> Healthy Communities Policy Guide
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> https://www.planning.org/policy/guides/adopted/healthycommunities/
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> APA's Healthy Communities Policy Guide identifies policy ideas for local, state, and federally elected officials aimed at improving community health and quality of living through planning.
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> APA believes "healthy communities" are places where all individuals have access to healthy built, social, economic, and natural environments that give them the opportunity to live their fullest potential regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, income, age, abilities, or other socially defined circumstance.
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> The conditions in which people live, work, and age have a greater role in a community’s health than individual behaviors and clinical care. Planners and policy makers influence these determinants of health through decisions such as, land use, urban design, and transportation, which affect local air quality, water quality and supply, transportation safety, and access to physical activity, healthy food, and affordable housing, among many other quality of life indicators.
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> The Healthy Communities Policy Guide addresses challenges derived from our built, social, and natural environment, provides recommendations for policies to address the social determinants of health by improving opportunities for physical activity and access to healthy food, which enables numerous social equity benefits, and helps policy makers at all levels of government better integrate health considerations into planning processes and outcomes.
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> Share this action-oriented guide with policymakers representing your community. Planning for health requires government at all levels to address determinants of chronic disease early by integrating health considerations in planning.
>
Many U.S. colleges combine health and urban design into degree tracks.
One example is the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of
Architecture and Urban Planning, where students are encouraged to seek a
Graduate Certificate in Healthy Cities.
<https://taubmancollege.umich.edu/urbanplanning/degrees/graduate-certificate…>
The certificate provides them with the “language, skills and
competencies needed to engage in cross-disciplinary collaborations among
public health workers, policy makers and city planners to promote human
health in urban contexts,”
https://efficientgov.com/blog/2017/12/19/exercise-opportunities-part-design…
--
Ed Christopher
Transportation Planning Consultant
708-269-5237
Please see the email below, announcing a call for articles on transportation-related air quality and health. The deadline is September 1, 2018.
From: Doug Brugge [mailto:doug.brugge@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 3:19 PM
Subject: Fwd: [IJERPH] Special Issue "Transportation-Related Air Pollution and Human Health" Website Is Ready
FYI, see the link in the message below. Let me know if you have any questions for me -- Doug
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From: Ms. Gina Liu/MDPI AG <gina.liu(a)mdpi.com<mailto:gina.liu@mdpi.com>>
Date: Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 3:49 AM
Subject: Re: [IJERPH] Special Issue "Transportation-Related Air Pollution and Human Health" Website Is Ready
To: doug.brugge(a)gmail.com<mailto:doug.brugge@gmail.com>
Cc: ijerph(a)mdpi.com<mailto:ijerph@mdpi.com>
Dear Professor Brugge,
I am pleased to let you know that the Special Issue website has been set
up and can be accessed at
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/Transportation-Related_Ai…
We also post this on our Twitter:
https://twitter.com/IJERPH_MDPI/status/940863161821028354
It would be nice if you could post an announcement of the Special Issue
on relevant mailing lists that you already follow, or you can click on
the icon on the website to share the Special Issue with social media
such as Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook or Google-Plus. That will help
attract more potential authors.
I attached the flyer and three slides of PPT and appreciate if you could
promote or distribute it in related conference. Besides, are you going
to attend any meetings?
I will then prepare a list of invitees to distribute a wider
announcement for calling papers. The list will be sent to you for check
shortly. You and your colleagues are welcome to contribute.
Please let me know should you have any further questions.
Kind regards,
Ms. Gina Liu
Chad R. Bailey, MPH
USEPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality
2000 Traverwood Drive
Office S88
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734-214-4954
Fax: 734-214-4821
The Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health (CARTEEH) is hosting a seminar featuring Dr. Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen of the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, on "Perspectives on Transportation Emissions, Exposures and Health".
The seminar will be held at 10:30 am Central Time on Tuesday, December 5th, and also made available via webinar for remote participants.
If you are interested in participating, please email Haneen Khreis at H-khreis(a)tti.tamu.edu<mailto:H-khreis@tti.tamu.edu> .
Tara Ramani, Ph.D., P.E.
Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
3135 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843
Tel 979.845.9888
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This may be of to some. Apologies for any cross posting
Ed Christopher
> Subject: News from Streetsmart
> Reply-To: kelly(a)thinkstreetsmart.org
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> Streetsmart News, Vol. 4, 2017
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> Evidence and Insight for Better Transportation
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> USER ADVISORY GROUP
> Interested in shaping the beta version of Streetsmart? We’re creating an interdisciplinary user advisory group to provide feedback on the usability and functionality of Streetsmart. Whether you are a planner, engineer, public health professional, advocate, researcher, or elected official, we want your insight. We will have two conference calls that will provide an opportunity to discuss your current frustrations with finding the evidence you need as well as examine other tools and resources that can help you get the information you want. Contact Kelly(a)thinkstreetsmart.org if you are interested in participating.
