Our transportation system puts our health and safety in jeopardy by contributing to sedentary behaviors, hazardous pollution levels, health care access challenges, and preventable injuries and deaths. Now more than ever, we need federal leadership to help make the critical link between health, safety, and transportation policies and create communities that promote active living, reduce pollution levels, increase accessibility, and ensure safety for all transportation users.
To explore these connections and discuss national efforts to create healthier and safer communities, Transportation For America will present an interactive webinar on April 30 at 2 p.m. EDT. Register now! A companion policy brief on health and transportation will also be released on this date, and will be available online.
A panel of experts on health, safety, active living, and older Americans will lead our discussion, including Dr. Georges Benjamin, Executive Director of the American Public Health Association, Jackie Gillan, Vice President of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, Debra Alvarez, Senior Legislative Representative in AARP’s Government Relations Department, and Barbara McCann, Executive Director of the National Complete Streets Coalition. The session will be moderated by Robert Cervero, Professor of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley and a member of the National Advisory Committee of Active Living Research, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Registration is free and open to the public – visit www.t4america.org/webinars to register today, and check out their other webinars being held over the coming months.