The Transportation RX
Caption: The document cover“For too long now, our transportation decision-making has failed to address the impacts that our infrastructure network has on public health and equity. The asphalt poured and lane miles constructed enhanced our mobility and strengthened our economic growth; but too often, this auto-centric mindset took hold and crowded out opportunities to invest in a truly sustainable inter-modal transportation system, in particular a system that meets the needs of underserved communities.”
-Representative Jim Oberstar
Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
-Representative Jim Oberstar
Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Transportation is the lifeblood of communities. It connects us to local businesses, our neighbors, jobs, grocery stores, hospitals and other essential goods and services. Well designed transportation systems allow people a number of options for travel from place to place. When we leave our homes each day we should have the ability to choose whether we will walk, bike, take public transit, or drive.
PolicyLink and Prevention Institute recently published a report titled "The Transportation Prescription: Bold New Ideas for Healthy, Equitable Transportation Reform in America" that draws on the latest research on the connections among transportation, health, and equity to present a new vision for transportation development in the 21st century. The report was commissioned by the Healthy Eating Active Living Convergence Partnership, a collaboration of major funders who have come together with the shared goal of changing policies and environments to better achieve the vision of healthy people living in healthy places.
This report shows how equitable transportation policies and investments can improve public health, expand economic opportunity, protect environmental quality and strengthen all communities.
With the authorization of the federal transportation bill on the horizon, it arrives at a critical time for bringing the transportation sector into discussions of public health and wellness. The report emphasizes the value of working across fields to identify effective and long-term solutions to multiple problems for community health, infrastructure, equity, and the economy.
The report was co-authored by the University of Missouri St. Louis's very own Todd Swanstrom. Well done, Todd!
Download the document here:
http://tinyurl.com/TransportationRx
And check out the HEAL Convergence Partnership here:
http://www.convergencepartnership.org/
PolicyLink and Prevention Institute recently published a report titled "The Transportation Prescription: Bold New Ideas for Healthy, Equitable Transportation Reform in America" that draws on the latest research on the connections among transportation, health, and equity to present a new vision for transportation development in the 21st century. The report was commissioned by the Healthy Eating Active Living Convergence Partnership, a collaboration of major funders who have come together with the shared goal of changing policies and environments to better achieve the vision of healthy people living in healthy places.
This report shows how equitable transportation policies and investments can improve public health, expand economic opportunity, protect environmental quality and strengthen all communities.
The report draws on research from a forthcoming book, Healthy, Equitable Transportation Policy: Recommendations and Research, authored by academics and advocates from across the nation. A preview draft of the book is now available online. The final book will be available early August on this website.
With the authorization of the federal transportation bill on the horizon, it arrives at a critical time for bringing the transportation sector into discussions of public health and wellness. The report emphasizes the value of working across fields to identify effective and long-term solutions to multiple problems for community health, infrastructure, equity, and the economy.
The report was co-authored by the University of Missouri St. Louis's very own Todd Swanstrom. Well done, Todd!
Download the document here:
http://tinyurl.com/TransportationRx
And check out the HEAL Convergence Partnership here:
http://www.convergencepartnership.org/
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