Just Released: Alameda County Public Health Department Links Bus Access and Health
Rebecca Tumposky
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From: Levitt, Zoe, Public Health, CAPE
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 2:49 PM
To: Levitt, Zoe, Public Health, CAPE
Subject: Just Released: Alameda County Public Health Department Links Bus Access and Health
Dear community partners, colleagues, and friends,
We are very pleased to announce the release a new report by the Alameda County Public Health Department, entitled, Getting on Board for Health: A Health Impact Assessment of Bus Funding and Access. This is a first-of-its-kind study involving over 15 organizations working in partnership with ACPHD to assess the impacts of bus service cuts and fare increases on the mobility, quality of life, and health of transit-dependent bus riders in Alameda County.
For more information, please see the attached press release and links to our Full report and Executive Summary.
We are intentionally releasing this report during the final days of public comment on Plan Bay Area, a plan which will include decisions about how $289 billion in transportation funding is spent throughout the region over the next 27 years. Based on the findings of this study, we recommend that MTC invest more funding into public transit in order to enhance service – and improve health – for transit-dependent riders.
Please help us to spread the word about this report in the next few days so we can make sure that policy-makers consider health impacts for transit-dependent bus riders in their upcoming funding decisions.
For information about how to submit public comment on the Draft Plan Bay Area/Draft EIR, please see: http://www.onebayarea.org/
We hope you are pleased with the results of this report and that you post, share, and forward this widely.
Many thanks for your time, and please feel free to contact me with any questions or for more information.
All the best,
Zoë Levitt
Health Impact Assessment Coordinator
Alameda County Public Health Department
P: 510-268-4290 | F: 510-268-7012
1000 Broadway, 5th Floor | Oakland, CA 94607
zoe.l...@acgov.org | www.facebook.com/PlaceMattersAC
http://www.acphd.org/social-and-health-equity/policy-change/place-matters.aspx