Transport & Health Performance Metric Guidebook
The Transportation Public Health Link (TPH Link) , International Professional Association for Transport & Health (IPATH) and the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) are working in collaboration to create a Transport and Health Performance Metric Guidebook. It is through cross-disciplinary and cross-sector partnerships that spur innovation by merging different perspectives.
This project deliverable is meant to provide a user friendly 'Go To' guidebook for professionals in need of quantitative tools to measure the health impacts of transport infrastructure project at the community level. The Guidebook initiative is the result of three (3) working group sessions held during the International Conference on Transport & Health (ICTH) 2018-Mackinac Island, 24-27 June 2018. |
ICTH Project Summary
What's Next?
UPDATE
21 February 2019
On Wednesday, 20 February, the THPMG team had their first conference call since the teams were finalized in January 2019. Captains and co-captains of each chapter team emerged as natural leaders with little to no intervention from the guidebook editors. These leaders kicked off the conference call by describing their strategy and challenges to organizing the work of a global team. The result has been a creative mechanism of communication and collaboration based on team preferences. No one team is using the same process.
While over half of the teams are moving forward productively with a high level of enthusiasm, other teams have yet to get organized.This is often the reality of any real-world project. The focus moving forward will be to assign a captain and co-captain to these teams and if necessary recruit additional authors.
Overall, it appears as if the first general bi-monthly team conference call helped the authors share lessons learned, express their concerns and clarify the direction of the project. The discussion was informative and productive. We are now in the process of re-evaluating and correcting those things that aren't working quite right. It is anticipated that the teams will have a rough draft of their chapters completed in April.
Note that the THPMG project will be housed under the IPATH Research Initiatives Committee to ensure a planned methodology and continuous process improvement strategy. To keep up to date on the progress of this exciting project. If you're interested in becoming a peer-reviewer, email Karyn Warsow to be added to a chapter team.
8 January 2019
A total of 74 cross-disciplinary and cross-sector authors; in addition to a growing list of peer-reviewers from across the globe have volunteered to be part of this important project. Teams are in the process of organizing their priorities and strategizing the research and writing process:
Team Meetings
As mentioned, team meetings will be held on a bi-monthly basis. Invitations are sent to all participating authors (seasoned researchers, practitioners, students, early career professionals, doctoral students and graduate masters level students). However, each committee will establish their own working agenda and meeting schedule (separate from the general bi-monthly meetings) to ensure the completion of the proposed chapter by the deliverable date. The guidebook is composed of 20 individual chapters that are made up by important transport and planning topics impacting human health.
- Day 1 focused on current quantitative tools in practice, what’s missing and a feasible strategy to pulling the guidebook together as a published deliverable. Teams met on
- Day 2 was spent discussing the tools for inclusion, timeline and review the editorial process in preparation for the published document.
- Day 3 teams held a debriefing of project deliverables.
What's Next?
UPDATE
21 February 2019
On Wednesday, 20 February, the THPMG team had their first conference call since the teams were finalized in January 2019. Captains and co-captains of each chapter team emerged as natural leaders with little to no intervention from the guidebook editors. These leaders kicked off the conference call by describing their strategy and challenges to organizing the work of a global team. The result has been a creative mechanism of communication and collaboration based on team preferences. No one team is using the same process.
While over half of the teams are moving forward productively with a high level of enthusiasm, other teams have yet to get organized.This is often the reality of any real-world project. The focus moving forward will be to assign a captain and co-captain to these teams and if necessary recruit additional authors.
Overall, it appears as if the first general bi-monthly team conference call helped the authors share lessons learned, express their concerns and clarify the direction of the project. The discussion was informative and productive. We are now in the process of re-evaluating and correcting those things that aren't working quite right. It is anticipated that the teams will have a rough draft of their chapters completed in April.
Note that the THPMG project will be housed under the IPATH Research Initiatives Committee to ensure a planned methodology and continuous process improvement strategy. To keep up to date on the progress of this exciting project. If you're interested in becoming a peer-reviewer, email Karyn Warsow to be added to a chapter team.
8 January 2019
A total of 74 cross-disciplinary and cross-sector authors; in addition to a growing list of peer-reviewers from across the globe have volunteered to be part of this important project. Teams are in the process of organizing their priorities and strategizing the research and writing process:
- Chapter authors will be sending out introductory emails and organizing their method and level of active communication.
- Once the team members have communicated, a team leader(s) will be assigned through consensus.
- Calendar invitations will be sent by the TPH Link for a series of general bi-monthly meeting. These conference calls are meant to provide a status update by each team and to facilitate discuss involving any questions and/or concerns.
- Teams have complete ownership over the chapter deliverable. This project is based on design thinking and experiential learning. Although it is a scientific investigation, the work should also be FUN and insightful both personally and professionally.
- The Action Plan is provided as a flexible road map for the teams to gauge their work based on proposed deliverable dates. The final draft deliverable is due by 28 June 2019. A public comment period will follow. Publication of the guidebook is anticipated by the end of 2019.
- NOTE: Peer-reviewers are still being recruited. Please send an email to Karyn M. Warsow if you are interested in helping with this aspect of the Guidebook.
Team Meetings
As mentioned, team meetings will be held on a bi-monthly basis. Invitations are sent to all participating authors (seasoned researchers, practitioners, students, early career professionals, doctoral students and graduate masters level students). However, each committee will establish their own working agenda and meeting schedule (separate from the general bi-monthly meetings) to ensure the completion of the proposed chapter by the deliverable date. The guidebook is composed of 20 individual chapters that are made up by important transport and planning topics impacting human health.
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If you would like to learn more about the Transport & Health Performance Metric Guidebook, please email Karyn M. Warsow for details.