What is it about?
Active transportation (AT; walking, cycling) provides substantial health benefits. Physical activity benefits exceed traffic-associated collision/emission detriments. Net benefits are independent of geographical context or HIA modeling assumptions.
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Why is it important?
Health benefits of cycling&walking outweigh injury and air pollution risks. Differences in health benefits from AT exist for age, sex and ethnicity.
Perspectives
Health impact assessment (HIA) can estimate impacts of transportation on health.
Professor Luc Int Panis
Flemish Institute for Technological Research
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This page is a summary of: Health impact assessment of active transportation: A systematic review, Preventive Medicine, July 2015, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.04.010.
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