The Right Path
Monthly Newsletter
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Pursuing Healthy Mobility
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Mission
The
International Professional Association for Transport & Health (IPATH) is a platform for cross-disciplinary and multi-sector professionals working at the intersection of transport and health. The aim of PATH is to share information, exchange ideas, and foster collaboration to improve health, quality of life and well-being in communities by advocating for the integration of health in the urban and transport agendas.
Vision
- To create an accepted professional discipline of transport and health
- To support and encourage research and best practices aimed at integrating health into the transport and urban planning and strategic decision-making processes
- To build a cohesive community of cross-disciplinary and multi-sector professionals
IPATH Membership including THSG goes from 1 January through December 31, renewed annually
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Dual Membership
As an IPATH member, you are automatically a member of the
Transport & Health Science Group (THSG) and access to a copy of Health on the Move 2. If you are not receiving emails from THSG or have not yet received a welcome letter as a new member, please contact
Liz Davies.
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Hello Folks;
This past year has been a great one for the International Professional Association of Transport & Health (IPATH). We, as a team, have moved this organization forward more than any other year so far. As the year comes to a close, I find myself reflecting on what we have accomplished:
• A strategic planning session that set IPATH on a new course
• A decision to become a non-profit organization, which will open up more doors for us
• A strategic partnership with ITE to help us advance both of our organizations
• Support of ICTH 2018 on Mackinac, Island, Michigan (USA) and a more active role in ICTH 2019-Melbourne
• Held our first annual IPATH meeting during ICTH 2018
• IPATH in partnership with the TPH Link and ITE, initiated the development of a Transport & Health Performance Metric Guidebook
I look forward to an even better 2019 where IPATH continues to grow, becomes well known in the transport, urban planning and health circles, completes the move to a non-profit organization and we publish, for the first time, a performance metric guidebook that will serve as a valuable resource for transport and health professionals worldwide.
I want to personally thank all of our Board members and everyone who has volunteered their time, effort and financial resources to help us advance this organization. We could not have done it without you!
Best wishes for a safe and prosperous New Year!
Regards,
Al Almasy
President, IPATH Board of Directors
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IPATH Board of Director Search
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In an effort to promote innovation and continued diversity, a few of the IPATH members will be fulfilling their two year limited term on the Board of Directors. That means, IPATH is OPEN to accepting applications! If you're interested in becoming a voice of transport and health, please contact
Al Almasy
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IPATH President.
Note: You must be a current IPATH member to apply and to be considered for a seat on the Board of Directors. IPATH annual membership period is
1 January through 31 December of each calendar year. Memberships are not pro-rated. For example, if you join in April, your membership is valid through 31 December of that same year. We encourage you to join or renew your IPATH membership early.
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Join IPATH or renew your membership and receive this nifty certificate. Whoa.
Get involve. That's the secret of life. Try everything. Join everything. Meet everybody.
Hedy Lamarr
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Congratulations Sam Schwartz on the publication of your book!
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NO ONE AT THE WHEEL provides a roadmap for how to respond to the inevitable changes that autonomous vehicles will bring. Stakeholders and citizens will need to work together with government to maximize the benefits of this technology while minimizing its downsides. Legislatures large and small should shape laws and regulations related to driverless cars in ways that promote equity. We need to collaborate with global partners when contemplating autonomous vehicle policies that could affect other nations, such as manufacturing standards, emissions standards, data collection standards, and more. Manufacturers and developers must partner with a range of constituents to ensure safety, fairness, and service. And most of all, we must prioritize people over vehicles."
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Sam Schwartz, a.k.a. “Gridlock Sam,” is one of the leading transportation experts in the United States today. He served as New York City’s traffic commissioner and the New York City Department of Transportation’s chief engineer. Schwartz currently runs Sam Schwartz Engineering and is a columnist at the New York Daily News. He has been profiled by the New Yorker, New York Times, and many other national publications. Schwartz lives in New York City and owns a Volvo that can drive without him.
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Recruiting Authors
- Noise and Water Pollution
- Health Impact Assessment
- Community Severance
- Climate Change
- Economics
- Paratransit
- Safe Routes to School
If you are interested and/or have colleagues in any of these areas who might be interested, please share this invitation and complete the
Author Recruitment Survey
. Even if you are not interested in serving as a contributing author, we are also in need of peer-reviewers. This is a minimum commitment. Complete the survey and add a note stating that you will peer-review the selected categories.
Deadline to sign up as a contributing author, 31 December 2018
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Safer City Streets: Global Benchmarking for Urban Road Safety
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"The International Transport Forum (ITF/OECD) published recently a new Report: “
Safer City Streets: Global Benchmarking for Urban Road Safety”, with the active contribution of NTUA. This document aims to support cities in setting road safety targets and to monitor progress in improving urban road safety. Pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists account for nearly 80% of urban traffic fatalities. Cities should thus intensify efforts to improve the safety of vulnerable road users. This document presents traffic safety indicators for different road user groups collected in 31 cities worldwide to facilitate the evaluation, monitoring and benchmarking of road safety outcomes. It places a particular attention on measuring the risk of fatality per unit distance traveled."
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Help Shape the Next Decade of Healthy People — Submit Your Comments
Healthy People is a national effort that sets 10 year goals and objectives to improve the health and well-being of people in the U.S. In this fifth edition, Healthy People 2030 is currently designed to be a streamlined set of national health objectives guiding the Nation in efforts to improve health. The public comment period is open from
December 3, 2018 through January 17, 2019. Click
HERE to read more and/or submit your comments.
Chris Kochtitzky, MSP
Senior Advisor, Physical Activity Translation and Evaluation Team
Physical Activity and Health Branch
Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
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nternational Conference on Transport & Health
Smart Cities. Disruptive Mobility. Healthy People.
Pullman Melbourne on the Park
Melbourne, Australia
4-8 November 2019
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Smart Growth America Webinar
Tuesday, 11 December 2018, 2:00 PM EST
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Webinar
Tuesday, 11 December 2018 from 1:00-2:30 PM EST
Mobility Lab Challenge
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Journal Articles & Such
Safe Routes to School National Partnership Report
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What are the HI-5 Interventions? Click
HERE
to find out.
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Location: Arizona State University – Tempe Campus
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GDPR Data Regulations
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect on 25 May 2018. It is meant to unify data privacy requirements and increase transparency across the European Union (EU), however, we are implementing the policy to protect our international community of professionals.
GDPR requires that we make it clear to you how to
unsubscribe to the IPATH newsletter and/or the ICTH emails you receive. In addition, we are required to provide a privacy policy stating that we will not do anything with your email address except send you IPATH/ICTH related newsletters and/or emails. To read our GDRP policy click
HERE.
You have the option to
unsubscribe from our list-serv by clicking on the link that is always available to you at the bottom of all IPATH/ICTH newsletters and emails. As a valued member of the transport and health community, we hope you will remain on the list-serv.
GDRP Website
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kwarsow@tphlink.com
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