Course # 41021 Section Number 1 Day(s) M Time(s) 4:30pm-7:20pm Term Spring 2025 Course Instructor Kavi Bhalla Syllabus Syllabus 1/29/25 Governments invest in transport infrastructure because it encourages economic growth and mobility of people and goods, which have direct and indirect benefits to health. Yet, an excessive reliance on motorized modes of transport harms population health, the environment, and social well-being. The impact on population health is substantial: Globally, road traffic crashes kill over 1.3 million annually. Air pollution, to which transport is an important contributor, kills another 3.2 million people. Motorized modes of transport are also an important contributor to sedentary lifestyles. Physical inactivity is estimated to cause 3.2 million deaths every year, globally. This course will introduce students to thinking about transportation as a technological system that affects human health and well-being through intended and unintended mechanisms. The course will examine the complex relationship between transportation, land use, urban form, and geography, and explore how decisions in other sectors affect transportation systems, and how these in turn affect human health. Students will learn to recognize how the system level properties of a range of transportation systems (such as limited-access highways, urban mass transit, inter-city rail) affect human health. Quarter Title Instructor Day(s) Time(s) Syllabus Spring 2025 Health Impacts of Transportation Policies Kavi Bhalla Monday 4:30pm-7:20pm Syllabus Recent News More news Professor Jens Ludwig Analyzes the Use of AI in Econometrics in New Working Paper Wed., April 16, 2025 World’s First Particulate Pollution Market Reduced Pollution and Increased Industry Profits Tue., April 15, 2025 Alumni Profile: Megan Sanders, MPP’24 Mon., April 14, 2025 Upcoming Events More events Harris Policy Innovation Challenge: Creating a Thriving Downtown Chicago Wed., April 16, 2025 | 4:00 PM University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy 1307 E. 60th St. The Keller Center CHICAGO, IL 60637 United States A Conversation with Harris Public Policy Dean Ethan Bueno de Mesquita - New York, New York Thu., April 17, 2025 | 6:00 PM Andaz 5th Avenue 485 5th Avenue New York, NY 10017 United States Ask Admissions: Credential Programs Mon., April 21, 2025 | 7:00 AM