10 Jun
2021
10 Jun
'21
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In 2020, Urban Design 4 Health (UD4H)
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updated the *Smart Location Database (SLD)
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EPA is scheduled to release the updated SLD shortly on their Smart Location
Mapping
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website.
UD4H also updated the statistical models for the vehicle miles traveled
portion of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)
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Smart
Location Calculator
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GSA is working through the process to release this.
*SLD Data Release & Applications Webinar*
To kick off the release of the new 2021 SLD, UD4H is participating in the Tools
for Mapping Smart & Walkable Locations
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webinar. It will take place on *June 17, 2021 at 1:00PM EST/10:00AM PST*. This
no-cost webinar will review the updated 2021 SLD and feature an expert
panel that will showcase how SLD measures
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have been used for a variety of applications.
The presenters are Dr. Lawrence Frank
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President of UD4H, and Eric Fox
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Senior Planner at UD4H, John Thomas, Division Director at the Offices of
Sustainable Communities at the U.S. EPA, Dr. David Berrigan, a Program
Director at the Health Behaviors Research Branch at the National Cancer
Institute and Kim Anderson, Senior Advisor at Regional Government Services
(RGS).
This webinar will be hosted by the Smart Growth Network
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and the Maryland Department of Transportation
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Participants of the live webinar are eligible for 1.5 AICP CM credits.
*Register for the Webinar (no-cost):* Tools for Mapping Smart & Walkable
Locations
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*Background*
Originally released in 2013, the SLD is a census block group-level database
with a series of built environment and transportation access metrics
comprising 5 core domains: 1) *Density*, 2) *Diversity*, 3) *Design*, 4)
*Transit* and 5) *Accessibility*. The SLD is a well-known data resource
used by federal agencies, planners, practitioners, researchers and
community groups and other non-governmental organizations seeking a range
of built environment metrics applicable for any region in the country.
*The new SLD is based on:*
- *Expanded transit coverage:*
- More recent General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) data
- Transit agencies included in the SLD more than doubled - *now 573
agencies*
- Transit data now available for *over 130 more regions*
- Regions with partial coverage before now have *complete transit
service coverage*
- Integrated more recent *fixed-guideway transit stops* for new rail
lines and extensions
- The latest updated *demographic and employment data* from the U.S.
Census Bureau
- Enhanced measures of *auto and transit accessibility* using traffic
congestion weights
- *Expanded measure coverage* for Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the
U.S. overseas territories (where data available)
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*Register for Webinar (no cost):* Tools for Mapping Smart & Walkable
Locations
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*Read the latest announcement: 2021 Smart Location Database Release
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Let us know if you would like to discuss ways UD4H can help you to
integrate health, equity, and the built, natural, and social environment
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we offer.
*Contact us
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for more information.*
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