Metropolitan Area Transportation Planning for Healthy Communities

Annotated Bibliography on Health and Physical Activity in Transportation Planning (2004)

Transportation Planning Capacity Building (TPCB) Program (FHWA and FTA Offices of Planning, USDOT Volpe Center)

Annotated bibliography that examines studies and programs that evaluate or demonstrate how health and physical activity concerns can be incorporated into transportation planning processes

http://www.planning.dot.gov/Documents/Health/Bibliography.htm

Bibliography from American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health (2011)

American Public Health Association (APHA)

Research from the American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health.

http://www.apha.org/advocacy/priorities/issues/transportation/featured_research.htm

Urban Health (2000)

World Health Organization (WHO)

Webpage devoted to urban health, contains case studies, background document on the link between health and urban planning, and a guide to planning.

http://www.euro.who.int/en/what-we-do/health-topics/environment-and-health/urban-health/activities/healthy-urban-design

Planning and Designing the Physically Active Community (2003-6)

American Planning Association (APA) (funded by the Robert Wood Johnson foundation)

Initiative to encourage changes to the built environment that would promote physical activity. Project resulted in a report, survey, and resource list.

http://www.planning.org/research/active/index.htm

Integrating Health and Physical Activity Goals Into Transportation Planning: Building the Capacity of Planners and Practitioners Proceedings of the Portland Roundtable (2004)

TPCB Program (FHWA and FTA Offices of Planning, USDOT Volpe Center)

Proceedings of a national roundtable of transportation and public health professionals that discussed opportunities and strategies to include health and activity goals within the transportation planning process.

http://www.planning.dot.gov/Documents/Health/IntHealthTA.asp

Cities and Towns Toolkit (2012)

Let's Move! Initiative (First Lady Michelle Obama, White House)

Strategies and resources to help communities address childhood obesity. Includes the Department of Transportation as a relevant agency and specifically highlights the Safe Routes to School, Transportation Enhancement, and Recreational Trails programs.

http://www.hhs.gov/iea/letsmove/index.html (Note: currently being updated)

Online Transportation Toolkit (2012)

APHA

Health, equity, and transportation resources related to public health, including fact sheets and resources specific to transportation and public health.

http://www.apha.org/advocacy/priorities/issues/transportation/

Public Health in Land Use Planning and Community Design (2003)

National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)

Fact sheet on Public Health in Land Use Planning and Community Design, considering traffic safety, physical activity, and air and water quality, and mental health.

http://www.naccho.org/topics/environmental/landuseplanning/upload/Land-Use-Fact-Sheet6-19-03.pdf

Development checklist (2003)

NACCHO

Development checklist created in partnership with the Tri-County Health Department of Colorado; aim is to ensure long term protection of public health and can be used to identify potential health impacts and provide a screening process for improving the quality of decision-making.

http://professional.captus.com/Planning/hia/pdf/NACCHO%20screening%20checklist_Mod%204.pdf

Public Health Terms for Planners & Planning Terms for Public Health Professionals (2003)

APA and NACCHO

Fact sheet with definition of terms in public health and planning.

http://www.planning.org/research/healthy/pdf/jargonfactsheet.pdf

Working with Elected Officials to Promote Healthy Land Use Planning and Community Design (2003)

APA and NACCHO

Fact sheet to help create relationships between public health professionals and planners and develop strategies.

http://www.planning.org/research/healthy/pdf/electedofficialsfactsheet.pdf

Transportation Recommendations (2010)

CDC

Provides recommendations to include public health within transportation issues.

http://www.cdc.gov/transportation/

Active Living by Design Resource Guides (2012)

Active Living by Design (North Carolina Institute for Public Health/UNC Chapel Hill) (funded by the Robert Wood Johnson foundation)

Resource guides about a variety of subjects, including active living, provides a list of relevant programs, organizations, tools and presentations.

http://www.activelivingbydesign.org/ALBD_Resource_Guides

Active Living Research Resources (2012)

Active Living (University of California, San Diego) (funded by the Robert Wood Johnson foundation)

Database of research and other documents that can be sorted by transportation and other topics

http://www.activelivingresearch.org/toolsandresources/all

APHA Resource Page (2012)

APHA

APHA developed this resource page to highlight new and useful health and transportation resources from partner organizations, whether national, State, local, private or otherwise

http://www.apha.org/advocacy/priorities/issues/transportation/resources.htm

Designing and Building Healthy Places (2012)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Resources with recommendations to improve public health

http://www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/

Design for Health (2004-2012)

