International Conference on Transport & Health
VIRTUAL EVENT
14 - 30 June 2021
14 - 30 June 2021
Full Length Detailed FINAL Programme
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Each session in the programme is listed in time zones, with Eastern Standard Time (EST/USA) as the baseline. ALL sessions will be audio/video recorded using Zoom technology. The decision was made to hold ICTH over a two week period for only a few hours a day. Sitting behind a computer can get really difficult to tolerate.
Registered delegates will be provided access to recorded sessions FREE of charge post-conference until 30 August 2021. If you are not a registered delegate, but would like access to the recorded sessions, there will be a separate registration fee available at the conclusion of ICTH, 30 June 2021. HELPFUL HINTS:
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Monday, 14 June
How To Training Seminar - Recording Available
7:00 - 9:30 EST/USA
12:00 - 13:30 BST
7:00 - 9:30 EST/USA
12:00 - 13:30 BST
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Keynote Address - Recording Available
10:00 - 12:00 EST/USA 15:00 17:00 BST 
Professor Peter Jones, PhD, DIC
University College London (UCL) Professor of Transport and Sustainable Development Dept. of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering Faculty of Engineering Science United Kingdom Transport and Healthy Cities: Taking a Long View Transport affects the health of urban populations in two ways: through the negative externalities associated with motorised vehicles (air and noise pollution, traffic collisions, etc) and through efforts made to improve public health, by encouraging walking and cycling, and reducing social isolation. The health sector also shapes some of the mobility demands placed on the transport sector, through its siting of health facilities and modes of operation, which in turn feeds back to both the positive and negative impacts noted above. |
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The presentation will explore these issues, in the context of changes in urban living patterns and policy priorities since the mid-twentieth century – in particular, in relation to changing attitudes to car use. It will explore the consequences over time of different policy priorities and how this has played out differently globally. It will introduce a number of concepts that have helped to shape thinking about these issues, and explore the role that transport analytical tools have played in enabling or hindering the operationalisation of these concepts. It will conclude by looking to the future: how cities and the health sector can play their role in meeting challenging long-term targets, such as carbon zero or vision zero – and a warning about the potential dangers of looking at target fulfilment in isolation.
Accepted Abstract Oral Session - Recording Available
Improving Transportation Using Public Health and Vice Versa
12:30-14:30 EST/USA
17:30-19:30 BST
Improving Transportation Using Public Health and Vice Versa
12:30-14:30 EST/USA
17:30-19:30 BST
- #2850 - Where Public Health and Transportation Collide, a University Outreach Series. Morgan Drexler, MPH, CPH, Glendedora Dolce, MPH, CPST (co-presenting)
- #2853 - Using the Middle-out Perspective to Increase Signalised Crossing Times for Pedestrians. Jennifer S Mindell, MB, BS, PhD, Yael Parag, Suzanne Bartington, Laura Stoll, James Barlow, Kathryn B Janda
- #2913 - Incorporating Public Health and Equity in Transportation Planning: Best Practices at a Glance. Karen Roof, PhD
- #2932 - Embedding Improved Health Outcomes through Inclusive Transport Networks. Pam Turton, MSc, DIC, FCIHT
- #2981 - Transportation and Public Health Emergencies: An Overview. Katharyn Kryda, DVM, MPH
Tuesday, 15 June
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Accepted Abstract Pecha Kucha - Part I Recording Available
Exploring Mobility Solutions Toward a Healthy Future
9:00 - 10:30 EST/USA
14:00 - 15:30 BST
Exploring Mobility Solutions Toward a Healthy Future
9:00 - 10:30 EST/USA
14:00 - 15:30 BST
- #2819 - How Street Quality Influences the Walking Experience: A Naturalistic Inquiry into the Perceptions of Adults with Diverse Ages and Disabilities. Tamara Bozovic, Erica Hinckson, PhD, Tom Stewart1, Melody Smith
- #2838 - The Built Environment and Its Impacts on the Walkability for Children within Primary School Catchment Areas: Case Studies of Primary Schools in Auckland, New Zealand. Anh Tang, Mohsen Mohammadzadeh
- 2869 - Creating Liveable Cities That Accommodate Movement and Place. Jennifer Rivera-Gonzalez, Selby Coxon, Md. Kamruzzaman, Jennifer Oxley
- #2840 - Examining the Spatial Variation of the Socioeconomic and Land-Use Factors Associated with Bike Activity: A Case Study Using Crowdsourced Strava Data in Austin, Texas. Sirajum Munira, Ipek N. Sener
- #2891 - Autonomous Vehicles and the Future of Low Carbon Mobility. Heba Hammad
