Transportation, urban & regional planning are inextricably connected to climate change.

With good transportation and planning, we can create a more sustainable society. Transportation networks and the layouts of our society affect public health and the well-being & independence of people with disabilities. This section covers those connections.

​Climate Change

• US EPA: Carbon Pollution from Transportation
  
• Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transportation
  
• Union of Concern Scientists: How Does Transit Help the Climate
  
• Yale Climate Connections: A brief introduction to climate change and transportation
  
• UN Sustainable Development: Interagency report for second Global Sustainable Transport Conference (2021)
  
• Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU): Sustainability
  
• C40 Knowledge Hub. Integrating Climate Adaptation: A toolkit for urban planners and adaptation practitioners
  

Health

• Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health: Transportation, Equity, Climate and Health Project (part of C-CHANGE)
  
• American Public Health Association: Transportation and Health
  
• “Public Transportation In The US: A Driver Of Health And Equity, " Health Affairs Health Policy Brief, July 29, 2021.
  
• The State of Transportation and Health Equity. Smart Growth America (2019)
  
• Larsen, L et. al. Clarifying the Connections between Urban Planning, Land-Use Policy, and Health Disparities. Lincoln Institute working paper (2022)
  

​Disability

• Cities for All: Global Campaign on Inclusive and Accessible Cities
  
• Inclusive mobility: Applying universal designed to help people get around. American Landing Association (2018)
  
• Terashima, M., & Clark, K. (2021). The Precarious Absence of Disability Perspectives in Planning Research. Urban Planning, 6(1), 120-132.
  
• Grover, S. A Car Ban Will Improve the State of the Climate, But Is It Ableist? Treehugger (2022).
  
• Atler, L. We Need a Better Word Than ‘Walkable.' Treehugger (2019).