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Re: [H+T--Friends] Co-benefits of active travel and greenhouse gas reduction - H+T--Friends Digest, Vol 22, Issue 7

by Mindell, Jenny

Those interested in this may also be interested in our 2011 paper: Mindell JS, Cohen JM, Watkins S, Tyler N. Synergies between low carbon and healthy transport policies. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Transport. 2011;164:127-39. Regards, Jenny Dr Jennifer Mindell Clinical senior lecturer Health & Social Surveys Research Group Research Dept of Epidemiology & Public Health UCL (University College London) 1-19 Torrington Place London WC1E 6BT Tel 020 7679 1269 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Today's Topics: 2. Health Co-Benefits of Active Transport and Other Strategies for Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Eloisa Raynault) ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:03:24 -0500 From: "Eloisa Raynault" <eloisa.raynault(a)apha.org> Subject: [H+T--Friends] Health Co-Benefits of Active Transport and Other Strategies for Greenhouse Gas Reduction To: <h+t--friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net> Message-ID: <65911809C219C444B6DBAC3C257E45A906AC391F(a)apha-mail.apha.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" A recently published article "Health co-benefits and transportation-related reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in the San Francisco Bay Area", which appears in the February 14, 2013 online issue of the American Journal of Public Health may be of interest. For the PDF: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.2012.300939 For the full-text: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2012.300939 _______________________________________________ H+T--Friends mailing list H+T--Friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net http://ryoko.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/h+t--friends End of H+T--Friends Digest, Vol 22, Issue 7 *******************************************

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[H+T--Friends] Call for examples/projects for FitNation exhibition in NYC

by Kate Rube

Hi all, I’m involved with an advisory cttee that is helping to organize an exhibit on active living and health/built environment issues at the local Center for Architecture here in NYC. The June 2013 exhibit will showcase best practices and will provide a great visual way for people to learn more about the connection between health and the built environment. There’s an open call for projects/case studies to be highlighted in the exhibition right now, so please do submit any good examples you know of – particularly ones that would be visually compelling. And feel free to forward this on to others. I think it’s important for there to be a wide diversity of community and project types from across the country. The hope is that this exhibit would also be able to ‘travel’ to other communities outside of NYC, as well, so as soon as I know more about opportunities for that, I’ll share info. Thanks! Here’s the info and the link at which folks can submit projects/example. Kate http://aiany.aiany.org/index.php?section=FitNation [image: Call][image: For][image: Projects:][image: FitNation][image: Exhibition] This June the Center for Architecture will open FitNation, an exhibition on active design in the United States. The exhibition continues the discussion started by initiatives like New York City’s Active Design Guidelines<http://www.nyc.gov/html/ddc/html/design/active_design.shtml>, and the Fit City conference, now in its 8th year<http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=calendar&evtid=5241>. FitNation will present active design—defined as environmental design that encourages stair climbing, walking, bicycling, transit use, active recreation, and healthful eating—at a range of scales. It will show how designers and architects in partnership with city and national governments encourage increased physical activity and greater attention to health through the built environment. The exhibition will present years of research and professional dialogue to the public. Renderings, photographs, drawings, animations, and objects will demonstrate the many ways that design can encourage physical activity to combat obesity and chronic health problems. We are looking for the best examples of completed project that demonstrate active design, both in New York City and the greater United States, for inclusion in the show. Please let us know if you have a project that incorporates the following in a focused, innovative manner: • Stair climbing • Walking • Bicycling • Transit use or other active methods of moving through an urban area • Active recreation, exercise, sports • Healthful eating and drinking • Active adaptive reuse of an existing project, space, or architectural feature • Retrofits that encourage more active use of an existing project Please follow these submission procedures if you would like to have your projects considered for the exhibition: • A PDF with up to five images and a brief description or bullets of key features as they relate to the themes above • File size no larger than 5 MB • Email submission to Juliana Barton, Exhibitions Coordinator( jbarton(a)aiany.org<jbarton(a)aiany.org?subject=FitNation%20Open%20Call%20Submission>) by February 22nd at 5 PM EST Any questions, please contact Juliana Barton (jbarton(a)aiany.org<jbarton(a)aiany.org?subject=FitNation%20Open%20Call%20Question>/ 212-358-6120) or Berit Hoff, Acting Director of Exhibitions, ( bhoff(a)aiany.org <bhoff(a)aiany.org?subject=FitNation%20Open%20Call%20Question>/ 212-358-6138). ******************************** Kate Rube Transportation Program Manager Project for Public Spaces 419 Lafayette Street, Seventh Floor New York, NY 10003 212-620-5660 x326 krube(a)pps.org ********************************

