Posted December 21, 2024 in Weblog, Webinars
Why Walkability?
Be taught among the newest analysis on how walkability impacts well being. Be part of main well being and walkability researcher Dr. Lawrence Frank, Professor at UC San Diego and President of City Design 4 Well being (UD4H) on the weather of land use and avenue design that result in individuals strolling extra, and what which means for addressing power illness. Dr. Frank will present new outcomes from the applying of the Nationwide Public Well being Evaluation Mannequin in a number of areas of the nation with each transportation and well being based mostly customers. He can be joined by planners who’ve used analysis on well being impacts to affect regional and native transportation planning and inside public well being. Subsequent steps for these instruments and their software can be mentioned. Current developments have included the incorporation of “complete-street” pedestrian design options captured via AI pushed instruments utilizing digital pictures.e.
Webinar studying goals:
Newest analysis on how walkability impacts well being
A “re-conceptualization” of what walkability means and what elements it contains
Relative roles of land use, transportation, and avenue design elements in defining walkability
State of the observe together with pedestrian scale avenue design options and predicting well being outcomes.
Instruments you should utilize to investigate walkability and predict downstream financial impacts in your group.
Insights from regional planners on methods to combine well being outcomes in transportation planning processes.
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