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Understanding Relationships Between Built Environment, Physical Activity, Public Health, Urban Mobility, and Traffic Congestion: Graduate Curriculum
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2023-09-11
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Corporate Contributors:Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center (STRIDE) ; University of Florida Transportation Institute ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
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Edition:Final Report 8/15/2018 to 9/11/2023
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Abstract:The objective of this project was to develop a multidisciplinary graduate-level course addressing the intersection between public health, transportation, and the built environment. The methodology of this course focused on establishing basis of need for and potential benefits from the implementation of optimal solutions to the challenging dilemma of how the built environment impacts urban mobility, transportation infrastructure, network connectivity, sustainability, livability, and public health. Interconnections between the fields of physical activity, public health, public policy, and engineering planning and design will be identified. The goal is for students with diverse backgrounds in a variety of academic fields to be able to evaluate urban, suburban communities and neighborhoods to identify positive and adverse effects of the built environment on levels of physical activity and measures of public health, with an emphasis on adoption of polices and approaches for improving desirable outcomes supporting healthier communities. This course was developed in an effort to bring together content from physical activity, public health, civil engineering, transportation planning, and community design. Anticipated results of this graduate course are the education of professionals who will have the requisite skills, knowledge, and abilities to facilitate collaborative efforts across multiple disciplines to improve physical activity, public health, built environment, and traffic congestion outcomes.
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