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[H+T--Friends] FitNation Exhibition: Call for Projects

by Jennifer Godzeno

I'm advisory committee for an "active design" exhibition that will launch this spring in NYC. Case studies will highlight completed projects across the U.S. (we've achieved enough here that we don't have to keep pointing to Copenhagen for examples, amen?). Please submit to examples of the excellent work you all do to the curators at AIANY: http://aiany.aiany.org/index.php?section=FitNation -- Jennifer So Godzeno, MSUP, MPH Associate Director, Community Research Transportation Alternatives <http://www.transalt.org> | 127 West 26th Street, Suite 1002 | New York, NY 10001 jennifer(a)transalt.org | (646) 873-6026 [image: T.A. StreetBeat] <http://transalt.org/> [image: Transportation Alternatives] <http://transalt.org/> [image: Join T.A. on Facebook!] <http://facebook.com/transportationalternatives> [image: Follow T.A. on Twitter!] <http://twitter.com/transalt>

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[H+T--Friends] Health Co-Benefits of Active Transport and Other Strategies for Greenhouse Gas Reduction

by Eloisa Raynault

A recently published article "Health co-benefits and transportation-related reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in the San Francisco Bay Area", which appears in the February 14, 2013 online issue of the American Journal of Public Health may be of interest. For the PDF: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.2012.300939 For the full-text: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2012.300939

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[H+T--Friends] APHA Transportation and Public Health eNewsletter - February 2013

by Eloisa Raynault

APHA's Feb 2013 newsletter on health and transportation is now online: http://action.apha.org/site/MessageViewer?dlv_id=38421&em_id=33201.0

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[H+T--Friends] Transit riders get fit, stay relaxed [Atlanta Journal-Constitution article reported by Mass Transit Magazine]

by Faith.Hall＠dot.gov

From: Nejako, Henry (FTA) Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 1:51 PM Subject: Transit riders get fit, stay relaxed [Atlanta Journal-Constitution article reported by Mass Transit Magazine] Transit riders get fit, stay relaxed by Steve Visser The Atlanta Journal-Constitution February 11, 2013 Michael Burns blows past traffic for half of his commute - it is just the first 30 minutes that can leave him stressed out. He spends that much time going 10 miles on Georgia 400 to the North Springs MARTA station. That half-hour journey to catch the Red Line to the Peachtree Center station, he said, undercuts almost all the anti-stress benefits of travel by train. "All it takes is five minutes of 400 to make it bad... you're going to be stuck in bumper to bumper traffic," the 37-year-old said. "It gets really stressful when you are two minutes away, people are stuck in the shoulder lane and the train leaves in five minutes. "Once you're on the train, it is pretty low stress." Researchers have documented links between personal health and public transit. Riders benefit from stress reduction and increased exercise because they do a lot more walking than just to the garage. Riders said on the train or bus they did everything from knit to watch videos. Occasionally some strike up friendships. More at link: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/transit-riders-get-fit-stay-relaxed/nWLbF/ or http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/10877133/ga-transit-riders-get-fit-stay-…

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[H+T--Friends] Mass transit and Health

by Ed Christopher

ATLANTA, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- People who take mass transit in large urban areas may more than meet their weekly recommended aerobic exercise requirement, U.S. researchers say. http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2013/02/05/Mass-transit-takers-physically-ac… The full article "Walking Associated With Public Transit: Moving Toward Increased Physical Activity in the United States" is available in the American Journal of Public Health http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2012.300912 -- 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] J. Trans Res Board No. 2314 has 16 papers on electric bikes

by JerryKrueg＠aol.com

Feb. 5th, 2013 For those interested, see the TRB Newsletters announcement of availability of recent Journal of TRB containing 16 articles on electric bikes. _TRB(a)newsletters.nas.edu_ (mailto:TRB@newsletters.nas.edu) TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2314 consists of 16 papers that explore transportation policy related to electric bikes; flashing beacons at trail crossings; the lateral placement of motor vehicles when passing bicyclists; separated, on-street bicycle infrastructure; and greenway quality. This issue of the TRR also examines bicycle level of service; traffic safety for electric bike riders; self-reported bicycling injuries; the perceived risk of cycl... Jerry Krueger Representative of TRB's Truck and Bus Safety Committee (ANB70), in particular, Subcommittee on Truck and Bus Operator Health and Wellness (ANB70-3) Gerald P. Krueger, Ph.D., CPE Krueger Ergonomics Consultants Alexandria, VA 22306-1252 Email: JerryKrueg(a)aol.com