Collaboration between University of Minnesota, Cornell University, University of Colorado

The resource library contains event presentations, fact sheets, journal articles, and reports, organized by information types and topic area.

http://designforhealth.net/resources/

ChangeLab Solutions Healthy Planning Tools (2012)

Collaboration between California Department of Health Services, California Endowment, Kaiser Permanente

List of resources and tools regarding collaboration between public health and planning.

http://changelabsolutions.org/healthy-planning/search-tools

"Planning for Healthy Places with Health Impact Assessments" Online Course (2006)

APA (funded by CDC and in partnership with NACCHO)

Online course that explains the value of conducting an HIA and provides a how-guide to the steps involved in conducting an HIA.

http://professional.captus.com/Planning/hia2

Growing the Field of Health Impact Assessment in the United States: An Agenda for Research and Practice (2006)

Dannenberg et al., American Journal of Public Health

Documentation of 2004 workshop on advancing use of HIAs.

http://hsc.unm.edu/community/iph/docs/GrowingHIA.pdf

Health Economic Analysis Tool for Walking and Bicycling in the United States: Summary of prospective U.S. users' interest and recommendations. (2010)

Fenton, Mark and Brigid Junot. Active Living by Design. (funded by the Robert Wood Johnson foundation)

Study that explores the development and dissemination of HEAT tools in the United States through a short survey and interviews with potential users (professionals and advocates).

http://216.92.169.205/files/HEATReport_Final.pdf

Transportation Health Impact Assessment Toolkit (2011)

CDC

Resources on HIAs, including strategies, publications, background information, tools, and case studies

http://www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/transportation/HIA_toolkit.htm

HIA tools, including Health Economic Analysis Tool (HEAT) for Walking and Bicycling (2011)

World Health Organization (WHO)

Resources for HIA as well as a specific online tool to estimate the economic savings resulting from reductions in mortality as a consequence of regular bicycling and/or walking.

http://www.euro.who.int/en/what-we-do/health-topics/environment-and-health/health-impact-assessment

HIA resources (2012)

Human Impact Partners

Capacity building HIA resources, including fact sheets and case studies.

http://www.humanimpact.org/hia

CA

• Complete Streets Coalition

• Planning
• Food access
• Active transportation

• Sacramento Region Blueprint Transportation and Land Use Plan (2004)
• Health included in draft MTP
• Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District has developed an evaluation of development near major roadways
• Recipient of HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant focused on transit-oriented development
• Research and development into adding health component to scenario planning tool I-PLACE³S
• Collaboration on local food production and access
  • Food Access in the Sacramento Region
  • Rural-Urban Connections Strategy Local Market Assessment
• Complete Streets effort
  • Walkability audits, online bicycle trip planner, and coalition
  • Complete Streets Resource Toolkit
    • Health & Safety page
    • Sacramento County Department of Health & Human Services presentation

CA

• San Francisco Department of Public Health

• Health impact assessment

• Identified three performance targets for Healthy & Safe Communities to evaluate land use scenarios for the regional plan, Plan Bay Area
• San Francisco Department of Health programs
  • Health Development Measurement Tool, a set of evaluation and planning tools to consider health in urban development
  • Program on Health, Equity and Sustainability, which includes HIA guidance and projects

CA

• San Diego County's Health and Human Services Agency

• Planning
• Active transportation
• Health impact assessment

• Public health incorporated into RTP in particular around land use and transportation
• MPO services contracted to support San Diego County's two CDC grants (Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) grant and Community Transformation Grant) for the Healthy Works initiative
• Smart Growth Toolkit and Healthy Communities Atlas
• HIA training and pilot

CA

• Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency

• Active transportation
• Health impact assessment

• Inclusion of health implications of nonmotorized facilities in RTP
• Healthy Communities Initiative, including a development checklist
• Healthy Shasta Partnership - information, HIAs, and visioning

CA

• Riverside County Health and Planning Departments
• County of Los Angeles Public Health

• Planning
• Active transportation

• Riverside County Health Component to General Plan
• Public health community is providing recommendations on health metrics to include in 2012 RTP
• Policies for Livable, Active Communities and Environments (PLACE) Program

CO

• Denver Bike Sharing
• Colorado Tri-County Health Department
• Getting There Collaborative

