Using Health Impact Assessments to Evaluate Bicycle and Pedestrian Plans

Where we live, work, and play influences health, as well as how we travel to those places. Transportation agencies are responsible for ensuring safe access to travel options, including walking and bicycling, for people of all ages and abilities. For a number of reasons, including chronic disease rates and changing demographics, there is growing interest across the country to better explore the links between health and transportation. New approaches are emerging that can assist transportation agencies during the transportation planning process to make more informed decisions. One such approach involves the use of Health Impact Assessments (HIA), which can improve decision-making and protect and enhance health and health equity.

• Record URL:
  http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/cms/downloads/WhitePaper_HIA_PBIC.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  Highway Safety Research Center, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information
  730 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, CB 3430
  Chapel Hill, NC  United States  27599-3430

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Wagner, Laura
• Publication Date: 2013-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 18p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Assessments; Bicycle travel; Case studies; Decision making; Health; Impact studies; Pedestrian areas; Public health; Transportation planning
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01496727
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: DTFH610110H-00024
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 28 2013 9:47AM