- #2821 - Integrating Decarbonisation Strategies across Health and Transport in Greater Manchester. Stuart Blackadder ICTH 2021 Practitioner High Scoring Abstract Award - Sponsored by: Transport & Health Science Group
Accepted Abstract Pecha Kucha - Part II Recording Available
Health and Quality of Life: How Our Perception of Transportation Should Change
10:30 - 12:00 EST/USA
Health and Quality of Life: How Our Perception of Transportation Should Change
10:30 - 12:00 EST/USA
- #2889 - For Safety Sake: Stop Calling Pedestrians and Bikers Vulnerable Road Users. Ge Shi, Vannesa Methoxha, Carol Atkinson-Palombo, Norman Garrick
- #2926 - Equity Consideration in Automated Vehicles Safety: An Analysis of Road Fatalities. Soheil Sohrabi, Bahar Dadashova, PhD, Dominique Lord, PhD, Haneen Khreis, PhD, Ipek N. Sener,PhD, Johanna Zmud
- #2941 - Factors Associated with Musculoskeletal and Postural Discomfort of Bus Drivers. Maisa Sales Gama Tobias, PhD, Waldeiza Nascimento Ferreira, MSc, Rui António Rodrigues Ramos, PhD
- #2953 - The Effect of COVID-19 on Inland Waterway Accidents in Bangladesh. Armana Huq, PhD, RSP, Md Saroar Jahan, BSc, Mehjabeen Rubaiyat, BSc, Aninda Kumar Chowdhury
- #2972 - Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Urban Mobility: A Systematic Review of the Existing Literature. Fernando Linares-Rendón, Marco Garrido-Cumbrera, PhD
Wednesday, 16 June
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Accepted Oral Abstract Sessions Recording Available
Transportation and the Wellbeing of Communities: Politics to Interventions 17:00 - 18:30 EST USA/Ontario Thursday, 17 June 7:00 - 8:30 Sydney, Australia
Staying Healthy Behind the Wheel 18:30 - 20:30 EST/USA Thursday, 17 June 8:00 - 10:00 AEST - VIC/Australia
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Special Session - Bring Your Pet to ICTH!
Mobile Mutts – Transport and the Health Benefits of Pet Dog Ownership Recording Available Tuesday, 19:00 - 21:00 EST/USA Wednesday, 9:00 - 11:00 UTC/Australia Author/Presenter: Jennifer Kent University of Sydney Sydney, Australia A compelling body of evidence links companion animals to positive human health outcomes. The health benefits of human-dog relationships are particularly well explored, with research revealing therapeutic, physiological and psychological benefits to dog owners. These include decreased blood pressure, reduced risk of heart attacks, increased physical activity and increased psychological resilience. This work on the health benefits of dogs to their individual human acquaintances is complemented by a body of work suggesting that dogs also generate broader social sustainability. During this interactive session, Jennifer will explore the way restrictions on pet travel related to public transport are a contributing factor to car-dependency in the case-study city. She will provide several recommendations based on international experiences as to how a successful 'pets on public transport policy' could be implemented. Please click the button on the left to visit the Mobile Mutts web page for additional details and how to submit a selfie of you and your beloved pet to be uploaded to the photo gallery. ALL pets are welcome! |
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Thursday, 17 June
Keynote Address - Recording Available 10:00 - 11:30 EST/USA 
Samuel I. Schwartz, P.E.
Chief Executive Officer + Founder Sam Schwartz Transportation Consultants United States of America This will be a dynamic session focused on the future of transport and health as it relates to new mobility technologies. Make sure to attend for a chance to win a signed book entitled, "No One at the Wheel: Driverless Cars and the Road of the Future", which describes how the driverless vehicle revolution will transform highways, cities, workplaces and laws not just here, but across the globe. |
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"Our time at the wheel is done. Driving will become illegal, as human drivers will be demonstrably more dangerous than cars that pilot themselves. Is this an impossible future, or a revolution just around the corner?
Sam Schwartz, America's most celebrated transportation guru, describes in this book the revolution in self-driving cars. The ramifications will be dramatic, and the transition will be far from seamless. It will overturn the job market for the one in seven Americans who work in the trucking industry. It will cause us to grapple with new ethical dilemmas-if a car will hit a person or a building, endangering the lives of its passengers, who will decide what it does? It will further erode our privacy, since the vehicle can relay our location at any moment. And, like every other computer-controlled device, it can be vulnerable to hacking.
Right now, every major car maker here and abroad is working on bringing autonomous vehicles to consumers. The fleets are getting ready to roll and nothing will ever be the same, and this book shows us what the future has in store."