>
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> If you haven't yet explored the Streetsmart prototype or taken our survey, now is your chance!
> EXPLORE OUR SITE
>
> CONTEXT MATTERS
> Streetsmart is looking at how to integrate contextual issues by tagging resources by implementation issues such as city/region size and by region of the country. We are also doing research on place type—how it is defined and what it means in terms of community goals such as VMT reduction and walking. Usually researchers parse the built environment by things like the “D” variables—density, design, diversity, access to destinations, and distance to transit. But as civic leaders know, places are more than just a collection of independent variables. Furthermore, when these variables are bundled into place they interact and may have synergies.
>
> Want to know more? We’ll be talking about place type at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in January. In the meantime, you can geek out on place type, among other things, by reading this SHRP2 Project report, The Effect of Smart Growth Policies on Travel Demand.
>
> QUALITY OF EVIDENCE
> The standards and guidebooks invoked to justify transportation decisions rely on a variety of data sources, some of which are dated, not context-specific, nor account for complex interactions identified in the research literature. On the other end of the spectrum, many evidence protocols promote a “gold standard” of evidence biased toward the use of randomized control trials to establish causality. This evidence standard, created for a bio-medical environment, is not appropriate for city and transportation planning. So, this begs the question: what is an appropriate standard of evidence for transportation planning?
>
> We’ll have a poster at Active Living Research Annual Conference that discusses the challenges of establishing evidence quality for the messy reality of urban environments. Interested in the subject? Check out What Works at County Health Rankings & Roadmaps for their evaluation criteria (and lots of other great info at the intersection of health and transportation).
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> WHY STREETSMART?
> We get it. Civic leaders struggle to find the evidence they need to evaluate and prioritize transportation investments. The research is scattered, time-consuming to find, and difficult to digest. We do all the work of synthesizing the research and presenting in an intuitive and easy-to-use format, without compromising quality or rigor.
>
> Civic leaders need to make the case for solutions that work best for their community, which sometimes requires defending innovation. Streetsmart reduces risk by providing the evidence and examples of what works in other communities. We’ve got your back.
>
> Find success stories with key lessons learned in one easy-to-search place. Why re-invent the wheel? Streetsmart offers insight via case studies and guidebooks relevant to each topic area. Learn from others in the trenches working on issues similar to yours.
>
> Want to participate in the User Advisory Group? Get in touch to participate and network with peers working on the same issues are you.
> Got more feedback about the prototype? Take the survey or drop us a line to give us your insight.
> Looking for a transportation internship? Help us collect resources and case studies on a topic of your choosing.
>
> We are always looking for academic and practitioner collaborators to build and refine Streetsmart. Talk to Kelly at Kelly(a)thinkstreetsmart.org to explore the opportunities.
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Dear TRB Health and Transportation members and friends:
The Department of Geography at The Ohio State University is invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Geospatial Data Science. This position is partially funded by the Sustainable and Resilient Economy (SRE) Initiative at Ohio State; two of the three desired application areas are transportation and health.
The job advertisement is pasted below. Please share with qualified individuals.
Thanks and regards, Harv
Harvey J. Miller, PhD
Bob and Mary Reusche Chair in Geographic Information Science
Professor, Department of Geography
Director, Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA)
The Ohio State University
u.osu.edu/miller.81<https://u.osu.edu/miller.81/>
The Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University invites applications for a tenure track position at the assistant professor level, commencing autumn semester 2018. The position is contingent on budgetary approval. We seek a scholar with expertise in areas such as spatial-temporal data analytics, spatial simulation and modeling, cyberGIS and high performance computing, and/or geovisualization. Preferred application domains include scholars who address issues surrounding sustainability, resilience and social equity in areas that include urban science, transportation and/or public health. The successful candidate will also be required to teach classes in the department's GIS program.
This position is partially funded by Ohio State's Discovery Themes Initiative, a significant faculty hiring investment in key thematic areas in which the university can build on its culture of academic collaboration to make a global impact. The successful candidate will join a highly collaborative interdisciplinary community of scholars in the Sustainable and Resilient Economy (SRE) program including faculty from social and behavioral sciences, environmental sciences, engineering, business, public health, and policy. The SRE program seeks to advance sustainability science by developing a more holistic understanding of sustainable and resilient production and consumption systems, human-environment interactions, and innovations in sustainable technologies and governance. Successful applicants will be expected to participate in or lead collaborative teams and interdisciplinary research on sustainability and resilience topics.
