About IPATH
Mission
The International Professional Association for Transport & Health (IPATH) is a platform for cross-disciplinary and multi-sector professionals working at the intersection of transport and health. The aim of IPATH is to share information, exchange ideas, and foster collaboration to improve health, quality of life and well-being in communities by advocating for the integration of health in the urban and transport planning agendas.
A Vision for the Future
The International Professional Association for Transport & Health (IPATH) is a platform for cross-disciplinary and multi-sector professionals working at the intersection of transport and health. The aim of IPATH is to share information, exchange ideas, and foster collaboration to improve health, quality of life and well-being in communities by advocating for the integration of health in the urban and transport planning agendas.
A Vision for the Future
- To create an accepted professional discipline of transport and health
- To support and encourage research and best practices aimed at integrating health into the transport and urban planning and strategic decision-making processes
- To build a cohesive community of cross-disciplinary and multi-sector professionals
- As a professional organization, IPATH is committed to providing its members with the most up-to-date information in the field of transport and health. Below are administrative documents that may be of interest. This information will continue to grow. Please make sure to check out The Right Path monthly newsletter for additional resources.
History
The International Professional Association for Transport & Health (IPATH) was created October 2016, in an effort to bring together a diverse group of professionals working at the intersection of transport and health. Many of the initial members had been delegates of the inaugural International Conference on Transport & Health (ICTH) 2015-London and those who attended a general meeting organized at the conclusion of the conference by the Transport & Health Study Group (THSG).
Transport and Health Science Group
The Transport and Health Science Group (THSG) is an independent society of public health and transport practitioners and researchers committed to understanding and addressing the links between transport policies and health and promoting a healthy transport system. We were founded in the late 1980s by Dr. Stephen Morton.
The publication, “Health on the Move” authored by THSG under its former name the Transport & Health Study Group was the first definitive account of the relationship between transport and health. THSG later contributed to “Road Transport and Health” by the British Medical Association. Our recent e-book, Health on the Move 2, is a definitive scientific and policy account of transport and health. We have links to the Journal of Transport and Health, the Professional Association for Transport and Health, the Partnership for Active Travel, Transport and Health and the Transport Special Interest Group of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom.
In 2018, IPATH and THSG entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in an effort to bring continuity to a global initiative to integrate quality of life, health and well-being into the transport culture.
The International Professional Association for Transport & Health (IPATH) was created October 2016, in an effort to bring together a diverse group of professionals working at the intersection of transport and health. Many of the initial members had been delegates of the inaugural International Conference on Transport & Health (ICTH) 2015-London and those who attended a general meeting organized at the conclusion of the conference by the Transport & Health Study Group (THSG).
Transport and Health Science Group
The Transport and Health Science Group (THSG) is an independent society of public health and transport practitioners and researchers committed to understanding and addressing the links between transport policies and health and promoting a healthy transport system. We were founded in the late 1980s by Dr. Stephen Morton.
The publication, “Health on the Move” authored by THSG under its former name the Transport & Health Study Group was the first definitive account of the relationship between transport and health. THSG later contributed to “Road Transport and Health” by the British Medical Association. Our recent e-book, Health on the Move 2, is a definitive scientific and policy account of transport and health. We have links to the Journal of Transport and Health, the Professional Association for Transport and Health, the Partnership for Active Travel, Transport and Health and the Transport Special Interest Group of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom.
In 2018, IPATH and THSG entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in an effort to bring continuity to a global initiative to integrate quality of life, health and well-being into the transport culture.
IPATH Board of Directors
IPATH began with a small Board of Directors (BOD) focused on setting up the administrative and operational regulatory documents needed to serve as the structural foundation of the organization. This board worked on several communication and marketing efforts, in addition to becoming actively involved with ICTH. Several of the original board members continued for a second two-year term in 2018 to assist with organic growth. As a result, the decision was made to submit the legal paperwork to convert IPATH to a nonprofit entity, which was completed and approved by the state of Michigan, May 2019.
As the BOD heads into 2020, there is renewed energy to fully develop an integrated fiscal and marketing strategic plan that will guide the organization. Our goal is on collaborative partnerships, member services and financial solvency.
IPATH began with a small Board of Directors (BOD) focused on setting up the administrative and operational regulatory documents needed to serve as the structural foundation of the organization. This board worked on several communication and marketing efforts, in addition to becoming actively involved with ICTH. Several of the original board members continued for a second two-year term in 2018 to assist with organic growth. As a result, the decision was made to submit the legal paperwork to convert IPATH to a nonprofit entity, which was completed and approved by the state of Michigan, May 2019.
As the BOD heads into 2020, there is renewed energy to fully develop an integrated fiscal and marketing strategic plan that will guide the organization. Our goal is on collaborative partnerships, member services and financial solvency.