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[H+T--Friends] NAACHO Seeks HIA Applications in Transportation

by Ed Christopher

this may be of interest... --------------------------------------------------------------------- NACCHO seeks to advance the practice of health impact assessments (HIAs) among local health departments (LHDs). Through support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Designing and Building Healthy Places Initiative,NACCHO will provide three LHDs with technical assistance and funding to complete an HIA related to a transportation, land use planning, or housing project, plan, or proposal between January and June 2014. The Request for Application for this opportunity will be published and made available in November. Learn more<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001gZpCT3xbAOJuXS_PV3PxyPmHbyz6U41xuRDYFtcSvXqx…>. -- Ed Christopher FHWA Resource Center Planning Team 4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600 Matteson, IL 60443 708-283-3534 (V) 708-574-8131 (C)

12 years, 4 months

[H+T--Friends] Fwd: AQ Impacts vs Active Transport Benefits

by Ellin Reisner

I asked a colleague of mine from the Somerville Transportation Equity Partnership, Wig Zamore to respond to Thera's email because he has been looking at the health effects of bicycling on busy roadways. We work together on the CAFEH studies examining health impact of near roadway pollutants ( http://sites.tufts.edu/cafeh/ ). Wig has co-taught a course at Harvard School of Public Health that focuses on active transportation (biking) and mobile pollution. His response to Thera's concerns may be of interest to others on the listserv. Ellin ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: wig zamore <wigzamore(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 7:02 AM Subject: Re: [H+T--Friends] AQ Impacts vs Active Transport Benefits To: Ellin Reisner <reisnere51(a)gmail.com>, Thera Black <blackvt(a)trpc.org> Hi Ellin and Thera, I can supply some papers that may be helpful. In general most environmental health scientists are pro "active transportation". Although some active transportation epidemiology has used regional pollutants such as PM2.5 in their analyses (Barcelona for example), the better question is whether primary transportation emissions such as ultrafine particles, particle bound polycyclic aromatics and transition metals are a health risk to joggers and bicyclists. These are a result of local conditions and not so much of regional pollution. You can have a very clean region but be next to a very busy roadway and have elevated risk. With traffic generally, you can think in terms of a few common sense metrics - how large is the volume (I5 in Olympia is up to 140,000 vehicles per day, SR101 considerably less and I do not have local street volumes), how close are people (10 meters, 100 meters, a kilometer), how much time do people spend there (home is worse than work and school, etc.), are there meteorological issues such as inversions, and finally are there street canyons or geographic features that might trap the pollution. With bicyclists, the issue is ventilation. Cyclists have about 4 to 6 times the effective dose as non-active travelers in the same corridors. Their breathing rates and metabolic rates are higher and the ultrafines are inhaled more deeply. For residents within 100 meters of a very busy roadway, good rules of thumb are that cardiovascular mortality risk, lung cancer risk, and childhood asthma risk are greater than 50% higher than cleaner locations in the same communities. Autism risk appears to be more than 100% higher for children whose mothers spent their whole pregnancies in such locations, or even a little higher for those children who spent their first year of life in high traffic exposure locations. In general these exposures occur to about 5% to 10% of urban populations and probably somewhat less in smaller cities. For active transportation participants, including bicyclists, the most obvious risks are cardiovascular. For susceptible populations, for example men who are proactively exercising after heart attack survival, the oxygen crisis stress levels in the heart muscles ( as measured by the ST segment of an electrocardiogram) may be doubled in the presence of diesel emissions. Similarly, heart attacks may be more common for everyone (3X) after high traffic exposures and may be a little higher for bicyclists (4X). Even so these events are relatively uncommon - people are not dropping like flies. Time of day makes a difference too. Cyclists should avoid highway and arterial adjacent travel during rush hours, where it is possible to do so. Ditto for very busy intersections. My personal advice would be to be to push active transportation as much as possible but to offer alternatives to the highest exposure routes when and where it is possible to do so. I have a breakfast meeting but will send along to Thera some relevant papers a little later today. Regards, Wig Zamore Email or 617-625-5630 (24/7 secure land line, no cell) On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 12:24 AM, Ellin Reisner <reisnere51(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Wig, > > Do you have any suggestions for good articles on this or presentations > that can be sent to Thera Black? > > Ellin > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Thera Black <blackvt(a)trpc.org> > Date: Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 4:00 PM > Subject: [H+T--Friends] AQ Impacts vs Active Transport Benefits > To: "h+t--friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net" <h+t--friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net> > > > Greetings, all - I’m reaching out to Health and Transportation listserv > members in the hopes someone can point me in a productive direction. > > > > I have a planning commission that is struggling with the public health > benefits/impacts of compact, walkable urban development. On the one hand > they understand and appreciate the active transportation benefits > associated with this built form. On the other hand, the epidemiologist on > the commission argues that the increased impacts of air pollution in an > urban area more than offsets the benefits associated with active lifestyle > and so is working to prohibit urbanization measures along our key transit > corridors – density, mix of uses, transit oriented development. > > > > I can find reams of articles on the benefits of active transport. And I > can find scholarly articles about transportation-related air quality > impacts on public health. What I cannot find is anything that brings the > two together in a way that sheds light about these considerations in > combination – air quality impacts trumping active transport benefits (or > vice versa). This is further complicated by the studies she is referencing > which were done in major metropolitan areas. We are a small, low-density > metro area with a population of about 175,000 between three cities. Our > principal arterials carry anywhere from 10,000 – 18,000 vehicles per day. > We have very little “urban” land use form and are trying to more > effectively stimulate that kind of private sector investment along our > premier transit corridors where we have the beginnings of walkable, > mixed-use neighborhoods taking shape. > > > > Are you aware of any research that has looked at the trade-offs between > active transport and air quality impacts that might be useful in this > regard? > > > > Any insights are appreciated – thank you! > > > > Thera > > > > Thera Black > > Thurston Regional Planning Council > > 2424 Heritage Court SW, Ste A > > Olympia, WA 98502 > > 360.956.7575 ext 2545 > > www.trpc.org > > This email and any attachments are for the use of the addressed > individual. If you have received this email in error, please notify our > systems manager. TRPC has taken responsible precautions to ensure no > viruses are present in this email, however we do not accept responsibility > for loss or damage arising from the use of this email or its attachments. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > H+T--Friends mailing list > H+T--Friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net > http://ryoko.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/h+t--friends > > > > > -- > Ellin Reisner, Ph.D. > reisnere51(a)gmail.com > -- Ellin Reisner, Ph.D. reisnere51(a)gmail.com

