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Health Impacts of Low-Carbon Transport in Cities: Evidence for Better Policies
Source: International Transport Forum
Promotes a transition to low-carbon mobility that prioritizes environmental goals and well-being. Offers evidence-based recommendations for integrating health into transport and urban planning, including investing in active transportation and equitable urban development.
Read More >Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Summarizes FHWA programs and funding sources and ways in which health may be advanced within them.
Read More >Source: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Provides data that practitioners can use to identify health impacts of transportation projects and systems.
Read More >Source: American Planning Association (APA)
Identifies policy ideas for local, state, and federally elected officials aimed at improving community health and quality of living through planning.
Read More >Source: Vision Zero Network
Provides an overview of why equity matters in Vision Zero planning.
Read More >How a Public Health Approach to Road Safety Could Save Lives
Source: Governing
Discusses a public health approach to traffic engineering to prevent collisions, injuries, and deaths.
Read More >Complete Streets, Complete Communities Distance Learning Series
Source: Smart Growth America
Offers a seven-module distance learning series on influencing community health outcomes.
Read More >Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Presents PLACES, a repository of searchable county level health data.
Read More >Cycling through the COVID-19 Pandemic to a More Sustainable Transport Future
Source: Sustainability
This article examines the impact of COVID-19 on cycling levels and government policies toward cycling over the period 2019 to 2021.
Read More >Transport impacts on wellbeing and livability:literature summary
Source: NZ Transport Agency
Literature review areas in which transport initiatives can positively affect well-being.
Read More >Source: International Society for Physical Activity and Health
This ISPAH document provides an overview of best evidence which can be used to advocate, inform and lead physical activity policy and discussion.
Read More >Source: World Health Organization
Provides evidence-based public health recommendations for children, adolescents, adults and older adults on the amount of physical activity required to offer significant health benefits and mitigate health risks, including walking and cycling.
Read More >Guidebook and Research Plan to Help Communities Improve Transportation to Health Care Services
Source: TRB Transit Cooperative
Details how to initiate a dialogue between transportation and health care providers and implementing transportation solutions appropriate for patients.
Read More >Source: Transportation Research Board
Serves as a companion piece to the Research Roadmap for Transportation and Public Health and provides additional rationale and background, information supporting the research recommendations, and details on the roadmap development process.
Read More >Source: Highway Safety Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Database of resources, tagged by sub-topics related to planning, policy making, case studies, and more, to support the NCHRP Research Report 932: A Research Roadmap for Transportation and Public Health.
Read More >NCHRP Research Report 932: A Research Roadmap for Transportation and Public Health
Source: Transportation Research Board
Builds upon bodies of work that recognize and act on the connection between health and transportation and provides a plan for funding research over the next decade that considers health issues in transportation contexts.
Read More >Source: Highway Safety Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Presentation of a Research Roadmap for Transportation and Public Health presented at the TRB Conference on Health and Active Travel.
Read More >COVID-19 Resources and Community Tracking for Walking and Bicycling
Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
The COVID-19 pandemic is calling for communities to take immediate action and provide safe spaces and access for walking, biking, and taking transit. There are several groups and researchers tracking these efforts based on crowdsourced information. Organizations that support community efforts are developing resource hubs for more information.
Read More >Source: Buehler, Pucher and Bauman; Journal of Transport and Health, Vol. 16 (March 2020).
This research paper documents changes in rates of walking and bicycling in the United States between 2011 and 2017.
Read More >Source: American Lung Association
Report documents the state of the air, including trends, rankings, and health effects.
Read More >Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Infographic from the CDC outlines health benefits of physical activity.
Read More >Step It Up! The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Promote Walking and Walkable Communities
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Provides strategies that communities can use to support walking, which will hopefully result in long-lasting changes to improve the health and health care of Americans today and of the generations that follow.
Read More >Source: American Public Health Association and Urban Design 4 Health, Inc. for Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
This report outlines how the connection between health and the built environment impacts the pocketbook; it also provides a summary of the process of planning, funding and building transportation systems, and discusses key opportunities for public health professionals to get involved in the process.
Read More >Source: National Center for Safe Routes to School
Provides parents and caregivers an overview of the stages of child development and identifies which walking safety skills to teach along the way.
Read More >Source: Transport Reviews
This article examines the boom in cycling research and publications that has accompanied the rapid growth in cycling infrastructure and cycling levels in Western Europe and the Americas.
Read More >Bicycling and Walking in the United States: 2016 Benchmarking Report
Source: Alliance for Bicycling and Walking, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The Alliance for Biking & Walking has been tracking data across the U.S. to provide a comprehensive snapshot of biking and walking in the U.S.