Three to five books will be raffled off sporadically throughout the keynote address. Books will be mailed to each winning delegate.
Sam Schwartz, America's most celebrated transportation guru, describes in this book the revolution in self-driving cars. The ramifications will be dramatic, and the transition will be far from seamless. It will overturn the job market for the one in seven Americans who work in the trucking industry. It will cause us to grapple with new ethical dilemmas-if a car will hit a person or a building, endangering the lives of its passengers, who will decide what it does? It will further erode our privacy, since the vehicle can relay our location at any moment. And, like every other computer-controlled device, it can be vulnerable to hacking.
Right now, every major car maker here and abroad is working on bringing autonomous vehicles to consumers. The fleets are getting ready to roll and nothing will ever be the same, and this book shows us what the future has in store."
Three to five books will be raffled off sporadically throughout the keynote address. Books will be mailed to each winning delegate.
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Accepted Oral Abstract Session - Recording Available
Child and Youth Active Transportation, Safety, and the Built Environment 13:00 -14:30 EST/USA 18:00 - 19:30 BST
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Friday, 18 June
Accepted Abstract Oral Session - Recording Available
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Public Health and Road Users Safety in the New Era of Mobility
11:00 - 13:00 EST/USA 16:00 - 18:00 BST
Massachusetts Boston
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Active Transportation, Environment and Behavior
17:00 - 19:00 USA/EST
Saturday, 19 June 7:00 - 9:00 Australia
17:00 - 19:00 USA/EST
Saturday, 19 June 7:00 - 9:00 Australia
- #2863 - Combining “Ride-Alongs” and Wearable Sensors to Study Perceptions and Exposure En Route. Heike Marquart, Uwe Schlink
- 2867 - Selecting Jogging Routes Considering Joggers' Preference: Evidence from Downtown Tokyo. Yumeng Huang, Sunyong Eom, Tsutomu Suzuki
- #2892 - Pollution-Aware Walking in 16 Countries: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios, PhD, Elisabeth Rubie, PhD, Sibele Aquino, PhD, Jean Natividade, PhD, Jorge Tiago Bastos, PhD, Anna Wlodarczyk, PhD, Yonggang Wang, PhD, Quan Yuan, PhD, Laura Martínez-Buelvas, Mauricio Orozco-Fontalvo, Matus Sucha, PhD, Tiina Rinne, PhD, Samira Ramezani, PhD, Joonha Park, PhD, Takashi Tsubakita, PhD, Rusdi Bin Rusli, PhD, Gabriel Dorantes-Argandar, PhD, Miguel Barboza-Palomino, Maria de Fátima Pereira da Silva, Rui Mendes, PhD, Mario Velindro, PhD, Anna Marti-Belda, PhD, Sergio Useche, PhD, Violeta Enea, PhD, Tatiana Volkodav, PhD, Ali Kemal Çelik, PhD, Erkan Oktay, PhD, Duy Q. Nguyen-Phuoc, PhD, Mark J. King, PhD
- #2919 - Identifying the Potential Walkability Attributes from Literature By Applying Word Frequency, Correspondence Analysis and Analytical Hierarchical Process. Md Mehedi Hasan, Valerian Kwigizile, Jun-Seok Oh
Monday, 21 June
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ICTH Global South - Recording Available
Day 1: Transport Justice and Health 9:30 - 12:30 EST/USA 
Keynote: Lake Sagaris, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Interactive conversation with contributions from Intalinc, Movisal/THSG and REDEUS. Lake will provide a general overview of what's going on in Africa, India and Latin American Mobility and identifying cultural uniqueness, problems, and solutions. Click the button below to learn more about this exciting 2-day event! |
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Tuesday, 22 June
Accepted Abstract Poster Sessions - Recording Available
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How will they travel? Older Adults and Changing Perspectives
7:00 - 8:30 EST/USA 21:00 - 22:00 Sydney, Australia
Assorted Investigations into Transport & Health Issues
7:00 – 8:30 EST/USA 21:00 – 22:00 AEST/Australia
Sponsored by: Sam Schwartz Transportation Consultants
Sustainability - OPEN ACCESS Urban Systems, Resilience & the Future of Cities
8:00-9:30 EST/USA 14:00-15:30 CET
Drinking, Safety and Well-Being 8:00 - 9:30 EST/USA
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Wednesday 23 June
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ICTH Global South - Recording Available
Day 2: Thinking Outside-of-the-Box About Road Safety and Violence - Challenges from India, LAC and Africa 9:30 - 12:30 EST/USA 
Keynote: Geetam Tiwari, Indian Institute of Technology
Interactive conversation led by contributors from India, South Africa and LAC on the topics of Environmental/Social Justice and Road Safety Click the button below to learn more about this exciting 2-day event! |
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Thursday, 24 June
Transportation for All: Achieving an Inclusive and Equitable System
11:30 - 13:30 EST/USA Hosted by: Ipek N. Sener, PhD Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) This session will provide perspectives and insights toward achieving an inclusive, equitable, and accessible transportation system for all with a specific focus on marginalized populations. Experts will present on specific areas with an interactive discussion to follow. Click the button on the right to learn more about this Special Session! |
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Friday, 25 June
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Accepted Oral Abstract Sessions
COVID-19 Effects on Mobility 9:00 - 11:00 EST/USA
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Cornered by COVID: Should I stay (home) or should I go?
