| Summary: | Transportation and health are titans, and they don't always get along. When two big titans like this don't agree and aren't pulling in same direction, there can be collateral damage, and those are health consequences. The goal of this talk, and this conference, is to find common ground. By working together, both sectors can contribute more to improving the lives of Americans. How do transportation and health sectors work together to improve life for Americans? One place to start is collecting data on all modes of travel at a local level, including walking and bicycling. What about collecting data on sidewalks, the quality of bike infrastructure, and transit service, and making those publicly available? For AT, those are essential commodities, but most cities don't have those data. We need data on demographic variation in travel mode, infrastructure, and transit service to identify inequities of service. We need to modernize training programs to ensure public health students learn about transportation, land use, and health impact assessments (HIAs) and transportation and urban planning students learn about public health. Most importantly, we need to develop mutually beneficial collaborations. Transport and public health researchers developing joint studies and transport, city planning, housing and public health routinely coordinating and working together on a daily basis
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