Title: Public Health and Transportation
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Section/SPIG: Environment
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These are exciting times when considering the many ways our
transportation systems impact health and equity in our communities. Congress extended the current federal surface
transportation bill until Sept. 30, 2011, and Congressional committees are aiming to draft a new transportation bill before
this latest extension ends.
Want to learn more about the connections between transportation, equity and
health? View our archived webinar
series, subscribe to the monthly transportation and health eNewsletter
that offers an array of new events and updates, and download the newly-released
online public
health and transportation toolkit and accompanying
resources today.
We also invite you to send a message
to your members of Congress urging that they ensure that strong public health
provisions are included in the federal surface transportation reauthorization.
For more information, visit http://apha.org/transportation