Re: [H+T--Friends] Study-shows-gap-between-public-health-and-transportation-policy

Thanks, Ed. Does this finding surprise anyone? Haven't we known this for a long time? At what point is it no longer necessary to do further studies, but instead to take action? For example, I recently worked with The City Project of Los Angeles and the California Endowment to show how civil rights laws can be applied to minority health disparities. Marc Brenman mbrenman001(a)comcast.net 240-676-2436 Author of "Planning as if People Matter: Governing for Social Equity," with Tom Sanchez, Island Press, 2012 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Christopher" <edc(a)berwyned.com> To: h+t--friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net Sent: Wednesday, June 4, 2014 9:08:02 AM Subject: [H+T--Friends] (no subject) This papaer may be of interest to some. A new study from the University of Colorado Denver shows public health issues are often ignored in many transportation projects, especially when major roads are built through lower-income neighborhoods. Air pollution, crime and numerous traffic hazards, the study said, point to a serious and persistent gap between public health and planning. http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/Study-shows-gap-b… Here is s link to the study but you need access to the Journal of Planning Education and Research to read it http://jpe.sagepub.com/content/34/2/190.abstract -- Ed Christopher _______________________________________________ H+T--Friends mailing list H+T--Friends(a)chrispy.net https://www.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/h+t--friends