• Safety
• Active transportation
• Access to food
• Aging in place

• Denver Safe Routes to School
• Health Department recipient of CDC Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) grant - focus on Safe Routes to School, active transportation and access to healthy foods
• Denver Living Streets Initiative
• Area Plan on Aging and guidance for transportation for older adults

CO

• El Paso County Public Health
• Pikes Peak Area Agency on Aging

• Planning
• Active Transportation
• Access to food
• Aging in place

• 2012 Update to RTP includes chapter on integrating public health, drawing upon the El Paso County Public Health's Community Health Assessment

IL

• Chicago Community Trust

• Access to food

• GO TO 2040 mentions health for livability and quality of life
• Health Strategy Paper (2009) in support of GO TO 2040: CMAP, Chicago Community Trust, and University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
• MetroPulse Chicago, the Regional Indicators Project, includes health indicators (obesity, walkability, food access, etc.)

OR

• Oregon Health Authority
• Oregon Public Health Institute

• Health impact assessments

• HIA for Lake Oswego to Portland Transit Project
• Oregon Health Authority HIA partner

TN

• Nashville Metro Health Department
• State departments of transportation, environment and conservation, and health

• Planning
• Active transportation
• Access to food

• Health goals/objectives in RTP
• Designation of 15 percent of Surface Transportation Program (STP) funds for active transportation projects
• Citizen-based Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee with a formal role in reviewing and scoring nonmotorized projects
• Health Department recipient of CDC Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) grant - focus on active transportation and access to healthy foods

WA

• King County
• Public Health - Seattle & King County
• Central Puget Sound Sustainable Communities Consortium

• Planning
• Active transportation
• Access to food

• Inclusion of health in Vision 2040 (LRTP) (see also http://psrc.org/assets/1767/V2040-Health.pdf and http://www.psrc.org/assets/2019/appIF1-health.pdf)
• Health Department recipient of CDC Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) grant - focus on healthy foods and walking/biking
• A Study of Land Use, Transportation, Air Quality and Health in King County, WA (2005)
• Recipient of Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant to implement Vision 2040 (see webpage, application and MOU)
• HealthScape program, including a Development Impact Assessment Tool

WI

• Capital Region Sustainable Communities (27 organizations) including Capital Area Regional Planning Commission and the MPO

• Planning (transit-housing-jobs)
• Health impact assessment

• Recipient of Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant (see website)
• Wisconsin Health Impact Assessment Online Toolkit (State was recipient of CDC pilot grant on HIAs; planned incorporation into the Wisconsin Rail Plan 2030)

Public health departments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), schools, and community groups

• Participate in an MPO initiative or committee, thereby bringing health considerations to a transportation project
• Invite an MPO to participate in a health-related initiative, thereby initiating early thinking about linking transportation projects to health impacts

The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency invited SANDAG to assist in scoping out, and then working on, two Federal grants to promote physical activity.

Members of the public, advocacy groups

• Provide specific feedback to the MPO through public meetings or comments, or proactively approach the MPO to place the issue on the MPO's agenda
• Give input to local governments and the elected officials that serve on MPO policy boards
• Publicize issue or event in local media

SACOG's MPO membership has indicated that air quality, quality of life and rural issues are important to the region's populations.

Local, regional, and State government elected officials and agencies

• Bring health issues directly to the MPO or introduce them more indirectly through championing initiatives or campaigns that attract MPO interest
• Pass legislation that mandates MPOs to include programs or projects in their plans that address health

Nashville Area MPO became interested and involved in the statewide obesity initiative, which resulted in transportation-related actions such as Complete Streets policy adoption.

Federal government officials, agencies, and programs; national NGOs

• Promote a national initiative such as the White House's Let's Move Initiative, aimed to reduce childhood obesity
• Provide grant funding, such as the CDC Putting Prevention to Work grant or Partnership for Sustainable Communities grants to support livable communities, which can incorporate health considerations

PSRC received a HUD grant in which public health stakeholders are participating, and one of the county public health departments received a CDC grant that has helped fund PSRC to develop a bicycle and pedestrian toolkit and to integrate health into the LRTP.

MPO staff, academics, local technical staff

• Develop tools by which health-related transportation infrastructure and other investments can be tracked and measured
• Assess and quantify connection between land use and transportation strategies and healthy behavior outcomes

SACOG has a strong data and technical mapping capacity and currently manages I-PLACE³S, a scenario planning tool. In 2009, SACOG partnered with a group at the University of British Columbia, to develop health and climate change / air pollution modules for I-PLACE³S.