[TRBHealth] Re: A Public Health Approach to Traffic Safety

Hi Kelly, this is curious. I thought transportation safety already had a public health perspective. I worked for USDOT for many years, and we worked on a great many safety initiatives, as did the industry. See for example the very old paper attached on a transportation safety policy architecture. One can also note that Vision Zero has aspects that are not equitable, since it calls for more police presence and enforcement, which militates against African-Americans, and decreased car ownership, which decreases social and economic mobility for African-Americans, who already own cars at the lowest rate of any demographic group in the U.S. Marc Brenman mbrenman001(a)comcast.net On 04/23/2024 7:20 AM PDT Kelly Rodgers &lt;kelly(a)thinkstreetsmart.org&gt; wrote: Hello everyone - Please see the below announcement for a webinar on health and transportation (with AME70's very own Dave Ederer!) Vision Zero Network and the American Public Health Association (APHA) are collaborating on a webinar on April 25th at 2pm ET / 11am PT. Joined by David Ederer of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Meghan Mitman of Fehr & Peers, and Tiffany Smith of Vision Zero Network, this webinar will discuss the role of transportation professionals in public health, what safety strategies align with public health principles of injury prevention, and highlight ways transportation practitioners can move past critical institutional barriers to embrace more effective, equitable, and proactive approaches to improving safety outcomes. This webinar is a great opportunity to learn more about how to translate public health principles to roadway safety in ways that go beyond collaborating with public health to institutionalizing public health principles. And if you’ve been hoping to connect further with your public health partners at the city, county, and state levels, we encourage you to invite them to join. Sharing this webinar with them could also be a great stepping off point for discussion around further collaborative efforts. Join the webinar here <https://apha.zoom.us/my/environmentsection> on April 25th. -- Kelly Rodgers (she/her) Principal, Streetsmart Planning <http://thinkstreetsmart.org/> kelly(a)thinkstreetsmart.org 503.442.7165 Portland, OR *Please note I am working in Pacific Standard Time.* You received this because you are subscribed to the mailing list maintained by the TRB Health committee (AME70). To unsubscribe, learn more about the list or visit the archives see https://mailman.chrispy.net/postorius/lists/trbhealth.mailman.chrispy.net/ To connect with committee visit: https://trbhealth.org You received this because you are subscribed to the mailing list maintained by the TRB Health committee (AME70). To unsubscribe, learn more about the list or visit the archives see https://mailman.chrispy.net/postorius/lists/trbhealth.mailman.chrispy.net/ To connect with committee visit: https://trbhealth.org