HEALTH & EQUITY WORKGROUP MEETING #1€¦ · Connectivity • Efficiency • ... • Health & equity evaluation measures • Engagement approach. Meeting #3. Feb/Mar 2016 * • Transportation

HEALTH & EQUITY WORKGROUP MEETING #1June 4, 2015

• Welcome and Introductions• Workgroup Charge• Background and Study Overview• Health & Equity Measures in Current

Transportation Planning• Community Values and Potential Evaluation

Measures: Discussion• Next Steps and Closing

Meeting Agenda

Study Purpose

“…evaluate the long-term transportation strategies and investments needed to sustain the county’s economic health and quality of life in the coming decades”

• Support the evaluation of the health and equity measures and the assessment of potential benefits and burdens to the community.

Workgroup Charge

BACKGROUND AND STUDY OVERVIEW

Study Process

January 2015 Fall 2016

Study Process

January 2015 Fall 2016

EVALUATION MEASURES

RFFA Equity Performance Outcomes:• Reduce impacts• Provides economic opportunity

Short-TermEvaluation Criteria (example)

• Safety Priority Index System• Existing congestion, traffic volumes• Geographic proximity of project to

transit, essential destinations, employment centers, etc.

• Project type (e.g. active transportation, road, freight, etc.)

Available data:• Demographic profile of the metro

area includes:– Density of low income

households– Density of non-white

population– Density of youth, seniors and

disabled

• Serves traditionally underserved• Provides access to essential

destinations

Identify tradeoffs between transportation investment packages:• Access, mobility, travel time,

reliability, convenience, safety, etc.

Long-TermEvaluation Measures

Available tools:• Travel Demand Model• Metroscope• GIS• Other?

• Future congestion, daily traffic volumes

• Geographic proximity of project to planned/proposed transit, generalized employment areas, etc.

• Project type (e.g. active transportation, road, freight, etc.)

Available data:• Income• Household size• Car ownership• Predictive safety

Community Values

The team reviewed dozens of community plans, visioning documents, and local transportation plans to identify common values, then asked the public to weigh in.

Role of Community Values

Community Values

• Connectivity• Efficiency• Transportation Options• Community Identity• Social Equity

• Environmental Sustainability

• Strategic Investment• Economic Vitality• Safety• Health

Health and Equity Values

• Social Equity: Ensures equitable benefits from transportation investments wherein there is no discernible disproportionate impact on any one group or neighborhood – especially those that have been historically underrepresented.

• Health: Encourages people to become more active and healthy.

– When we get to transportation investment packages, what measures do we use to understand the tradeoffs—in terms of health and social equity?

Discussion: Evaluation Measures

Workgroup ScheduleMeeting #1June 4, 2015

• Study overview• Community values and health &equity evaluation measures• Engagement approach

Meeting #2July 9, 2015 *

• Land use scenarios and proposed transportation packages• Health & equity evaluation measures• Engagement approach

Meeting #3Feb/Mar 2016 *

• Transportation packages evaluation results for health and equity measures

• Engagement approach

Meeting #4Early fall 2016 *

• [OPTIONAL] - Combined with SAC meeting• Final report