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[H+T--Friends] Data question: injuries vs. fatalities in peds and bikes

by Phyllis Orrick

Hi all, I'm sharing this discussion with our team that's working on a Tri-Campus survey and analysis of pedestrian and bicycle safety around the campuses of UC Berkeley, UCLA and Sac State, under a grant from the University of California Transportation Study. We are beta testing our survey this week and hope to have results before the spring break. Here's hoping some of the responses we receive can inform this discussion. Best, Phyllis Here's the abstract of the proposal David RaglandA Comparative Analysis of Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety Around University Campuses *UC Berkeley, UCLA, California State University Sacramento* College campuses and their peripheries are mixed-use environments in which the academic center serves as the core and is surrounded by retail, entertainment, and high-density residential facilities. The result is a multi-modal environment with very high walking and biking in conjunction with high vehicle traffic, which increases the potential conflict between the different transportation modes and may create relatively high risk and discomfort for pedestrians and bicyclists. Our proposed study will provide a comparative analysis of pedestrian and bicycle safety in and around three different campuses with the explicit goal of identifying possible relationships between urban form and traffic characteristics of the micro-environment and the incidence of crashes. To accomplish this, we have chosen to focus on three different campuses: (i) University of California Berkeley; ii) University of California Los Angeles; and (iii) California State University Sacramento. Using approaches from public health, planning, engineering and urban design, we will examine crash data and urban form data from all three campuses and study the spatial and temporal distribution of pedestrian and bicycle crashes in each campus in order to identify whether characteristics of the built environment contribute to the incidence of pedestrian and bicycle crashes, and suggest design changes to improve pedestrian and cycling safety in these areas. Budget: $145,459 -- 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 510-643-1779 @transsafe <https://twitter.com/#!/transsafe> @californiaUTC <https://twitter.com/#!/CaliforniaUTC> @IURDBerkeley <https://twitter.com/#!/IURDBerkeley> @trbhealth <https://twitter.com/#!/trbhealth> Skype: pmorrick

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[H+T--Friends] Call for Papers: 2014 Transportation/ Land Use Planning and Air Quality Conference “Developing Healthy and Livable Communities”

by Ed Christopher

I thought some of you might be interested in this paper call given the Theme of the conference. Apologies if you have already seen it. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [TMIP-L] Call for Papers: 2014 Transportation/ Land Use Planning and Air Quality Conference “Developing Healthy and Livable Communities” Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:57:45 -0600 From: Jane Lin <janelin(a)UIC.EDU> Reply-To: janelin(a)uic.edu To: TMIP-L(a)LISTSERV.TMIPONLINE.ORG Dear Colleagues, The Transportation Research Board Transportation and Air Quality Committee (ADC20), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) - Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI)’s Planning, Economics and Finance Committee, the Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA), and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and other sponsors are seeking papers for 20 sessions for the 2014 Transportation/ Land Use Planning and Air Quality (TLUPAQ) Conference. The focus of the papers should be related to innovative research and strategies leading to the integration of transportation planning, land use and air quality. Our spotlight theme in 2014 will be “Developing Healthy and Livable Communities”. Draft papers or abstracts for the 2014 TLUPAQ Conference must be submitted electronically no later than Friday, September 6th, 2013. Each paper or extended abstract will be reviewed and comments will be provided to the author(s) by Friday, October 25th, 2013. Authors will make any necessary revisions to the paper or extended abstract and resubmit the revised paper or extended abstract by Friday, November 29th, 2013. Please see the attached CFP announcement for details. Please feel free to distribute to those who may be interested. Contact me if you have any questions. Best, Jane -- Jane Lin, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Civil and Materials Engineering Institute for Environmental Science and Policy University of Illinois at Chicago 842 W. Taylor Street (M/C246) Chicago, IL 60607 Phone: 312-996-3068 Fax: 312-996-2426 Email: janelin(a)uic.edu http://www.cme.uic.edu/bin/view/CME/ProfileLin -- 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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