Madison Public Health Mobility Ecosystem
This ecosystem includes the public health agencies, transportation systems, housing supports, climate resilience programs, community resources, and participation pathways shaping how people move through Madison and access the conditions that support health.
Scope
This map focuses on the intersection of public health, mobility access, housing stability, climate resilience, transportation planning, emergency preparedness, and community wellbeing across Madison and Dane County.
Why this ecosystem exists
Public health outcomes are shaped by more than clinical care. Transportation access, housing stability, climate risk, neighborhood infrastructure, emergency preparedness, and environmental conditions all influence whether people can move safely, reach services, and participate in community life.
Actor categories
Public health agencies
Departments responsible for community health, environmental health, emergency preparedness, health equity, and public health planning.
Transportation access systems
Transit, active transportation, paratransit, and mobility planning actors shaping access to work, care, food, school, and services.
Housing and human services
Programs supporting housing stability, homelessness response, utilities, social services, and basic-needs navigation.
Climate resilience actors
Agencies and coalitions addressing heat, flooding, air quality, emergency response, and climate-related health risks.
Community resource networks
Organizations and access points helping residents navigate food, housing, healthcare, transportation, and other supports.
Participation pathways
Community health planning, advisory processes, resource navigation systems, public meetings, and neighborhood-level engagement.
Key public health actors
Public health agencies connect community wellbeing, environmental health, emergency preparedness, and health equity work across Madison and Dane County.
Public Health Madison & Dane County
Works with the community to enhance, protect, and promote the health of the environment and the wellbeing of all people in Madison and Dane County.
Public Health Madison & Dane County Emergency Preparedness
Supports preparedness and response systems for public health emergencies, including climate-related disruptions and community resilience needs.
Dane County Department of Human Services
Connects residents to human services, housing support, aging and disability resources, behavioral health supports, and basic-needs systems.
Mobility and access actors
Mobility systems shape whether residents can reach healthcare, work, school, food, public services, parks, and social support networks.
Madison Metro Transit
Provides public transit service connecting residents to employment, healthcare, education, public services, and regional activity centers.
City of Madison Transportation Department
Coordinates multimodal transportation planning affecting pedestrian access, bike networks, transit corridors, street safety, and mobility equity.
Madison Area Transportation Planning Board (MPO)
Connects regional transportation planning, federal funding priorities, and long-range mobility strategy across the metropolitan area.
Paratransit and accessible mobility systems
Support transportation access for disabled residents, older adults, and people whose mobility needs are not fully met by fixed-route systems.
Housing and resource access actors
Housing stability, utility access, food security, and basic-needs navigation are central to public health mobility because they shape the conditions from which people move through the city.
United Way of Dane County 211
Serves as a resource navigation pathway for housing, food, healthcare, utilities, transportation, and other community support needs.
Homeless Services Consortium of Dane County
Coordinates homelessness response and connects housing instability work with public health, human services, and community support systems.
Tenant Resource Center
Provides tenant support, housing stability information, eviction prevention resources, and rental rights guidance.
Project Home
Supports home repairs, accessibility modifications, and weatherization improvements that affect housing stability, safety, and health.
Climate, health, and equity actors
Climate impacts interact with health, housing, mobility, and community infrastructure. Dane County climate-health-equity work has identified transportation, housing, childcare, and health as interconnected concerns.
Dane County Office of Energy & Climate Change
Coordinates climate action work that intersects with transportation emissions, energy access, resilience planning, and health-related climate impacts.
YWCA Madison
Participated in local climate, health, and equity assessment work focused on community feedback and BIPOC perspectives.
Sustain Dane
Supports sustainability and climate action work connecting organizations, residents, and community partners across Dane County.
Coordination hubs
Coordination hubs are institutions where health, mobility, housing, climate resilience, and community access systems converge.
- Public Health Madison & Dane County
- Dane County Department of Human Services
- Madison Metro Transit
- City of Madison Transportation Department
- United Way of Dane County 211
- Dane County Office of Energy & Climate Change
Related organizational coordination landscapes
Some organizations inside this ecosystem are represented through internal coordination landscapes that show how programs, initiatives, and partnerships interact across departments and regional systems.
Participation pathways
Residents, community organizations, public agencies, and service providers participate through health planning, transportation processes, resource navigation systems, climate resilience work, and housing support networks.
Public health planning
Community health assessments, public health initiatives, advisory processes, and emergency preparedness efforts.
Transportation planning
Public meetings, corridor planning, transit feedback, pedestrian safety efforts, and regional mobility engagement.
Community resource navigation
211, nonprofit referral systems, housing assistance pathways, and public agency service connections.
Climate resilience engagement
Community conversations, sustainability programs, emergency preparedness work, and environmental health initiatives.
Adjacent ecosystems
Public health mobility connects directly with several overlapping coordination environments in Madison.
Health outcomes are shaped by transportation access, housing stability, climate resilience, energy affordability, watershed conditions, and neighborhood land use patterns.
Map status
This ecosystem map is an initial structural overview and will expand as additional health equity initiatives, transportation access programs, climate resilience pathways, organizational landscapes, and community resource networks are documented.