New Transportation and Health Tool Launches
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) are pleased to announce the launch of the new Transportation and Health Tool, which provides easy access to data that practitioners can use to examine the health impacts of transportation systems. The Transportation and Health Tool provides data on 14 transportation and public health indicators for each state, metropolitan statistical area (MSA), and urbanized area (UZA).
The indicators measure how the transportation environment affects health with respect to safety, active transportation, air quality, and connectivity to destinations. You can use the tool to quickly see how a state, MSA, or UZA compares with others in addressing key transportation and health issues. The tool also provides information and resources to help agencies better understand the links between transportation and health and to identify strategies to improve public health through transportation planning and policy.
How to explore the Transportation and Health Tool:
- Select a state, MSA, or UZA from the map to see how it performs on each indicator;
- Learn about the 14 indicators and the process used to select them;
- Discover evidence-based strategies that practitioners can use to address health through transportation; and
- Read more about the scoring methodology or download a spreadsheet with the complete dataset.
The CDC and USDOT jointly developed the tool in partnership with the American Public Health Association. For questions or feedback about the Transportation and Health Tool, contact tht@dot.gov.
Two Calls for Abstracts/Papers of potential interest have also just been posted:
• Special Issue of Journal of Transport and Health: Walking and Walkability: www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-transport-and-health/call-for-papers/call-for-papers-special-issue-of-journal-of-transport-and-he/
• Call for abstracts for the Second International Conference on Transport & Health: www.tphlink.com/abstract-submission.html.