"Federal Transportation Planning for Public Health: How to Win Reform" - Free Training, Mon, Sept 19, 8:30-4, Nile Hall, Preservation Pk, Oakland
Rebecca Tumposky
PLEASE RSVP BY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, FOR THIS FREE TRAINING WITH LUNCH INCLUDED!
WHAT: "Federal Transportation Planning for Public Health: How to Win Reform" co-sponsored by California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN) and Transportation for America
Learning Objectives for Participants from the Public Health Field:
· Able to describe how strategic planning in the transportation sector can impact public health.
· Able to name one key federal transportation planning reform that would improve public health.
· Able to explain how transportation sector strategic planning at the federal level intersects and adds value to state and regional strategic planning efforts in California, such as SB375.
· Able to identify one way your organization can get involved in building support for federal strategic planning in the transportation sector.
· Able to describe one lesson learned about how to communicate regarding the interface between federal transportation policies and public health with transportation officials, reporters, or Congressional district staffers.
WHO: This training is intended for those who work in the public health field on issues such as the built environment, obesity prevention, nutrition/physical activity promotion, walking and bicycling safety promotion, asthma prevention, air quality improvement, social justice, and equity.
WHEN: Monday, September 19, 8:30am - 4pm.
WHERE: 668 13th Street, Nile Hall, Preservation Park, Oakland. It’s near "12th Street Oakland City Center" BART Station's 13th Street exit, near major AC Transit bus lines, and about a 25-minute walk or 10-minute bicycle ride from the Amtrak "Jack London Square" stop on the Capitol Corridor (3 bicycles are allowed per train car). If you must drive, parking is $14/day at City Center West Garage at 12 Street and Martin Luther King, Jr., Way. A site map and directions with BART and bicycle and car parking information are attached.
NOTES: The training is free and lunch is included. A more detailed agenda will be released the week of August 29.
RSVP: Please RSVP with name, title, organization, email address, telephone number, and vegetarian/non-vegetarian lunch by Friday, September 9, 5pm, to Brooke Kuhn at brook...@t4america.org or 415-577-5624. Space is limited.
AGENDA:
8:30-9:00 Registration and Networking
9:00-9:45 Overview of priority federal transportation sector policies -- including strategic planning -- that pertain to public health
9:45-11:15 Panel discussion of transportation sector strategic planning at the federal, state, and regional level and how it impacts public health
11:15-11:30 Break
11:30-12:30 Strategic planning site visit -- a walking tour
12:30-1:30 Lunch, Q & A, Keynote Speaker
1:30-2:30 Communications training on how public health professionals can communicate with reporters, Congressional district staffers, and transportation officials about the interface between federal transportation policies and public health
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-4:00 Communications role play
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