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From: Faith Cole Hall <faithcole(a)gmail.com>
Date: May 12, 2021 at 6:43:23 PM CDT
To: ame70(a)googlegroups.com
Subject: FHWA, USDOT - Seeking Case Study Ideas: Integrating Public Health in
Transportation Planning on Public Lands (deadline, June 18)
Greetings colleagues!
The FHWA Office of Federal Lands Highways is conducting research on integrating public
health in transportation planning on public lands. The project team is seeking case
studies that highlight how public lands have successfully integrated public health
considerations into their transportation planning processes.
Please send your ideas to Amit Armstrong (amit.armstrong(a)dot.gov) and/or Michael Flood
(michael.flood(a)wsp.com).
Add’l detail below and attached. We are encouraged to circulate this announcement widely.
The solicitation period for case studies closes June 18. Thanks!
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Integrating Public Health in Public Land Transportation Planning
Call for Case Studies
Background
Public health and transportation are by themselves important public policy areas that
attract the attention of public officials at all levels of government. The long-range
planning decisions made for the transportation system can affect and influence other
policy outcomes relating to public health. It is thus of critical importance that this
relationship be better understood and viewed from the perspective of how transportation
decisions can lead to improved public health outcomes. As stewards of the Nation’s Federal
lands, that are being used extensively by visitors, Federal Land Management Agencies
(FLMAs) have an opportunity to reinforce this relationship. Incorporating public health
considerations into transportation planning is not yet standard practice across FLMAs.
Further study is needed to enhance this linkage in order to support efforts to improve
public health-related outcomes on Federal lands.
The purpose of this project is to develop and make recommendations for a framework that
integrates public health considerations into transportation planning processes for FLMAs.
Call for Case Studies
Do you know of an example of how public health considerations have successfully been
integrated into transportation planning on Federal lands? If so, the project team wants to
hear from you. We are looking for case studies that touch upon one or more of the
following aspects of public health:
1) Safety (e.g., on roads, trails, and personal safety)
2) Active transportation (e.g., walking, hiking, bicycling)
3) Air quality (e.g., emissions, smoke, dust)
4) Transmission of infectious disease (e.g., COVID-19)
5) Transportation equity ( i.e., consistent and systematic fair, just, and impartial
treatment of all individuals, especially historically underserved communities, including
access, travel options/modes, and the fairness of the distribution of benefits and costs
[e.g., related to transportation access, services, facilities, activities])
6) Emergency/disaster management (e.g., evacuation during fires, natural disasters)
7) Environmental impacts/climate change (e.g., water issues)
8) Nature-based design/exposure to nature (e.g., trails enabling access to natural
sounds, vistas, trees)
To submit a case study idea, please contact the study project managers to discuss the
case study idea directly. The case studies will be highlighted as effective practices and
incorporated into the final project report.
Deadline June 18, 2021
Project Manager (FHWA)
Amit Armstrong
Federal Highway Administration
amit.armstrong(a)dot.gov | 360.619.7668
Project Manager (WSP)
Michael Flood
WSP USA
michael.flood(a)wsp.com | 202.748.6131
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