Category: Transportation Equity
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A Research Roadmap for Transportation and Public Health
States and localities are beginning to recognize and act on the connection between health and transportation. A growing number of entities have produced a number of resources, guidance documents, and strategic plans on the topic. The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program‘s NCHRP Research Report 932: A Research Roadmap for Transportation and Public Health builds upon this […]
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The State of Transportation and Health Equity
In 2019 Smart Growth America conducted a field scan to identify the biggest challenges to health equity facing our transportation system, as well as the strategies we should use to address these challenges in communities of all sizes, with an eye towards strategies that could particularly be applied to small and mid-sized cities, and rural […]
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Building Health Equity Podcast | Transportation and Health Equity Practice
The eleventh episode of the Building Health Equity webinar series has been converted into a podcast for easier listening on the go! We’ve partnered with the Share Public Health podcast series to bring you this episode. This podcast is formatted from the Transportation and Health Equity Practice webinar, discussing what equitable transportation means and looks like, current challenges […]
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CDC Health Equity Guide: Safe and Accessible Streets for All Users
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) initiative “Safe and Accessible Streets for All Users” part of their Health Equity Guide explains why street infrastructure and transportation strategies are related to health equity; lists considerations communities should make when designing, implementing, and evaluating transportation interventions; and lists partnerships that should be considered when approaching […]
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Recorded Webinar | Building Health Equity Webinar Series: Transportation and Health Equity Practice
View the eleventh installment in our Building Health Equity webinar series, Transportation and Health Equity Practice. We featured Audrey Wiedemeier, executive director of the Iowa City Bike Library, and Julia Castillo, executive director of the Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency (HIRTA). This was a live session on March 8, 2023. We discussed what equitable […]