Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2020;14(4):489-498. doi: 10.1353/cpr.2020.0054.
Public transportation is a social determinant of health and is crucial to aspects of health like access to healthcare, employment, and nutrition. Existing health inequities are exacerbated by inefficient or inaccessible public transportation systems.
To provide a detailed analysis of the issues and concerns related to public transportation in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and describe how coalition-building was used to influence positive change in transportation policy.
Members from various organizations aligned with local transit riders to create the Transportation Coalition and advocate for extended night and weekend services for the Winston-Salem public transportation system.
Partnerships between community-based organizations are crucial to identifying and addressing the needs of a community. The Transportation Coalition will continue its work in local public transportation policy. A long-term policy objective is fare-free transit on the city bus system.
公共交通是健康的社会决定因素,对获得医疗保健、就业和营养等方面的健康至关重要。现有的健康不平等现象因低效或无法使用的公共交通系统而加剧。
详细分析北卡罗来纳州温斯顿-塞勒姆市与公共交通有关的问题和关注点,并描述如何利用建立联盟来影响交通政策的积极变化。
来自不同组织的成员与当地的公交乘客联合起来,成立了交通联盟,倡导为温斯顿-塞勒姆公共交通系统提供延长夜间和周末的服务。
社区组织之间的伙伴关系对于确定和满足社区的需求至关重要。交通联盟将继续参与当地的公共交通政策。长期政策目标是在城市公交系统实现免费交通。