Why is a health system interested in active transportation? Welcome to Transportation Techies Meetup, hosted at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health, Washington, DC USA
2. Looking at the numbers
How
much $
% US
GDP
Number of
workers
Proportion of total US
workforce (145 million)
% of green house
gas emissions
Health Care
2.7
Trillion
18%
16 million
11%
8%
Food System
1.8
Trillion
13%
20 million
17%
7%
Transportation
1.4
Trillion
9.8%
11 million
8%
28%
Public
Transportation
0.054 0.00037%
Trillion
0.4
million
0.3%
?
Check my work! see https://delicious.com/tedeytan/comparison for sources
3. Why.
Kaiser Steel Mill, 1940’s
Ad in Fontana (CA) newspaper
about Kaiser Steel’s pollution
abatement efforts, circa 1956.
“Ordered to make it the cleanest in the United States”
Source: http://kaiserpermanentehistory.org/latest/kp-working-toward-cleaner-air/; http://kaiserpermanentehistory.org/latest/kaiser-permanente-andearth-day-2010-it’s-in-our-dna/
4. Why.
“Dream Grounds for a Dream Hospital”
Source: http://kasierpermanentehistory.org ; Joe Bialowitz, MS, HEM, Senior Environmental Stewardship Consultant, Kaiser Permanente
5. Why.
“Showcases of modern, green hospital design”
Source: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130819005270/en/Mazzetti-Congratulates-Kaiser-Permanente-Opening-Westside-Medical ;
http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/scal/2012/011712sandiegosolar.html