This document discusses the relationship between transportation, equity, and community health. It notes that denser areas with more public transit options like bus routes tend to have better access to health clinics, while low-density areas with few clinics and underfunded bus systems have poorer health care access. It also discusses how Americans now drive much farther for daily activities than in the past. Lower-income families also spend a larger portion of their income on transportation costs. The document advocates for community involvement in transportation and land use planning to improve equity and public health.

1. Center for Health
Leadership
May 30, 2013
Jeff Hobson
Transportation, Equity, and
Community Health
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3. Good Access in denser
Alameda Co.
• Medium density
• Numerous
health clinics
• Extensive grid of
bus routes

4. Poor access to health care
Low densities
+ Few clinics
+ Underfunded
buses
= Poor access to
health care

5. Planning to Drive?
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Inhospitable streets

7. Traffic: Hwy 580: Alameda County
Richard Rollins
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8. Compared to 1969 Americans drive:
• 88% farther to shop
• 137% farther for errands6/26/13 8

9. Automobile fatality rates by city, 1998
(excluding pedestrian fatalities; deaths/100,000/year)
9.80
10.52
11.33 13.12
Source: NHTSA
2.51
New York
3.76
San Francisco
6.55
Portland
9.80
Houston
10.52
Phoenix
11.33
Dallas
13.12
Atlanta
5.36
Philadelphia
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10. Lower-income families are hit hardest
Transportation spending as a percentage of household income, by income bracket.
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12. TODAY
E. 14th Street and Davis Street
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13. 5 YEARS
E. 14th Street and Davis Street
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14. 7 YEARS
E. 14th Street and Davis Street
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15. 12 YEARS
E. 14th Street and Davis Street
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16. Community Involvement & Planning

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GCC
Sites,
2012

19. 2000 – 2004 voter-approved measures
Voters approve $17 billion for transportation
TLC
1%
Local
Streets or
Bike-Ped
12%
Highways
and
Arterials
10%
Transit and
Paratransit
74%
Bike-Ped
3%

20. Intense, Supportive Participation

22. Contact
www.transformca.org
Facebook: TransFormCA
Twitter: TransForm_Alert
Jeff Hobson, Deputy Director
jeff@transformca.org
510-740-3150 ext 312
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