Tracking Climate Change from a Transportation and Health Perspective
Presenter Biography
Kelly is a PhD student in Urban Studies who researches on the nature, quality, and role of evidence in transportation decision-making; the effects of neighborhood type on travel behavior; and realist methods of undertaking research synthesis and understanding travel variability. Kelly is also the Executive Director of Streetsmart, a research synthesis, resource clearinghouse, and communication platform for transportation planning. Kelly graduated with a Master in Landscape Architecture from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Arts in Urban and Regional Planning from Miami University.
Program/Major
Urban Studies
Student Level
PhD
Presentation Type
Poster
Start Date
April 2019
End Date
April 2019
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/30944
Abstract
Climate change is transportation issue and a public health issue. The transportation sector is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. The elevated temperatures, prolonged heat waves, changing precipitation patterns, and more extreme weather events as result of climate change will increase cardiovascular and respiratory illness, as well as produce other adverse health outcomes. To plan, evaluate, and monitor transportation initiatives and their relationship to climate change, a performance indicator is needed. From a public health perspective, this indicator must not only track greenhouse gas emissions but also demonstrate how these reductions do not come at the expense of affordable, convenient, and safe transportation for people, particularly low-income populations and communities of color. A transportation system should dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions while providing healthy options for people for access their daily needs. A performance indicator is proposed that represents health, transportation, and climate change.
Tracking Climate Change from a Transportation and Health Perspective
Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 296/8
Climate change is transportation issue and a public health issue. The transportation sector is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. The elevated temperatures, prolonged heat waves, changing precipitation patterns, and more extreme weather events as result of climate change will increase cardiovascular and respiratory illness, as well as produce other adverse health outcomes. To plan, evaluate, and monitor transportation initiatives and their relationship to climate change, a performance indicator is needed. From a public health perspective, this indicator must not only track greenhouse gas emissions but also demonstrate how these reductions do not come at the expense of affordable, convenient, and safe transportation for people, particularly low-income populations and communities of color. A transportation system should dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions while providing healthy options for people for access their daily needs. A performance indicator is proposed that represents health, transportation, and climate change.
