TRBHealth June 2021

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AME80 Committee on Community Resources and Impacts seeks paper reviewers

by Carey McAndrews

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 *** 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

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Fwd: Now Virtual: TRB Conference to Advance Transportation Equity

by Ed Christopher

This may be of interest Ed Christopher Begin forwarded message: > From: TRB Meetings <trbmeetings(a)nas.edu> > Date: June 17, 2021 at 2:14:24 PM CDT > Subject: Now Virtual: TRB Conference to Advance Transportation Equity > Reply-To: trbmeetings(a)nas.edu > > > > The TRB Conference to Advance Transportation Equity is now a virtual event! Originally scheduled September 8-10, 2021 in Washington, DC, this conference is now being held online September 9, 10, 13, and 14, 2021. > Register by July 30, 2021 to take advantage of the reduced Early Bird Rate. > Participants will represent a wide range of lived and professional experiences and discuss how diverse perspectives are included in policy development, project selection, and mitigation to advance transportation equity. > Register Now > Become a Patron! Support of this conference is your opportunity to increase your company’s visibility with the transportation community and to show your support of TRB’s goals and objectives for advancing transportation in the coming years. > For more information and to view the program, please visit the conference website. > We look forward to seeing you at this virtual event! > Sincerely, > Transportation Research Board > Unsubscribe from all communications about this event. > Opt-Out to unsubscribe and be removed from all future TRB meeting announcements. > This email was sent to you from the Transportation Research Board, a program unit of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001. For general inquiries, please contact TRBmeetings(a)nas.edu.

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Urban Design 4 Health - Webinar on US EPA's Smart Location Database (SLD) Update

by Jim Chapman

View this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/ud4h/happy-holidays-5210227?e=92a269b69a> In 2020, Urban Design 4 Health (UD4H) <https://urbandesign4health.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0caef1ba55fc67…> updated the *Smart Location Database (SLD) <https://urbandesign4health.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0caef1ba55fc67…> *for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) <https://urbandesign4health.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0caef1ba55fc67…>. EPA is scheduled to release the updated SLD shortly on their Smart Location Mapping <https://urbandesign4health.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0caef1ba55fc67…> website. UD4H also updated the statistical models for the vehicle miles traveled portion of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) <https://urbandesign4health.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0caef1ba55fc67…> Smart Location Calculator <https://urbandesign4health.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0caef1ba55fc67…>. GSA is working through the process to release this. *SLD Data Release & Applications Webinar* To kick off the release of the new 2021 SLD, UD4H is participating in the Tools for Mapping Smart & Walkable Locations <https://urbandesign4health.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0caef1ba55fc67…> webinar. It will take place on *June 17, 2021 at 1:00PM EST/10:00AM PST*. This no-cost webinar will review the updated 2021 SLD and feature an expert panel that will showcase how SLD measures <https://urbandesign4health.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0caef1ba55fc67…> have been used for a variety of applications. The presenters are Dr. Lawrence Frank <https://urbandesign4health.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0caef1ba55fc67…>, President of UD4H, and Eric Fox <https://urbandesign4health.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0caef1ba55fc67…>, Senior Planner at UD4H, John Thomas, Division Director at the Offices of Sustainable Communities at the U.S. EPA, Dr. David Berrigan, a Program Director at the Health Behaviors Research Branch at the National Cancer Institute and Kim Anderson, Senior Advisor at Regional Government Services (RGS). This webinar will be hosted by the Smart Growth Network <https://urbandesign4health.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0caef1ba55fc67…> and the Maryland Department of Transportation <https://urbandesign4health.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0caef1ba55fc67…>. Participants of the live webinar are eligible for 1.5 AICP CM credits. *Register for the Webinar (no-cost):* Tools for Mapping Smart & Walkable Locations <https://urbandesign4health.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0caef1ba55fc67…> <https://urbandesign4health.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0caef1ba55fc67…> *Background* Originally released in 2013, the SLD is a census block group-level database with a series of built environment and transportation access metrics comprising 5 core domains: 1) *Density*, 2) *Diversity*, 3) *Design*, 4) *Transit* and 5) *Accessibility*. The SLD is a well-known data resource used by federal agencies, planners, practitioners, researchers and community groups and other non-governmental organizations seeking a range of built environment metrics applicable for any region in the country. *The new SLD is based on:* - *Expanded transit coverage:* - More recent General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) data - Transit agencies included in the SLD more than doubled - *now 573 agencies* - Transit data now available for *over 130 more regions* - Regions with partial coverage before now have *complete transit service coverage* - Integrated more recent *fixed-guideway transit stops* for new rail lines and extensions - The latest updated *demographic and employment data* from the U.S. Census Bureau - Enhanced measures of *auto and transit accessibility* using traffic congestion weights - *Expanded measure coverage* for Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. overseas territories (where data available) <https://urbandesign4health.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0caef1ba55fc67…> *Register for Webinar (no cost):* Tools for Mapping Smart & Walkable Locations <https://urbandesign4health.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0caef1ba55fc67…> *Read the latest announcement: 2021 Smart Location Database Release <https://urbandesign4health.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0caef1ba55fc67…>* Let us know if you would like to discuss ways UD4H can help you to integrate health, equity, and the built, natural, and social environment more fully into your work. 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