Committees
on
Transportation
and Public
Health
Executive
Director Kelly
Rodgers is
honored to
serve on two
newly formed
committees on
transportation
and public
health: the
Transportation
Research
Board's (TRB)
Committee on
Transportation
and Public
Health (AME70)
and the
Institute of
Transportation
Engineers
(ITE)
Transportation
and Health
Standing
Committee.
TRB
created the
Committee on
Transportation
and Public
Health
(AME70),
replacing the
sub-committee
on the same
subject, as part
of TRB's
new
committee
structure.
AME70 is
hosting its inaugural
mid-year
meeting on
July 29. We'll
provide an
update of
where the
committee has
been and
discuss where
we want to go.
Please join
us:
Wednesday,
July 29, 2020
11:00
AM to 1:00 PM
Eastern
Daylight Time
Join
in: Secure
Zoom Meeting
URL:
Password:
709060
Join
by Telephone:
US- 888 475
4499f or 877
853 5257 (Toll
Free)
Meeting
ID: 948 3514
2815
Password:
709060
Similarly,
ITE has
elevated the
issue of
public health
in
transportation
by creating
the Transportation
and Health
Standing
Committee
(previously,
health-related
issues were
addressed
through an ITE
advisory task
force and
working
group). Kelly
Rodgers has
been appointed
as vice-chair
of the
committee.
Kelly is
leading the
development of
the health and
transportation
technical
resource
clearinghouse
that will be
released this
fall.
As
these
committees
demonstrate,
the
transportation
industry is
increasingly
recognizing
its impact on
public health.
Their
formation is
an important
move in
institutionalizing
health
considerations
in
transportation.
Stay tuned to
hear about
initiatives
that will
emerge from
these efforts.
