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[H+T--Friends] ALR2013 Call for Abstracts & Award Nominations

by Wilson, Amanda

Active Living Research Seeks Conference Abstracts and Award Nominations Active Living Research (ALR), a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, announces a call for presentation and workshop abstracts<http://www.activelivingresearch.org/conference2013/cfa>, and a call for award nominations<http://www.activelivingresearch.org/conference2013/award> for its 10th Annual Conference on February 26-28, 2013, in San Diego, CA. The conference theme is "Achieving Change Across Sectors: Integrating Research, Policy and Practice," and recognizes the importance of engaging people from multiple disciplines to increase physical activity and help reverse the obesity epidemic. Call for Abstracts - Research & Practice Tracks The aim of the ALR conference is to be the premier venue for both cutting-edge research on active living and for making findings accessible to and useable by non-scientists. Thus, the 2013 conference will be organized into two tracks - research and practice. ALR welcomes abstracts related to all populations and active living environments and policies in all settings. Abstracts related to the conference theme and abstracts on research and practice that inform strategies for increasing physical activity among racial and ethnic minority youth and those living in lower-income communities who are at greatest risk for obesity are encouraged. Call for Workshops ALR seeks high quality workshops for researchers (e.g. methods, statistics) and practitioners (e.g. use of measures, dissemination or translation of findings to inform policy and practice). These sessions must be interactive and have clear learning objectives. Workshops can be proposed for either 1.25 or 3-hour formats. Read the full Call for Presentation and Workshop Abstracts: http://www.activelivingresearch.org/conference2013/cfa Call for Award Nominations The "Translating Research to Policy Award" acknowledges innovative teams or individuals who have had success in catalyzing policy or environmental change related to youth physical activity, sedentary behavior and obesity prevention. In addition to a cash prize, the winner will be invited to present at the 2013 ALR Annual Conference and the case study will appear in the conference program. Read the full Call for Nominations: http://www.activelivingresearch.org/conference2013/award The submission deadline for presentation abstracts, workshops and award nominations is August 31, 2012, 4:00 p.m. PT. Notifications will be sent out in early November 2012. If you have questions, please contact: Amanda Wilson, M.S.R.S. Research Coordinator Active Living Research Phone: 619-260-5538 Email: amandawilson(a)ucsd.edu<mailto:amandawilson@ucsd.edu> Website: www.activelivingresearch.org<http://www.activelivingresearch.org/>

13 years, 7 months

[H+T--Friends] Reminder, Mid-Year Meeting of Health and Transportation Subcommittee Tomorrow

by Phyllis Orrick

Hello Friends of the Health & Transportation Subcommittee, We would like to invite you to join us for our mid-year Subcommittee meeting which will be held remotely via teleconference/webroom: Friday, July 27th 1:00-2:30pm EASTERN Time Following please find the agenda and call in information. We hope you will be able to join us! Sincerely, Megan Call-In Number: 877-336-1274 Pass code: 7786853 Web Room: Access as "Guest" http://connectdot.connectsolutions.com/health/ I. Welcome and Introductions (1-1:10) Ed Christopher and Eloisa Raynault (Co-Chairs) II. Round robin of updates (1:10-1:30) All participants welcome to give a 90 second introduction/update III. Presentations and Q&A (1:30-2:15) Lilly Shoup from the DOT Office of the Secretary will give an overview of the DOT/CDC Healthy Communities Index initiative. Bill Lyons of the Volpe Center will talk about a case study report they are conducting for the FHWA highlighting MPOs good practices regarding public health. IV. Communications and Research Subgroup Reports (2:15-2:30) Communications: Phyllis Orrick and Carey McAndrews will provide an update Research Needs: Andy Dannenberg and Carey Mc Andrews will provide an update V. Adjournment (2:30) Ed Christopher and Eloisa Raynault (co-chairs) ------------------------------------------------------------- Megan L. Wier, MPH, Epidemiologist Program on Health, Equity and Sustainability San Francisco Department of Public Health phone: 415-252-3972, fax: 415-252-3964 Megan.Wier(a)sfdph.org www.sfphes.org -- Phyllis Orrick Communications Director Safe Transportation Research and Education Center<http://www.safetrec.berkeley.edu/> (SafeTREC) University of California Transportation Center <http://www.uctc.net/> (UCTC) Institute for Urban and Regional Development <http://www.iurd.berkeley.edu/> (IURD) California Active Transportation Safety Information Pages<http://catsip.berkeley.edu/> (CATSIP) 2614 Dwight Way UC Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720-7374 510-643-4119 @transsafe <https://twitter.com/#!/transsafe> @californiaUTC <https://twitter.com/#!/CaliforniaUTC> @IURDBerkeley <https://twitter.com/#!/IURDBerkeley> @trbhealth <https://twitter.com/#!/trbhealth>

