When Transportation and Public Health Intersect in Minnesota
How can you encourage more walking and biking as "regular" modes of transportation? Learn how a creative collaboration between Minnesota's Department of Health and Department of Transportation is doing just that. Hear about the state's Safe Routes to School program, its Bikeable Communities Workshops and its Bicycle and Pedestrian Count Initiatives.
Moderator: Thomas Kottke, HealthPartners, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Janelle Waldock, Director of Public Policy & Community Initiatives, Blue Cross/Blue Shield Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota
Nicole Campbell, SRTS Program Administrator, Minnesota Department of Transportation, St. Paul, Minnesota
Amber Dallman, Physical Activity Coordinator, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, Minnesota
RV 2014: When Transportation and Public Health Intersect in Minnesota by Amber Dallman
1. When Transportation and Public
Health Intersect in Minnesota
rail~volution| minneapolis | 09.24.2014
2. Session Description
Three state health & transportation departments
collaborate & leverage resources to advance walking
& bicycling.
Transportation & Public Health Professionals from
MN, NC, & WI share successes, lessons learned, &
how to up the ante to create more equitable and
healthy transportation systems.
Learn how states moved beyond interventions &
paved the way for working together in this fun,
engaging discussion.
3. Objectives
Describe lessons learned by presenters who work to
increase physical activity in communities of need.
Assess efforts to increase physical activity according
to lessons learned from presenters.
Compare presenter and participant efforts to
increase physical activity in communities of need.
Identify meaningful and innovative approaches to
utilize to increase physical activities in communities
of need.
12. Thank you!
Nicole Campbell
Safe Routes to School Coordinator
Minnesota Department of Transportation
nicole.campbell@state.mn.us | 651.366.4180
Amber Dallman
Physical Activity Coordinator
Minnesota Department of Health
amber.dallman@state.mn.us | 651.201.5494
13. Misc. Question/Discussion Ideas
Partnering with non-state agencies on our work
BCBS, BikeMN, RDC’s, LPH
share resources, not duplicating efforts because of
statewide reach of both MnDOT/MDH
Challenges
Defining planning, language/expertise differences
Success when LPH working with ATP, engineers on
projects
Notes de l'éditeur
Amber:
How we got started: began by inviting to various committees beginning in early-, mid- 2000s.
State Non-motorized Transportation Committee (MnDOT led, legislatively mandated to have state and citizen reps)
Active Living Advisory Group (MDH led, to direct health improvement work)
Complete Streets Advisory Committee (after passage of 2010 state CS legislation)
Minnesota GO Visioning and ROI Stakeholder
Amber:
Slowly we progressed to collaborating on projects together, and awkwardly sitting around tables at conferences.
MDH’s Active Living Advisory Group identified a gap with SRTS in fall/winter 2009.
Applied for CPPW funds with MnDOT support.
Hired SRTS Coordinator at MDH
Created training/ta system
Nicole:
CPPW provided additional capacity for SRTS work
All this great work was happening at MDH, changes were happening at MnDOT
BCBS & others pushed for MnDOT to begin using NI funds…previously focused on engineering only
MnDOT hired SRTS Coordinator in 2011
Now a partnership between bike/ped section and state aid, and health
Established a statewide Steering Committee to provide strategic direction (health and 20+ other members)
Provide input infrastructure and non-infrastructure funds
Saw notable difference in applications where health (SHIP) funds were used to create travel plans
FIND STAT ON THIS FROM LAST SOLICTATION
Better projects and SHIP support and regional planning gave us the $4 million federal funds in 2013, as well as strong support for SRTS in TAP
Advocates saw opportunity to pursue state level funding, state program statute in 2012, NI funds in 2013, and more funds and funds for infra in 2014
Now creating state resource center, bike fleets, curriculum implementation, planning assistance
Focus on Statewide SRTS program, not just MnDOT program…getting away from just about MnDOT grants
Alignment with MnDOT and MDH/SHIP evaluation efforts with classroom tallies and parent surveys
Nicole:
Partner with BikeMn on initiatives like Walk! Bike! Fun!
Bikeable Community Workshop collaboration and trainings with Bike MN
Great way to get LPH, planners, engineers, community development, etc. in the same room and out on a bike ride
Amber:
Describe framework and structure that built on Walkable Community Workshop model, but with a multi-disciplinary approach to support communities in become more bike friendly.
Both agencies have LCIs with Bike MN and collaborate on a connected network for educational purposes (this will lead into Amber on next slide)
Amber:
Pedal MN: ?
Share the Road: Minnesota specific crash facts from DPS, recently updated, public loves the law cards, bookmarks, etc.
Nicole:
Bike and ped count research and collaboration and engagement with local public health to conduct counts.
Phase 1 with manual counts, next phase 2 with automated and a way for communities to get reports with entered information
Research statewide
Amber:
SHIP communities are able to help get volunteers, organize counts, MnDOT had no way to do that before
Picture- SRTS Strategic planning
Nicole:
Coordinate on planning
RDCs to help create Active Transportation plans – premise of CTG funds and contract with MDH (also – dare we mention – TIGER application?)
RDC’s also do SRTS planning and regional transportation planning for MnDOT
MnDOT family of Plans
Statewide Bicycle System Study
Statewide Bicycle System Plan- MDH on PAC, getting local public health to meetings, better input for us and better engagement
Not technically…Statewide SRTS Implementation Plan- beginning this fall, will be a Minnesota plan not
Statewide Pedestrian Plan
Amber:
Talk about Ped Plan ideas
Merging of accounts – (shared emails and sharepoint)
MnDOT, MDH will co-lead
Have implications for local, regional, state partners (See city partner in middle)
Some sort of closing? – we’ve made progress, and have room to grow old together – good thing we have the trike to help us age in place.