12 years, 4 months

[H+T--Friends] AUTO: Susan Herbel is out of the office (returning Mon 11/11/2013)

by Susan Herbel

I am out of the office from Mon 11/04/2013 until Mon 11/11/2013. I will try to read and respond to emails at the end of each day. Please leave a message on my cell if you want me to call you. (202.494.5539) Note: This is an automated response to your message "[H+T--Friends] AQ Impacts vs Active Transport Benefits" sent on 11/4/2013 4:00:01 PM. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away.

12 years, 4 months

[H+T--Friends] New Web Material at FHWA

by Ed Christopher

As part of its Land Use and Transporation planning website, FHWA added a chapter on "Linking Transportation to Public Health Goals". Here is the link to the material. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/processes/land_use/land_use_tools/index.cf… -- Ed Christopher FHWA Resource Center Planning Team 4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600 Matteson, IL 60443 708-283-3534 (V) 708-574-8131 (C)

12 years, 4 months

[H+T--Friends] AUTO: Susan Herbel is out of the office (returning 11/02/2013)

by Susan Herbel

I am out of the office until 11/02/2013. I will try to read and respond to emails at the end of each day. Please leave a message on my cell if you want me to call you. (202.494.5539) Note: This is an automated response to your message "[H+T--Friends] New Web Material at FHWA" sent on 10/29/2013 11:06:13 AM. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away.

12 years, 4 months

[H+T--Friends] AUTO: Elizabeth Sanford is no longer a Cambridge Systematics employee

by Elizabeth Sanford

I am out of the office until 10/17/2015. For assistance, please contact Peter Haliburton, phaliburton(a)camsys.com. Thank you. Note: This is an automated response to your message "[H+T--Friends] TRB six minute pitch opportunity" sent on 10/17/2013 11:56:29 AM. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away.