13 years, 7 months

[H+T--Friends] Webinar: National Online Dialogue Results

by Phyllis Orrick

Hi all, This might be worth attending. Note the emphasis on MAP-21 performance measures and the fact that the availability of ped/bike data is one of the topics that US DOT solicited ideas about in terms of performance measures. Phyllis ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <michael.nesbitt(a)dot.gov> Date: Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 6:28 AM Subject: Webinar: National Online Dialogue Results To: michael.nesbitt(a)dot.gov ** ** Greetings:**** *Thank you for **viewing or contributing to FHWA’s National Online Dialogue on Improving Transportation Performance.* Your participation in the dialogue made it a success. During the dialogue, stakeholders explored a variety of important topics, such as the**** **** - Adequacy of arterial traffic volume data for performance management**** - Need for better trade-off analysis tools**** - Need for more peer-to-peer workshops **** - Availability of bicycle/pedestrian data**** - Development of methods for establishing performance measures and target setting**** *FHWA is hosting a webinar on how the results of the dialogue will be used. During the webinar, FHWA will share:***** - Details on how it is using selected idea submissions to shape its stakeholder engagement and communication activities.**** - Results from the online dialogue, including a full report for download. **** - Upcoming transportation performance management stakeholder engagement activities and opportunities**** **** *Please share the attached flyer and register for the Ideas in Action: National Online Dialogue Results Webinar***** * ***** Date: Thursday, August 16, 2012**** Time: 1:30-3:00 EDT**** To register for the webinar visit the link below:**** http://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg.as…<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkP…> **** **** **** *The archive of the National Online Dialogue will be available until August 17. ***** To review the archives visit : https://fhwaperformance.ideascale.com/<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkP…> **** **** Coincidently, the dialogue concluded a few weeks before the signing of a 27-month authorization for surface transportation funding. Included in the 27-month funding authorization is language requiring the use of performance management principles. The dialogue allowed FHWA to have a timely, “no-harm” conversation with a diverse group of stakeholders on how the transportation community can better use performance management principles. * *** **** *A summary of highway priorities in the Moving America Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) can be found at * http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/map21/summaryinfo.cfm<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkP…> *. * * * *A pdf version can be downloaded at * http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/map21/docs/map21_summary_hgwy_provisions.pdf<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkP…> **** **** For more additional information contact:**** **** Michael Nesbitt**** Stakeholder Engagement Lead**** Proposed Office of Transportation Performance Management**** 202-366-1179**** michael.nesbitt(a)dot.gov**** **** **** ------------------------------ [image: Description: http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwNzIz…] **** -- Communications Director Safe Transportation Research and Education Center<http://www.safetrec.berkeley.edu/> (SafeTREC) University of California Transportation Center <http://www.uctc.net/> (UCTC) Institute for Urban and Regional Development <http://www.iurd.berkeley.edu/> (IURD) California Active Transportation Safety Information Pages<http://catsip.berkeley.edu/> (CATSIP) 2614 Dwight Way UC Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720-7374 510-643-1779 @transsafe <https://twitter.com/#!/transsafe> @californiaUTC <https://twitter.com/#!/CaliforniaUTC> @IURDBerkeley <https://twitter.com/#!/IURDBerkeley> @trbhealth <https://twitter.com/#!/trbhealth>

