Transportation & Mobility – The Force for Health® Network

How Do We Know if Complete Streets (or Any Streets) Are Meeting the Needs of Community Members?

We know little about which transportation investments or initiatives are reducing transportation barriers and meeting people’s transportation needs.…

Network_News May 6, 2024

7 Reasons to Do SDoH Screening in Healthcare

Where you live can have a big impact on your health. Non-medical factors like where we are born, live, work, and age — known as social determinants …

Network_News May 6, 2024

Updated Federal Guidance on Traffic Crash Reporting – A Missed Opportunity to Improve Safety

In December 2023, the National Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released the sixth edition of the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC). T…

Network_News April 1, 2024

As Social Need Screening Advances, Transportation Remains an Afterthought

Some big changes in 2022 and 2023 have set up the healthcare sector to advance screening for non-medical social needs in 2024 and beyond. This is grea…

Network_News March 19, 2024

Stormee Williams: Helping Screen Families for Social Needs in Dallas

At her annual wellness visit, Dr. Stormee Williams filled out a digital questionnaire that asked about her need for help with housing, transportation,…

Network_News February 19, 2024

Latinos Support Electric Vehicles, But Lack Access to Them

One of the biggest contributors to climate change are gasoline-powered vehicles, which emit greenhouse gases that warm Earth’s atmosphere. In a posi…

Network_News July 13, 2023

Tell Leaders: Share the Real Risk to Pedestrians in Vehicle Safety Ratings

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing to consider pedestrians in their vehicle safety rating system. That is good ne…

Network_News June 29, 2023

UPDATE: Health Equity Report Card Covers Child Opportunity, Location Affordability, Transit Access

We have updated our Salud America! Health Equity Report Card to cover your county’s child opportunity score, environmental justice score, location a…

Network_News May 22, 2023

Tell Leaders: Collect Better Crash Data to Guide Traffic Safety

For too long, the blame for our nation’s high traffic fatality rate has fallen on individual drivers and factors, rather than on environmental and s…

Network_News April 19, 2023

#SaludTues 1/10/2023: American Roads Shouldn’t be this Dangerous

More Americans died in motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2021 than any other year since 2005, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administ…

Network_News December 22, 2022

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