Online tool aims to encourage healthier transportation choices
The Transportation and Health Tool helps users see how many people are walking and bicycling as healthier alternatives to traditional transportation at the state and local level. It also shows the percentage of people driving and living near
Online tool aims to encourage healthier transportation choices
The Transportation and Health Tool helps users see how many people are walking and bicycling as healthier alternatives to traditional transportation at the state and local level. It also shows the percentage of people driving and living near roads that have heavy traffic, as transportation affects air quality.
The tool uses several other indicators that can help policymakers see how investments in transportation are connected to health. Now metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), state departments of transportation, and local communities can better see how their current transportation system compares to others on various health indicators.
In addition, the new tool will show how comm