13 years, 7 months

[H+T--Friends] Seeking TRB Session Speakers

by Kara Luckey, Univ. of Colorado

Hello H+T members and friends: I am helping to plan for a TRB session tentatively titled "Enhancing access to public lands for underserved communities in urban areas" which is intended to foster a discussion on current research and initiatives related to connecting less advantaged populations to America's vast network of public lands including national parks and recreation areas, forest service land, and fish and wildlife preserves. The session responds to a growing movement among federal land management agencies to provide access for underserved urban areas to the health and recreational opportunities available in public lands. We are currently looking to identify possible speakers who would be able to provide insight into the relationship between physical/mental health indicators and access to the outdoors and active transport opportunities in public lands. We'd greatly appreciate any recommendations for speakers from the health and transportation world who might be interested in participating. Please email me off-line with any suggestions. Best, Kara Kara Showalter Luckey, AICP, EIT PhD Student | NSF IGERT Fellow Center for Sustainable Urban Infrastructure College of Architecture and Planning University of Colorado Denver 720. 771. 2503 | Website <http://www.actresearchgroup.org/kara-luckey.html>

13 years, 7 months

[H+T--Friends] Invitation to attend the Mid-Year Meeting July 27 over the internet

by Phyllis Orrick

13 years, 7 months

[H+T--Friends] Subcommittee: request for paper reviewers

by Eloisa Raynault

To all TRB health and transportation subcommittee friends, We invite you to become potential reviewers of one or more papers received by TRB this summer that are assigned to the health and transportation subcommittee (ADD50-01). If you are interested in reviewing research papers for potential publication or presentation at the 2013 Annual Meeting in January, please respond to a brief questionnaire that helps us match papers submitted for presentation with your expertise. Visit https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dFV5 T2doSHBXcWRqXzVVaGdGNUxXWHc6MQ to complete the questionnaire. Being a reviewer of papers is a really great way to get involved with the subcommittee. There is no guarantee that you will be selected as a reviewer this time around, as it depends on a number of factors, including the number of papers received and the subject of the papers in relation to your areas of expertise. However, having an updated survey on file increases your opportunity to be a reviewer both now and into the future, and helps the Committee broaden the potential pool of reviewers. The target date for your completion of the survey is July 31, 2012. Due to the importance of the paper review process, all friends of ADD50-01 are kindly requested to complete the survey. The key milestones are identified below. Paper reviews happen between Aug 15 and Sep 15. * August 1- TRB paper submission deadline * August 8 - TRB will assign papers to Committees/Subcommittees and notify chairs and paper review managers * August 8-15 - Paper review managers assign papers for review * September 15 - Paper reviews are due * October 1 - Deadline for having ALL workshops, presentations, etc. input into TRB's system Thank you!

13 years, 7 months

Re: [H+T--Friends] H+T--Friends Digest, Vol 15, Issue 10-transit infographic

by Phyllis Orrick

Way to go, Sheryl. On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:00 AM, <h+t--friends-request(a)chrispy.net> wrote: > Send H+T--Friends mailing list submissions to > h+t--friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ryoko.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/h+t--friends > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > h+t--friends-request(a)ryoko.chrispy.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > h+t--friends-owner(a)ryoko.chrispy.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of H+T--Friends digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: From Atlantic Cities newsletter--Infographic on case for > public transportation attached (Sheryl Gross-Glaser) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:51:08 -0400 > From: Sheryl Gross-Glaser <grossglaser(a)ctaa.org> > Subject: Re: [H+T--Friends] From Atlantic Cities > newsletter--Infographic on case for public transportation attached > To: reisnere51(a)gmail.com, TRB Health and Transportation > <h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net> > Message-ID: > <CAPkg-17V3V5pdW=mkcVr8nrSZnfwrqgkhuO= > DHmZztO-QEhFhQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Okay, don't get me started. > > That $2.25 does not take into account the cost of road maintenance, health > ramifications (which have costs), costs of injury and death on the roads, > etc. > > There is a movement, not too big, to make transit fare free because of its > benefits to society. This way, the average fare would be less than a > dollar. In my opinion, as important as cheap fares are frequency, > reliability, convenience and a pedestrian street network that supports > access to transit. > > My rant for the day. > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Ellin Reisner <reisnere51(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > See easy to visualize benefits of public transportation environmentally > > and economically. > > > > Ellin > > > > -- > > Ellin Reisner, Ph.D. > > reisnere51(a)gmail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > H+T--Friends mailing list > > H+T--Friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net > > http://ryoko.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/h+t--friends > > > > > > > -- > Sheryl Gross-Glaser > Director, Partnership for Mobility Management > Coordination Specialist, National Resource Center for Human Service > Transportation Coordination > Community Transportation Association of America > grossglaser(a)ctaa.org > 202.386.1669 > > <http://www.NRCtransportation.org>*** *** *** > The Express Stop: <http://www.NRCtransportation.org> > http://express-stop.blogspot.com/ > NRC Technical Assistance News: http://nrctanews.blogspot.com/ > www.NRCtransportation.org > partnershipformobilitymanagement.org > www.ctaa.org > > *EXPO 2013: June 2?7 > Travel to the Land of Enchantment > Albuquerque, New Mexico* >