Qualifications:
A Ph.D. in GIScience or a closely related field is required. All applicants are expected to have very strong and fundable research programs and to contribute to both graduate and undergraduate supervision and instructions. Preferred qualifications include experience developing or working in interdisciplinary research teams, university teaching experience and experience mentoring members of underrepresented groups. Appointment is contingent on the university's verification of credentials and other information required by law and/or university policies, including but not limited to a criminal background check.
About Columbus:
The Ohio State University campus is located in Columbus, the capital city of Ohio. Columbus is the center of a rapidly growing and diverse metropolitan area with a population of over 1.5 million. The area offers a wide range of affordable housing, many cultural and recreational opportunities, excellent schools, and a strong economy based on government as well as service, transportation and technology industries. Columbus has consistently been rated as one of the Top U.S. cities for quality of life, and was selected as one of the Top 10 cities for African Americans to live, work, and play by Black Enterprise magazine. Additional information about the Columbus area is available at http://www.columbus.org
Application Instructions:
Apply to Academic Jobs Online at: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/9712. A complete application consists of a cover letter including teaching, research and service credentials, a curriculum vitae, up to three representative publications, and three letters of references. Inquiries may be directed to Morton O'Kelly at okelly.1(a)osu.edu. Applications received prior to November 15, 2017 will receive priority consideration.
The Ohio State University is committed to establishing a culturally and intellectually diverse environment, encouraging all members of our learning community to reach their full potential. We are responsive to dual-career families and strongly promote work-life balance to support our community members through a suite of institutionalized policies. We are an NSF Advance Institution and a member of the Ohio/Western Pennsylvania/West Virginia Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC).
The Ohio State University is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, disability status, or protected veteran status.
This webinar may of interest to some on this list.
Webinar: Shared Mobility for People with Disabilities -- Challenges and
Opportunities for Paratransit
Register today to discuss paratransit flexibility & responsiveness in
cities on Sept. 26, 1:00 PM CT
*Webinar: Shared Mobility for People with Disabilities -- Challenges and
Opportunities for Paratransit*
/Working within the MOD & ADA Framework/
*1:00 to 2:30 PM Central Time, Tuesday, September 26*
Register Now
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Join the Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC) and leading public-sector
experts to discuss new approaches transit agencies are exploring to
increase flexibility and responsiveness of paratransit services for
users while reducing costs and complying with Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements.
*Webinar Details: *
Tuesday, September 26th, 2017
11:00 AM Pacific / 12:00 PM Mountain / 1:00 PM Central / 2:00 PM Eastern
*Presenters:*
_Welcome & Overview of Mobility On Demand (MOD) & Accessibility
Considerations_
* Sharon Feigon, Executive Director, Shared-Use Mobility Center
Sharon will moderate the webinar, provide a brief overview of
traditional paratransit service models, and offer an introduction to
ways different MOD strategies and can be used to serve persons with
disabilities.
_Vision for Shared Mobility and an Integrated Transportation Network_
* Rik Opstelten, Office of Mobility Innovation, Federal Transit
Administration (FTA)
Rik will offer a vision for how MOD can be used to create a more
integrated transportation system, with special attention to serving
persons with disabilities and the use of Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles
(WAV).
_Working within the Rules & Regulations: ADA and Paratransit Requirements_
* Bonnie Graves, Attorney-Advisor at Federal Transit Administration
Bonnie will discuss the regulatory framework around ADA & Paratransit
and how the ADA applies to MOD.
_The Ride On Demand: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
On-Demand Pilot Project_
* Ben Schutzman, Director of Paratransit, Massachusetts Bay
Transportation Authority
Ben will discuss The Ride On Demand pilot project, which is aimed at
serving persons with disabilities through a partnership with Uber and
Lyft. Ben will cover the details of the pilot project including contract
negotiations, data sharing and lessons learned as well as how these
partnerships have been used to offer additional transportation options
for persons with disabilities.
_RideKC Freedom, Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) Pilot
Project _
* Jameson Auten, Chief, Regional Service Delivery & Innovation, Kansas
City Area Transportation Authority
Jameson will discuss the RideKC Freedom pilot project, which provides a
multi-modal platform to offer increased transportation options for
persons with disabilities. Jameson will cover the process involved to
take this project from early design to implementation, covering such
topics as procurement strategies, data collection, and the development
of an integrated app.
*Reserve your spot today!
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**Space is limited.*
/This public webinar is part of the Federal Transit
Administration-supported Mobility-On Demand (MOD) Sandbox Information
Knowledge Accelerator (IKA), supporting current and future MOD projects./
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the Federal Transit Administration Mobility On Demand Sandbox project./
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/The Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC) is a public-interest organization
working to foster collaboration in shared mobility (including
bikesharing, carsharing, ridesharing and more) and help connect the
growing industry with transit agencies, cities and communities across
the nation. Through piloting programs, conducting new research and
providing advice and expertise to cities and regions, SUMC hopes to
extend the benefits of shared mobility for all./
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