[TRBHealth] Two Health and Transportation Webinars

*1. Urban Heat Islands (UHI): How Transportation Contributes to the UHI Effect and Solutions for Cooling Cities* When: Thursday, June 2, 2022 | 2:00 - 3:30 PM ET Extreme heat poses significant threats to human health, killing more people than any other weather-related cause. Furthermore, extreme heat disproportionately affects lower-income and communities of color in a variety of ways. Planners and engineers can significantly shape local microclimates through infrastructure design and policy choices. Dr. Evan Mallen will discuss his work in Georgia Tech’s Urban Climate Lab exploring the impact of infrastructure on local climates and the strategies we can use to mitigate extreme heat in cities. From the Street Transportation Department at City of Phoenix, Ryan Stevens and Mailén Pankiewicz will be sharing work about Phoenix’s portfolio of heat mitigation and response activities, an overview of the Phoenix Cool Pavement program, and how pedestrians are affected by summer heat in the nation’s hottest large city. *This webinar is led by the ITE Transportation and Health Standing Committee.* https://www.ite.org/events-meetings/ite-calendar/urban-heat-islands-uhi-how… *2. TRB Webinar: Enhancing Public Health Equity through Transportation* As transportation professionals, we know transportation plays an important role in public health equity within our communities. TRB will host a webinar on *Wednesday, June 8, 2022 from 2-3:30 p.m*.* Eastern* that will provide perspectives from state, metropolitan, and municipal levels to better integrate transportation and health equity. The webinar will explore how these transportation providers use health equity to frame planning strategies and to evaluate and prioritize projects. *This webinar is sponsored by the TRB Standing Technical Committees on Health and Transportation, Community Resources and Impacts, and Equity.* https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/06-08-2022/trb-webinar-enhancing-pu… -- Kelly Rodgers (she/her) Executive Director, Streetsmart <http://thinkstreetsmart.org/> kelly(a)thinkstreetsmart.org 503.442.7165 Portland, OR *Please note I am working in Pacific Standard Time.*