Read More >Source: American Journal of Public Health (AJPH)
This study examines changes in pedestrian and cyclist fatalities in selected high-income countries, and in fatalities and serious injuries per kilometer by age in the United States and Germany.
Read More >Source: City of Memphis
This report outlines some of the key accomplishments for bicycling the City of Memphis achieved since it began improving conditions for persons riding bikes in 2010. A recap of recently constructed bicycle facilities is included along with other noteworthy milestones such as the City's plans to expand bike facilities through 2018 and key projects like Explore Bike Share.
Read More >Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Riding a bike is fun. It's a great way to get around and to get your daily dose of physical activity. It's good for the environment, and it can save you money. No wonder many communities are encouraging people to ride their bicycles more often!Take a ride with friends or family and decide for yourselves if your neighborhood is a friendly place to ride. If you find problems, see some suggestions of what you can do to make things better.
Read More >Source: Coalition for Smarter Growth
This report addresses age-friendly transportation by focusing on how to improve three key areas of transportation: the pedestrian environment; public transit; and coordinating paratransit, community transportation, and private transportation services.
Read More >Bicycling and Walking in the United States: 2014 Benchmarking Report
Source: Alliance for Biking and Walking
The Report combines original research with over 20 government data sources to compile data on bicycling and walking levels and demographics, safety, funding, policies, and a variety of other metrics.
Read More >Source: Active Living Research
This webinar was jointly presented by ITE and Active Living Research on August 14, 2013.
Read More >Source: Active Living Research
This brief summarizes available evidence about strategies for increasing bicycling levels, including on-street bike lanes, off-street bike paths, and other bicycling infrastructure and educational programs, and offers related policy implications.
Read More >Source: Every Body Walk!
This report outlines the benefits of walking and explores national movements devoted to improving conditions and safety for walking.
Read More >Metropolitan Area Transportation Planning for Healthy Communities
Source: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
The purpose of this white paper is to identify an integrated and flexible approach to how MPOs and their partners can successfully consider health during the transportation planning process.
Read More >Source: American Journal of Public Health
This paper examines trends in walking and bicycling based on data collected in the 2001 and 2009 National Household Travel Surveys.
Read More >Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
This tool is designed to help you conduct an economic assessment of the health benefits of walking or cycling by estimating the value of reduced mortality that results from specified amounts of walking or cycling.
Read More >Source: American Journal of Preventive Medicine
This study estimates differences between Germany and the USA over time in population levels of daily walking and cycling at different health-enhancing thresholds across socio-demographic groups.
Read More >Source: Built Environment
Walking and cycling are the healthiest ways to get around our cities, providing valuable physical activity for people on a daily basis.
Read More >Source: Preventing Chronic Disease
The association between cultural and physical workplace supports for active commuting and employee active commuting behavior.
Read More >Source: Transportation Research Board
In this pilot project, a longitudinal design is used to assess a trail construction impact on active travel behavior and overall physical activity among suburban residents.
Read More >Age-Related Differences in Street-Crossing Safety Before and After Older Pedestrians' Training
The objective of the study was to develop and assess a behavior-training program aimed at enhancing the safety of elderly pedestrians via simulator-based training in street crossing.
Read More >Demographical Changes of European Society and its Impact on Walking and Accessibility of Elderly
Source: Transport Research Centre Brno
Many older people make their journeys by walking however, pedestrian casualty rates are much higher among people over 60 compared with younger adults.
Read More >Risk Factors in Road Crossing Among Elderly Pedestrians and Readiness to Adopt Secure Behavior
This study intends to broaden the understanding of factors involved in risk taking procedure of older pedestrians, and to identify factors related to elderly person's willingness to adopt preventive behavior.
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The objective of the present study was to better understand the underlying age-related changes that lead to these behaviours, with a special focus on perceptual abilities.
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The aim of this study was to describe antecedents and consequences of reducing or giving up cycling in older persons.
Read More >Increasing Physical Activity Through Community Design 2010 Update
Source: National Center for Bicycling & Walking
This guide tells you how to help create places for people to walk and bicycle.
Read More >Source: American Journal of Public Health
This study sought to determine the magnitude, direction, and statistical significance of the relationship between active travel and rates of physical activity, obesity, and diabetes.
Read More >Source: National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health
The aim of this document is to provide Canadian policy makers, transportation engineers and urban planners with an overview of the potential health benefits and risks of active transportation.
Read More >Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The 2010 State Indicator Report provides information on physical activity behavior and policy and environmental supports within each state.
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