13 years, 7 months

[H+T--Friends] From Atlantic Cities newsletter--Infographic on case for public transportation attached

by Ellin Reisner

See easy to visualize benefits of public transportation environmentally and economically. Ellin -- Ellin Reisner, Ph.D. reisnere51(a)gmail.com

13 years, 7 months

[H+T--Friends] Registration now open for free APHA/PBIC webinar

by Eloisa Raynault

Dear TRB health and transportation subcommittee friends, APHA and the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC) have scheduled a free webinar that will explore what health impact assessments are and how they can be used to connect bicycle and pedestrian safety and health. Registration is now open. It is scheduled for Tuesday July 24th starting at 3:30 PM Eastern. http://www.walkinginfo.org/training/pbic/lc_webinar_07-24-2012.cfm More details: Bethany Rogerson, senior associate for the Health Impact Project, a collaboration of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts, will provide an overview of HIA programs and how they can add value to a decision-making process. Her presentation will be followed by two case studies of how HIAs were successfully used. Brendan Haggerty, a planner within Clark County, Wash. public health department, will discuss how HIAs were used in the Clark County Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan in 2010 and the lessons learned from that process. The county's HIA was recognized as a model practice by the National Association of County and City Health Officials and won the 2012 Translating Research to Policy Award from Active Living Research. Finally Jim Skoog, Community Health Specialist with St. Louis County Public Health and Human Services in NE Minnesota, and Ellen Pillsbury, Senior Planner with the Arrowhead Regional Development Commission (ARDC) Regional Planning Division, will discuss how HIAs have been used within St. Louis County.

13 years, 8 months

[H+T--Friends] Funding opportunities to conduct HIAs

by Eloisa Raynault

Dear TRB health and transportation subcommittee friends, Two health impact assessment (HIA) funding opportunities were announced today. Both ASTHO and the Health Impact Project have released calls for proposals; see details below. ASTHO Request for Proposals The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Healthy Community Design Initiative, will fund and support up to four state or territorial health agencies (STHA) to conduct one Health Impact Assessment (HIA) by May 31, 2013. The primary purpose of this RFP is to build capacity for conducting HIA among STHAs through a hands-on, project-oriented approach. HIA targets can originate from a variety of sectors, but those with an environmental health focus will be given preference (i.e. transportation, land use). ASTHO must receive applications by 5 pm PT on Tuesday, July 31, 2012. For more information, please visit http://www.astho.org/Programs/Environmental-Health/Built-and-Synthetic-E nvironment/Health-Impact-Assessments/Health-Impact-Assessments/. Health Impact Project The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, announced a call for proposals for grants to conduct health impact assessments (HIAs). HIAs identify and address the health impacts of decisions in other sectors. The call for proposals will support two kinds of awards: demonstration project grants of up to $75,000, which will each fund a single HIA to inform a specific upcoming decision on a proposed policy, program, plan, or project; and HIA program grants of up to $250,000, which will allow organizations with prior experience to conduct at least two new HIAs and to develop stable HIA programs that endure beyond the conclusion of the grant period. More information, including frequently asked questions, registration information for webinars, details about eligibility, and other resources are available at http://www.healthimpactproject.org/project/opportunities.

13 years, 8 months

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