Best practices for air quality and active transportation

2020 ◽  
pp. 405-435
Author(s):  
Andrew Glazener ◽  
Haneen Khreis
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Active Transportation

Incorporating Health-Related Criteria for Project Scoring in Massachusetts

2021 ◽  
pp. 036119812110570
Author(s):  
Aikaterini Deliali ◽  
Sarah Esenther ◽  
Christine Frisard ◽  
Michael Bolduc ◽  
Derek Krevat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Active Transportation ◽  
Department Of Transportation ◽  
Transportation Projects ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Highway Project

Transportation projects can affect health through multiple pathways—for example, by degrading air quality or encouraging active transportation. There is a need to incorporate health considerations in transportation decision-making to achieve health-related community goals. This paper presents highway project scoring criteria that allow for capturing the impact of transportation projects on health. These scoring criteria are organized into five groups—air quality, accessibility, equity, physical activity, and safety—to capture the multiple pathways that transportation interacts with health. The focus of this study was on updating the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highway Division project scoresheet to incorporate health-related criteria. Evidence base, standards, and data needs based on which each criterion is assessed, as well as limitations, are summarized for each of the proposed criteria. The paper concludes with a discussion on the outcomes of the proposed changes as well as the transferability potential of the proposed criteria.

scholarly journals Coordinated evaluation of active and sustainable school travel : international best practices

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Hendren
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Active Transportation ◽  
Relationship Building ◽  
School Travel ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Multiple Data

More children across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) are driven to school than ever before, which is detrimental to their health and wellbeing, and contributes to traffic congestion and reduced environmental sustainability. Active and sustainable school travel (ASST) describes sustainable modes of school travel. The Big Move envisions that 60% of children will utilize ASST by 2033. However, contemporary data collection efforts are not coordinated across the region making it difficult to measure progress towards this goal. This paper explores international best practices for coordinated data collection and evaluation of school travel-related programming. Five recommendations are made for future school travel data collection efforts in the GTHA related to stakeholder relationship building, incentivizing data collection, utilizing multiple data collection tools, developing holistic performance indicators, and establishing clear leadership from one organization. Key Words: active transportation, evidence-based planning, data collection, evaluation, children, planning

scholarly journals Air Quality and Active Transportation Modes: A Spatiotemporal Concurrence Analysis in Guadalajara, Mexico

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 13904
Author(s):  
Gabriela Ochoa-Covarrubias ◽  
Carlos González-Figueredo ◽  
Hugo DeAlba-Martínez ◽  
Alejandro L. Grindlay
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Monitoring System ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Active Transportation ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
Bus Rapid Transit ◽  
Air Quality Monitoring ◽  
Rapid Transit ◽  
Transportation Modes

The protection of pedestrians, cyclists, and public transportation passengers from environmental pollution is a global concern. This study fills the gap in the existing knowledge of temporal exposure to air pollution in Latin American metropolises. The paper proposes a methodology addressing the relationship between two objects of study, i.e., the users of active modes of transport and air quality. This new methodology assesses the spatiotemporal concurrence of both objects with statistical analysis of large open-access databases, to promote healthy and sustainable urban mobility. The application of the empirical methodology estimated the number of users of active transportation modes exposed to poor air quality episodes in the Guadalajara metropolitan area (Mexico) in 2019. The study considered two pollutants, ozone (O3) and particulate matter (PM10), and two active modes, cycling and bus rapid transit (BRT). Spatiotemporal analyses were carried out with geographic information systems, as well as with numeric computing platforms. First, big data were used to count the number of users for each mode within the area of influence of the air quality monitoring stations. Second, the number of air pollution episodes was obtained using the air quality index proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (USA) on an hourly basis. Third, the spatiotemporal concurrence between air quality episodes and active mode users was calculated. In particular, the air quality monitoring data from the Jalisco Atmospheric Monitoring System were compared to users of the public bicycle share system, known as MiBici, and of a bus rapid transit line, known as Mi Macro Calzada. The results showed that the number of cyclists and BRT passengers exposed to poor air quality episodes was considerable in absolute terms, that is, 208,660 users, while it was marginal when compared to the total number of users exposed to better air quality categories in the study area, who represented only 10%. To apply the results at the metropolitan scale, the spatial distribution of the air quality monitoring system should be improved, as well as the availability of data on pedestrians and conventional bus passengers.

