Abstract:
Transportation decisions affect health across all populations in profound ways, positively and negatively. In recent years, the number of papers on health-related research submitted for peer review to Transportation Research Board (TRB) standing committees has increased. To encourage and stimulate the growing interest and activity in this topic area, TRB formed a Health and Transportation Subcommittee to serve as a venue for researchers at the intersection of health and transportation. The mission of the Health and Transportation Subcommittee is to identify, advance, and publish research and information to improve the understanding and evaluation of the health impacts of federal, state, regional, and local transportation policies, procedures, and actions.
