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This issue of TR News addresses the connections between public health and transportation. These connections encompass safety, air quality impacts, physical activity, noise pollution, access to the goods and services that support health, and other subjects. This introductory article discusses the intersection between transportation and public health and the increasing role of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) in public health.

English

p 3

2015-9

TR News

Digital/other

Photos

Improvements; Public health; Transportation planning

Transportation Research Board

Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Nov 9 2015 4:45PM

• Assessing Active Transportation and Health: Conference Highlights Innovative Practices and Research
• Better Corridors for Healthier Communities: Project Investigates Best Practices
• Collaborating in Transportation and Health Research: National Academies Program Units Share Expertise
• Getting Rid of Unwelcome Transit Riders: IDEA Project Develops Device to Halt Airborne Pathogens
• Halting the Travels of Infectious Disease: Lessons Learned from the Ebola Epidemic
• Health Impact Assessment: Considering Health in Transportation Decision Making in the United States
• Incorporating Health into a Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Technical Process: Innovative Approaches for San Francisco Bay Area Projects
• Integrating Health and Transportation in the Rural Context
• Measuring the Health Benefits of Walking and Bicycling: Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Applies the Findings
• Modeling the Risk of Infectious Disease Spread Through Transport Systems: Emerging Research
• Research Pays Off: Pavement Recycling: An Effective Reuse of Resources
• The Health Impact Project: Fostering Safer, Healthier Communities
• TRB 11th International Conference on Low-Volume Roads
• TRB Standing Committee Perspectives: Environmental Justice in Transportation: Addressing Adverse Health Effects on Minority and Low-Income Populations
• TRB Standing Committee Perspectives: Introduction: Coordinating Research on Transportation and Health: Cross-Cutting, Multidisciplinary Approach
• TRB Standing Committee Perspectives: Transportation and Sustainability: Strengthening the Connections with Health
• TRB Standing Committee Perspectives: Traveler Behavior and Values: Establishing Associations with Public and Individual Health
• TRB Standing Committee Perspectives: Urban Data and Information Systems: Inventories, Sample Surveys, and Baselines to Inform Policies
• Webinar Program Broadens Learning Horizons
• Why Public Health and Transportation: Setting the Stage