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[H+T--Friends] Article: Rural Areas' Lack of Sidewalks Fueling Obesity Problems

by Eloisa Raynault

Greetings Health and Transportation Subcommittee, FYI, there is plenty of 'anecdata', with a few references to recent studies, in this article. It's still an interesting read though: http://www2.tbo.com/news/life/2011/aug/04/rural-areas-lack-of-sidewalks- fueling-obesity-prob-ar-247686/ Eloisa Raynault | American Public Health Association | 800 I Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 | Transportation, Health and Equity Program Manager | o: 202-777-2487 | http://www.apha.org/transportation Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

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[H+T--Friends] For Want of a Crosswalk-Huff Post piece

by Sandra Viera

Hello H & T colleagues, In the Huffington Post, Prevention Institute's Larry Cohen and Dr. Richard Jackson, Chair of Environmental Health Sciences at the UCLA School of Public Health, examine the tragedy of the death of Raquel Nelson's child on a busy street. They conclude, "We shouldn't design highways where pedestrians who need to cross have no safe places to do so -- no lights and no cross walks within reasonable distances, and with cars going too fast...Instead of wasting our time debating who should be punished and how much, we need to invest our traffic safety funds in efforts that keep our children and families safe." Read the entire piece at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry/for-want-of-a-crosswalk-a_b_913582.html Particularly timely given Senate hearings on the transportation bill! Best, Sandra Sandra Viera Prevention Institute Sandra(a)preventioninstitute.org<mailto:Sandra@preventioninstitute.org>

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[H+T--Friends] Recall: Webinar on master plans and health impact assessments

by Mccreedy, Malisa A.

Mccreedy, Malisa A. would like to recall the message, "Webinar on master plans and health impact assessments".

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[H+T--Friends] Webinar on master plans and health impact assessments

by Eloisa Raynault

Greetings Health and Transportation Subcommittee Friends, I just heard about this webinar on HIAs and built environment master plans. It may be of interest. It's scheduled for July 28 and speakers include: * Mark Fenton * Chris Kochtitzky, CDC, National Center for Environmental Health * Aaron Wernham, The Health Impact Project, Pew Health Group, The Pew Charitable Trusts Registration is available via the link below: http://www.phconnect.org/events/health-impact-assessments-and Cheers, Eloisa Raynault

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[H+T--Friends] Out of the office at a training

by Megan Wier

I will be out of the office starting 07/26/2011 and will not return until 07/29/2011. I will be checking email in the evenings and responding to messages as soon as possible. Thank you!

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[H+T--Friends] New resources on trbhealth.org

by Eloisa Raynault

Hi everyone, Several new resources and links to reports have been posted on our website. A section on recent research was added, as were resources shared by many of you in recent weeks. Visit http://www.trbhealth.org and click on Resource Links in the left hand column. If you have other resources to share with the group, let us know! Best regards, Eloisa Raynault, Subcommittee Co-Chair eloisa.raynault(a)apha.org

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[H+T--Friends] Transportation and Health Connection Report

by Ed Christopher

I am posting this on behalf of Phylis Orrick. We have been having some trouble with posts to the list that have graphics attached. The posts are not coming through for those receiving the listserve digest nor are they being placed in the archive. I apologize to those who have seen this before. --------------- Now online: Transportation and Health Connection Report SafeTREC, in partnership with Partnership for Prevention, Booz Allen Hamilton, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a new report, Transportation and Health: Policy Interventions for Safer, Healthier People and Communities http://www.prevent.org/Additional-Pages/Transportation-and-Health.aspx It examines transportation policies in three critical areas: the environment and environmental health, community design and active transportation, and motor vehicle-related injuries and fatalities. Policymakers at all levels can use this report to inform decision-making regarding transportation. Go here for more: http://www.prevent.org/Additional-Pages/Transportation-and-Health.aspx --------------- Ed Christopher 708-283-3534 (V) 708-574-8131 (cell) FHWA RC-TST-PLN 4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600 Matteson, IL 60443

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[H+T--Friends] older driver and older mobility

by Phyllis Orrick

Regarding Topics 1 and 2, Irene, some of this is almost 10 years old, but it still has relevance http://www.safetrec.berkeley.edu/research/olderdrivers.html And this page on barriers to transit for older adults. We've got a current project on this as well. http://www.tsc.berkeley.edu/research/transit.html Feel free to contact me if you want more information. Regards, Phyllis -- 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) 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>

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[H+T--Friends] references to document city/transportation planners awareness of US aging trends?

by Yen, Irene

Hi everyone - I'm sorry I missed the inaugural meeting on July 11. I've just read through the minutes. It sounds like you had a great first meeting and have a great group of people to work on the variety of issues at hand. I was wondering if any of you could help me with a reference or two. I am writing a policy brief for the J of the American Geriatrics Society describing built environment and mobility for older adults policy issues. I wrote that city and transportation planners are aware of the aging of the US population. My co-author suggested that this may not be the case. I did some web searching and found one report commission for the Texas state department of transportation. I found a document for the American Society of Planning Officials from 1961! It might be that it's planners in certain cities. But it seems appropriate to acknowledge their awareness. For a journal, though, I have to use report or article references. thanks in advance! Irene Yen Irene H. Yen, Ph.D., M.P.H. Associate Professor Division of General Internal Medicine Department of Medicine University of California, San Francisco Associate Director, Experiential Learning, Health & Society Pathway 3333 California Street, Suite 335 Box 0856 San Francisco, CA 94143-0856 [for FedEx - use 94118] (415) 502 7046 (o) (415) 502 8291 (fax) http://dgim.ucsf.edu/about/yen.html ****************************************************************** EMAIL ADDRESS: irene.yen(a)ucsf.edu ******************************************************************

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[H+T--Friends] Listserve etc of National Consortium on the Coordination of Human Services Transportation

by Sheryl Gross-Glaser

Hi, Eloisa suggested that I invite the subcommittee members to join the listserve of the National Consortium on the Coordination of Human Services Transportation<http://web1.ctaa.org/webmodules/webarticles/anmviewer.asp?a=70&z=78>. We deal with community transportation, including access to medical care, and transit. Our members include a broad range of organizations from the worlds of planning, health, transit, aging and people with disabilities. The listserve <http://groups.google.com/group/coordination-consortium?hl=en>is used to announce Consortium colloquia and to notify members that there is a new blog post for the group. The messages are few. The blog is the Express Stop <http://express-stop.blogspot.com/>. Topics covered in the colloquia and the blog are transit, reauthorization, livability, modes other than SOV, funding, emergency preparedness, non-emergency medical transportation, and once in a while legislative positions of national organizations etc. Have a great weekend, Sheryl -- 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 CTAA EXPO 2012: Baltimore's Inner Harbor

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