Public Health and Transportation Coalition (PHiT) Vision, Mission, Goals, Objectives, and Work Plan August 2, 2012

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1 Public Health and Tanspotation Coalition (PHiT) Vision, Mission, Goals, Objectives, and Wok Plan 2, 2012 Vision We envision Maine as a place whee people of all ages and abilities can move about in ways that ae safe, enjoyable, convenient, and healthy. Mission The Public Health and Tanspotation Connection is an ad hoc coalition in southen Maine of individuals and oganizations fom a numbe of sectos including health, tanspotation planning, law enfocement, education, eceation, and govenments at all levels. Ou mission is to build awaeness of the elationship between tanspotation design and health; and to stimulate actions that esult in impoved health and safety. We do this by influencing policy development, infastuctue investment, and tanspotation design; and by speaheading community education and paticipation. Oveaching goal To pomote active healthy community envionments in southen Maine meaning: pedestian and bicycle fiendly envionments active tanspotation such as walking and bicycling physical activity and eceation though tails safe walking and bicycling to school (Safe Routes to Schools) injuy pevention (fom vehicles) fo pedestians and bicycle ides accessible tansit (to health cae, wok, goceies etc.) 1 Revised Landy & Associates

2 Objectives A. Incease the numbe of towns in southen Maine that have adopted and implemented Complete Steets policies, which ae oadways designed and opeated to enable safe access fo all uses. Pedestians, bicyclists, motoists and tansit ides of all ages and abilities must be able to safely move along and acoss a complete steet. B. Incease awaeness and enfocement of laws potecting bicyclists and pedestians by patneing with law enfocement and othe agencies. C. Expand awaeness of Safe Routes to Schools, a national initiative to impove safety and accessibility, and educe taffic and ai pollution in the vicinity of schools. The goal is to encouage a healthy and active lifestyle fom an ealy age by making bicycling and walking to school safe and moe appealing. D. On an ongoing basis, seek out cuent and emeging initiatives to leveage effot and build awaeness. Examples below: 1. HUD Southen Maine Sustainability Initiative 2. Maine Bueau of Highway Safety Behavioal Highway Safety Gants 3. Community Tansfomation Gant E. Ceate ecommendations and suppot fo legislative initiatives that would suppot ou goals. F. Impove accessible tansit, e.g., to health cae, wok, food, by building awaeness and influencing local and egional policy and decisions. G. Update and expand Way To Go Potland as a guide to implementing active community envionments in southen Maine. 2 Revised Landy & Associates

3 Wok Plan ( 2012-June 2013) Peiod Categoy Action Lead Monthly Oppotunities Review cuent o anticipated gant announcements at each PHiT meeting; and send infomation out to goup on an ongoing basis; seek out oppotunities to advance the mission and goal. Elizabeth Tice Monthly Advisoy Povide guidance to CTG poject; PACTS will povide additional suppot in developing citeia fo choosing locations fo Active Community Envionment Teams Monthly Collaboation Shae infomation about activities of membes; assist one anothe when possible. Monthly Communication Beginning in and monthly theeafte, put PHiT agendas, summaies, and esouce infomation on the Cumbeland County website. Elizabeth Tice Zoe Mille Paul Niehoff All Elizabeth Tice PHiT Education PhiT membes bief one anothe on cuent and anticipated activities of thei oganizations elated to goal. Auelia Scott PHiT Education Complete the coss walk to detemine who is doing what. Jen Thibodeau Communication Develop shot desciptions egading Active Communitiy Envionments and Complete Steets; and the elationship between tanspotation planning and public health fo extenal use in the shot-tem. Zoe Mille Cal Eppich 3 Revised Landy & Associates

4 Identify patnes Identify coe membes Identify majo potential patnes and suppotes, i.e., state agencies o othe goups committed to tanspotation and/o public health as a pimay focus. Identify potential PHiT coe membes, i.e., individuals who bing needed expetise and who ae willing to wok closely with PHiT including attendance at egula meetings. Suggestions include law enfocement, education, and municipal officials (including town plannes). Policies Detemine legislative initiatives/policies that suppot goal and identify gaps. Elizabeth Tice to convene meeting in Education Webina on Health Impact Assessment Cal Eppich-contact Identify stakeholdes Identify stakeholdes, i.e., individuals o goups who should be aleted to PHiT and its goal/objectives, and who peiodically will be involved with specific initiatives. (Suggestion was made to include Potland Sustainability Council.) Octobe Octobe Octobe Communication Put PHiT infomation on County website Elizabeth Tice Outeach Outeach Outeach Outeach Invite coe membes to join PHiT goup. Contact key potential patnes o suppotes to appise of PHiT wok and establish elationship. Detemine what infomation should be sent to lage stakeholde goup on a egula basis. Send infomation on PHiT to stakeholde goups on a egula basis. 4 Revised Landy & Associates

5 Octobe Novembe Policies Detemine what anticipated legislation (state o fedeal) would suppot goal. Policies/Pojects Detemine how to suppot/expand Safe Routes to Schools Decembe Novembe Decembe Public Awaeness Planning Develop communication plan including communication tools and stategy. Examine Way to Go Potland as a possible template fo adaptation to a egion-wide tool. Make ecommendations back to PHiT fo action at Decembe meeting. Auelia Scott Cal Eppich Ongoing Pojects As new oppotunities aise, PHiT will espond. 5 Revised Landy & Associates