How We Move Matters: Connections Between New Transportation and Mobility Options and Environmental Health

Recent years have brought dramatic changes to the ways people and goods move around communities. Many of these changes have important ramifications—for better or worse—for human health, equity, pollution, and climate. How We Move Matters: Exploring the Connections Between New Transportation and Mobility Options and Environmental Health, a virtual workshop held over three sessions from July 13–21, 2021, provided a forum to discuss these developments, consider their risks and benefits, and identify opportunities to chart a healthier and more equitable mobility future. This article includes suggested actions to guide future approaches to mobility and transportation in the focus areas of: addressing equity issues, adapting governance, integrating knowledge, assessing needs, evaluating tradeoffs, and incentivizing holistic change.

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Media Type: Digital/other
  • Features: Photos; Tables;
  • Pagination: pp 18-21
  • Serial:
    • TR News
    • Issue Number: 337
    • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
    • ISSN: 0738-6826

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01838657
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
  • Created Date: Mar 16 2022 10:19AM