Healthy, Equitable Transportation Policy: Recommendations and Research

"This report represents an important contribution to the emerging understanding of the connections between transportation and public health. It contains 8 chapters entitled: Health effects of transportation policy; Transportation authorization 101: a backgrounder; Public transportation and health; Walking, bicycling, and health; Roadways and health: maHealthy, equitable transportation supports the development of accessible, efficient, affordable, and safe alternatives to car travel, and especially to driving solo.king the case for collaboration; Breaking down silos: transportation, economic development and health; Sustainable food systems: perspectives on transportation policy; Traffic injury prevention: A 21st-century approach. This report was written for community leaders, policymakers, funders, practitioners, and advocates interested in an overarching strategy to promote active living and to build healthy communities of opportunity."

The goal of transportation is to not get people further, quicker, but to give them access to all things necessary for a god life.

The goal is to improve transportation for everyone while delivering other important payoffs.