Help inform our Subcommittee's TRB 2013 Workshop Proposal!
The Health & Transportation Subcommittee is proposing a half-day workshop
for the January 2013 TRB Annual Meeting - and we are looking to our friends
for help generating ideas regarding its focus.
As many of you know, at the 2012 TRB Annual Meeting there was a full-day
workshop entitled "Intersection of Health and Transportation: What We Know,
What We Don't Know, and How We Can Better Integrate Health Considerations
into Transportation Decisions." More information regarding this workshop
is available at the following link:
http://pressamp.trb.org/conferenceinteractiveprogram/EventDetails.aspx?ID=2…
.
The workshop was a great success - and generated a lot of ideas regarding
research needs at the intersection of health and transportation - many of
which are summarized here:
http://www.trbhealth.org/research/research-needs.
Examples include:
- Effects of travel and travel environments on social cohesion
- Parking policy as a mechanism for increasing physical activity
- Access needs of different populations
- Road safety disparities
- Health effects of new and improved infrastructure networks for active
transportation modes (e.g., bike ways, sidewalks, trails)
- Local impacts of freight movement
- Health-related indicators in transportation planning
- Creating partnerships between transportation and other health-related
sectors
As the Subcommittee moves forward with its work, what topics (listed at the
above link - OR new ideas that you may have) do you think warrant a deeper
exploration and discussion at the upcoming meeting? Are there particular
areas or speakers that you think would help the subcommittee to advance
research, education, and professional practice in health and
transportation?
***Please email Eloisa Raynault (eloisa.raynault(a)apha.org) and Megan Wier
(megan.wier(a)sfdph.org) with your thoughts and ideas by Friday, May 4th,
2012.***