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
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