Many Pathways from Land Use to Health: Associations between Neighborhood Walkability and Active Transportation, Body Mass Index, and Air Quality

2006 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence D. Frank ◽  
James F. Sallis ◽  
Terry L. Conway ◽  
James E. Chapman ◽  
Brian E. Saelens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Active Transportation ◽  
Neighborhood Walkability

scholarly journals Coordinated evaluation of active and sustainable school travel : international best practices

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Hendren
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Active Transportation ◽  
Relationship Building ◽  
School Travel ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Multiple Data

More children across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) are driven to school than ever before, which is detrimental to their health and wellbeing, and contributes to traffic congestion and reduced environmental sustainability. Active and sustainable school travel (ASST) describes sustainable modes of school travel. The Big Move envisions that 60% of children will utilize ASST by 2033. However, contemporary data collection efforts are not coordinated across the region making it difficult to measure progress towards this goal. This paper explores international best practices for coordinated data collection and evaluation of school travel-related programming. Five recommendations are made for future school travel data collection efforts in the GTHA related to stakeholder relationship building, incentivizing data collection, utilizing multiple data collection tools, developing holistic performance indicators, and establishing clear leadership from one organization. Key Words: active transportation, evidence-based planning, data collection, evaluation, children, planning

Programming Flexible Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program Funds: Best Practices for State DOTs

2018 ◽  
Vol 2672 (51) ◽  
pp. 99-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Rowangould ◽  
Razieh Nadafianshahamabadi ◽  
Amir Poorfakhraei
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Congestion Mitigation ◽  
Quality Program ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
Air Quality Improvement ◽  
Departments Of Transportation ◽  
Programming Practices

State departments of transportation (DOTs) face unique challenges in programming funds for the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) program. This is particularly true as more DOTs receive larger shares of so-called “flexible” CMAQ funding. Unlike other CMAQ funds, flexible funds can be spent outside of non-attainment and maintenance areas, which often means in more rural areas where there is no metropolitan planning organization (MPO) to program the funding. Flexible funds may also be spent on a wider range of project types. DOTs in these situations have many options for programming CMAQ funds but there has been little guidance on best practices for doing this. Prior studies have focused exclusively on best practice for MPOs. This study provides a comprehensive survey of current CMAQ programming practices among DOTs and MPOs and then highlights practices best suited to the particular needs of DOTs.

scholarly journals BEST PRACTICES FOR VENTILATION MANAGEMENT IN ENCLOSED SPACES

10.6036/10187 ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-29
Author(s):  
JUAN MANUEL GALLARDO SALAZAR ◽  
ALICIA DESIREE MANCERAS RODRIGUEZ ◽  
ROGELIO ZUBIZARRETA JIMENEZ ◽  
FERNANDI DIAZ RODRIGUEZ
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
Mandatory Use ◽  
Ventilation Management

In 2020, health crisis caused by the COVID-19 forced a massive population lockdown. During this period, virtual world storm everyone's reality, children attended telematic classes, adults worked from home and social relationships became reduced to a video call. Now, in 2021, even we are still in the middle of the pandemic, the presence in schools, workplaces and recreational areas has been resumed. However, the sensitivity of the situation requires that the return is made with the appropriate measures to prevent transmission: the mandatory use of face masks, the installation of hydroalcholic gel dispensers, or the control of the corporal temperature are some of them, but it seems insufficient the attention paid to the air quality in enclosed spaces since a good ventilation is as valuable as the previous measures or even more. Throughout this paper, a number of good practices for the ventilation management in enclosed spaces will be explained.

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