12 years, 5 months

[H+T--Friends] TRB six minute pitch opportunity

by Eloisa Raynault

This opportunity may be of interest to you. Contact Shana Johnson at sjohnson(a)foursquareitp.com<mailto:sjohnson@foursquareitp.com> if you have questions. The Transportation Research Board (TRB) Young Member Council (YMC) is seeking emerging entrepreneurs to participate in The Six Minute Pitch: A Transportation Startup Challenge, a session that will be held at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 12-16, 2014, in Washington, D.C. At this session, selected presenters will have an opportunity to pitch their cutting-edge, research-based concepts for transportation product or service-based business to a panel of distinguished transportation industry investors and entrepreneurs in just six minutes. The evaluation panel will provide feedback to each presenter on the viability of the product or service presented in today's transportation industry. An honorary 'winner' of the challenge will be declared at the close of the session. The inaugural January 2013 Six Minute Pitch session was one of the most well-attended sessions at the TRB Annual Meeting - with an attendance of more than 200. Who can submit an entry? Any professional with a transportation-related business idea or active startup, but preference will be given to young professionals (TRB defines 'young' as professionals 35 or younger). A preference will also be given to individuals who intend to register for TRB. What are the submission requirements? Submit your application using this form (http://ow.ly/pOO6g). Applicants must also provide a current resume or CV (PDF or Microsoft Word) via email to sjohnson(a)foursquareitp.com<mailto:sjohnson@foursquareitp.com>. The submission via email of additional supporting materials, such as concept designs, web links, or existing presentations, is also encouraged. All applicants must describe how their product or service will bring research to commercial application. Presentations should include an interactive element, such as a presentation of a prototype or demonstration of software under development. The use of Prezi or PowerPoint is also permitted. What topic areas will be covered? Transportation products and services in all modes of transportation. Business concepts that are oriented towards both the end consumer and those serving the transportation industry itself will be considered. Transportation planning and management consulting business ideas will not be accepted. When are entries due? November 15, 2013 (accepted presenters will be notified in late November).

12 years, 5 months

[H+T--Friends] Community Transformation Grant survey

by Eloisa Raynault

The American Public Health Association has received Community Transformation Grant funding to develop and disseminate information about population-based chronic disease prevention strategies. In addition to sharing information with APHA members, APHA is working with partner organizations to develop and disseminate information to their members as well. We are inviting you to participate in a survey to find out about your experiences with population-based chronic disease prevention strategies as well as with materials, resources and events shared by APHA and its partner organizations in the past year. The results of the survey will be used by APHA to improve future materials and dissemination strategies. The survey should take about 10 minutes to complete. Here is the link to the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/APHA2013CTGSurvey Eloisa Eloisa Raynault | American Public Health Association | 800 I Street NW, Washington DC 20001 | Transportation, Health and Equity Program Manager | o: 202-777-2487 | http://apha.org/transportation Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

12 years, 5 months

[H+T--Friends] National HIA Meeting Slides

by Eloisa Raynault

Some of the PowerPoint slides from the recent National HIA Meeting are now posted online: http://www.healthimpactproject.org/news/events/2nd-annual-national-hia-meet… Note that a session on HIA and transportation (with the subcommittee’s Andrew Dannenberg and Ed Christopher) is available: http://www.healthimpactproject.org/resources/national-hia-meeting-2013-day-… Enjoy, Eloisa

12 years, 5 months

[H+T--Friends] Do you have a health degree and are working at a transportation agency?

by Megan.Wier＠sfdph.org

Hi everyone - I am writing because the Subcommittee is beginning work to better understand how it may be a resource to those working for transportation agencies who have MPH or equivalent degrees. Toward that end we are trying to identify who those people are. Do you have a health degree and are working in a transportation agency or transportation field? Do you know someone else who does who you can refer? If so - please email your name, organization, and preferred contact information to megan.wier(a)trbhealth.org (please make sure to email me directly and not the entire list). As we grow this network we will be contacting these MPHers so that we can better understand how we can be helpful. I look forward to hearing from individuals interested in becoming part of this unique and (happily!) growing group. Thanks so much! Sincerely, Megan

12 years, 5 months

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