11:30-13:00 EST/USA 16:30-18:00 BST
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Transport Equity and Health in China
Sunday, 27 June 21:00 - 23:00 EST/USA Monday, 28 June 9:00 - 11:00 China Transport inequity may exclude the disadvantaged groups from participating in activities of various sorts, consequently influencing their health. On the other hand, both physical and mental health status may influence the capability of maintaining mobility, thereby bringing about transport inequities. However, previous studies on transport-related health issues mainly focus on the impacts of pollution and active travel whilst the interconnectedness of transport inequities and health issues of the disadvantaged populations remains under scrutiny. Therefore, this session consists of four ICTH accepted abstracts aimed at discussing whether or not transport inequities could be the cause-of and caused-by health issues. |
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Monday, 28 June
Accepted Oral Abstract Session
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Unleashing the Potential of the Bicycle
6:00 - 8:00 EST/USA 20:00 - 22:00 AEST/Australia
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Mental Health, Wellbeing and the Environment
9:00 – 11:00 EST/USA 14:00 – 16:00 BST
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Special Session
Traffic Calming that Works: Global Case Studies 16:00 - 18:00 EST/USA Do you value safe places for people to walk and ride a bicycle? This session discusses traffic calming tools and how they are being used effectively. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for safe places for people to walk and bike within their neighborhoods and has generated new ideas to repurpose public space toward this goal. This session discusses the traffic calming toolbox and provides real-world data on performance outcomes. This Special Session is sponsored by CBB Transportation Engineers + Planners |
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Tuesday, 29 June
Accepted Oral Abstract Sessions
 This session is SPONSORED by Transit First Visit www.firsttransit.com to learn more.
Founded in 1955 as American Transportation Enterprises (ATE), First Transit has a long and proud tradition in the world of public transportation and we stand behind our promise of a superior level of service, performance, and support that is second to none in our industry. First Transit partners with public and private entities to provide efficient and cost-effective transportation solutions designed to provide the services needed by their residents and passengers. Our customized transportation solutions address our partners’ unique political, economic, and operational environments – resulting in improved safety, reliability, and passenger satisfaction.
With over 65 years of transit experience, First Transit is one of the nation’s leading providers of public transportation contracting and management services, presently serving over 300 transit authorities, DOTs, universities, federal agencies, municipal organizations and private companies. This level of expertise is the foundation for our successful partnerships with well-known organizations such as BWI Airport, Denver RTD, New Jersey Transit, Princeton, Rutgers, MARTA and more. Transit’s Impact on Social Well-Being
7:00 - 9:00 EST/USA 21:00 - 23:00 AEST VIC Australia
STV Inc. Planning, Engineering, Architecture & Construction Management
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Our Built Environment. Our Health. Making the Case, Capturing the Effect.
11:00 - 13:00 EST/USA
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Wednesday, 30 June
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ICTH Virtual Awards Luncheon/Pecha Kucha Session
9:00 - 11:00 EST/USA This session is held in honor of the ICTH 2021 High Scoring Abstract Award Winners. The sponsor for each award winner will introduce the abstract author and moderate the presentation. Award certificates and cash prizes of $200 USD will be sent to the authors following this special session. |
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What is Pecha Kucha?
Pecha Kucha 20x20 is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images advance automatically and you talk along to the images for a total of seven (7) minutes. More images are used as opposed to text. This format directs audience attention directly to the presenter. Please take a few minutes to watch the YouTube video to the right for additional details. |
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Thank you for taking the time to join us for ICTH 2021 - Virtual. We really missed not seeing you in-person, but we hope that you enjoyed yourself,
learned a few things and gained a new perspective.
Looking forward to 2022 in Calgary, Canada!
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something,
build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
-Buckminster Fuller
learned a few things and gained a new perspective.
Looking forward to 2022 in Calgary, Canada!
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something,
build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
-Buckminster Fuller