how public lands have successfully integrated public health considerations into their transportation planning processes.
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> Please send your ideas to Amit Armstrong (amit.armstrong(a)dot.gov) and/or Michael Flood (michael.flood(a)wsp.com).
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> Add’l detail below and attached. We are encouraged to circulate this announcement widely. The solicitation period for case studies closes June 18. Thanks!
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> Integrating Public Health in Public Land Transportation Planning
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> Call for Case Studies
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> Background
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> Public health and transportation are by themselves important public policy areas that attract the attention of public officials at all levels of government. The long-range planning decisions made for the transportation system can affect and influence other policy outcomes relating to public health. It is thus of critical importance that this relationship be better understood and viewed from the perspective of how transportation decisions can lead to improved public health outcomes. As stewards of the Nation’s Federal lands, that are being used extensively by visitors, Federal Land Management Agencies (FLMAs) have an opportunity to reinforce this relationship. Incorporating public health considerations into transportation planning is not yet standard practice across FLMAs. Further study is needed to enhance this linkage in order to support efforts to improve public health-related outcomes on Federal lands.
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> The purpose of this project is to develop and make recommendations for a framework that integrates public health considerations into transportation planning processes for FLMAs.
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> Call for Case Studies
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> Do you know of an example of how public health considerations have successfully been integrated into transportation planning on Federal lands? If so, the project team wants to hear from you. We are looking for case studies that touch upon one or more of the following aspects of public health:
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> 1) Safety (e.g., on roads, trails, and personal safety)
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> 2) Active transportation (e.g., walking, hiking, bicycling)
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> 3) Air quality (e.g., emissions, smoke, dust)
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> 4) Transmission of infectious disease (e.g., COVID-19)
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> 5) Transportation equity ( i.e., consistent and systematic fair, just, and impartial treatment of all individuals, especially historically underserved communities, including access, travel options/modes, and the fairness of the distribution of benefits and costs [e.g., related to transportation access, services, facilities, activities])
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> 6) Emergency/disaster management (e.g., evacuation during fires, natural disasters)
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> 7) Environmental impacts/climate change (e.g., water issues)
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> 8) Nature-based design/exposure to nature (e.g., trails enabling access to natural sounds, vistas, trees)
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> To submit a case study idea, please contact the study project managers to discuss the case study idea directly. The case studies will be highlighted as effective practices and incorporated into the final project report.
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> Deadline June 18, 2021
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> Federal Highway Administration
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> amit.armstrong(a)dot.gov | 360.619.7668
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> Project Manager (WSP)
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> Michael Flood
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> WSP USA
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> michael.flood(a)wsp.com | 202.748.6131
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The Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty (Office of Natural Environment) is recruiting for two Environmental Protection Specialists (GS-13/14) positions. The duty location is Washington, DC. The vacancy announcement opened today, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, and closes Friday, May 21, 2021.
The ideal candidate for this position is a senior professional seeking to advance innovative strategies for building and maintaining climate-resilient and sustainable transportation systems that are cost-effective, long-lasting, and efficient. The selected individual will join an excellent team of resiliency, energy, and environmental specialists and will focus on multi-disciplinary issues regarding climate change, extreme weather, and natural disaster resiliency.
The vacancy announcement is FHWA.HEP-2021-0011, which is open to current and former Federal employees with competitive status, VEOA Applicants, AND All U.S. Citizens: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/601170400<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usajo…>
Hi all,
Hope you are well. I am attaching the final program for the 2nd Transportation, Air Quality and Health symposium for your information, and encourage you to register at https://events.tti.tamu.edu/conference/2021-carteeh-symposium/
The registration deadline is today, May 10th 2021 at 11 PM CST. Students register for free and they need to contact Jill Barber: jbarber(a)cert.ucr.edu<mailto:jbarber@cert.ucr.edu> to receive their complimentary registration. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Best wishes,
Haneen.
Dear H+T Friends,
I am pleased to invite you to an IPATH webinar bringing together experts leading our way toward developing ways for better communication, coordination, and collaboration at the intersection of transportation and health. We will gather virtually at 11 AM Central Time (USA) on Friday, 14 May 2021. Hope you can join us.
This webinar is free and open to public, though advance registration is required. Registrants will receive a Zoom link. Please see below and the following link for more information on the webinar and how to register.
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The International Professional Association for Transport & Health (IPATH) Collaboration Hub Webinar Series
Transportation and Health: Moving Toward Better Communication, Coordination, and Collaboration
Friday, 14 May 2021 - 11 AM CT/12 PM ET (USA)
Hosted by:
Ipek N. Sener, PhD Research Scientist, Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI)<https://tti.tamu.edu/>
Panelists:
Ann Steedly, PE Founding Partner/Chief Operations Officer, Planning Communities<https://www.planningcommunities.com/>
Victoria B. Martinez, AICP Environmental Protection Specialist, Health in Transportation Working Group Lead<https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/health_in_transportation/>, Office of Natural Environment, Office of Planning, Environment and Realty, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Wendy Heaps, MPH<https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendyheaps/> Senior Policy Analyst, Public Transportation Lead<https://www.cdc.gov/policy/hst/hi5/publictransportation/index.html>, Office of the Associate Director for Policy and Strategy, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
For more information on the webinar and how to register: https://conta.cc/3h9jemd
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Please share with anyone who might be interested.
Thanks,
Ipek
Ipek Nese Sener, PhD
Research Scientist
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
505 E Huntland Dr, Suite 455
Austin, TX 78752
Tel 512.407.1119 | Fax 512.467.8971
i-sener(a)tti.tamu.edu<mailto:i-sener@tti.tamu.edu> | http://tti.tamu.edu<http://tti.tamu.edu/>
FYI NaTMEC: Emerging Equipment, Technologies and Capabilities to Address Travel Monitoring Basics and Beyond
This webinar is being presented as part of a series partnership with the National Travel Monitoring Exposition and Conference<https://www.natmec.org/>, or NaTMEC. NaTMEC was created to provide travel monitoring professionals and transportation data users from around the world opportunities to share knowledge and good practices, exchange ideas, revisit fundamental concepts, learn new processes, procedures and techniques, and see the latest advancements in policy, technology, and equipment. In lieu of an in-person conference in 2020, NaTMEC is moving to a virtual format to be held June 21-25, 2021. Check natmec-dot-org for more information as it becomes available. https://www.pathlms.com/ite/courses/30606
Webinar Description:
Jurisdictions often rely on observed counts as data sources for bicyclist or pedestrian volume collected either manually over short durations of by automation for longer-term counts. Models are then developed from these observational data at limited set of locations to extrapolate network-wide conditions. Newer sources of pedestrian and bicyclist activity data have emerged from GPS-based apps (Strava, Ride Report, Map My Ride and others), GPS-enabled bike and scooter sharing systems, aggregators that use these passively-crowdsourced data (i.e. StreetLight), and machine vision counts from signalized intersection control systems. These emerging data sources have advantages and disadvantages to consider when complementing traditional count data.