[TRBHealth] TRB Webinar: Let’s Catch a Bus—Understanding Health Impacts and Public Transit Equity

Hello everyone, ***Apologies for any cross-posting*** As part of TRB’s Committee on Transportation and Public Health (AME70), we are organizing a TRB webinar that will discuss evidence concerning the effects of bus transit on human and environmental health, efforts to increase bus transit access, and approaches to increasing transit equity. The webinar is scheduled for Thursday, November 9, 2023, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Registration is available at the following link: https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/815_11-2023_trb-webinar-lets-catch-… Webinar agenda and presenters: * Structural and programmatic effects of bus rapid transit (BRT) on physical activity in Seattle – Brian E. Saelens, Seattle Children’s Hospital and University of Washington * Health impacts of city-wide zero-fare bus transit: A natural experiment in Kansas City – Jannette Berkley-Patton, University of Missouri Kansas City & Jordan A. Carlson, Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas City * Understanding the social justice of movement – Jennifer D. Roberts, University of Maryland, College Park Question and answer session will be moderated by David Berrigan, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health. The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions. Thanks, Ipek Ipek Nese Sener, PhD Research Scientist Texas A&M Transportation Institute 505 E Huntland Dr, Suite 455 Austin, TX 78752 Tel 512.407.1119 | Fax 512.467.8971 i-sener@tti.tamu.edu<mailto:i-sener@tti.tamu.edu> | http://tti.tamu.edu<http://tti.tamu.edu/>