Transportation Health and Safety Policies - Beyond Automobile Crashes and Climate Change
This policy analysis provides a broad view of health and safety impacts of traffic management strategies. Safety objectives of traffic management measures typically revolve around the crash reduction. Long term health threats caused by vehicle emissions are often ignored. In this policy paper, the authors provide an overall picture of health effects of air pollutants emissions, and present a brief history of existing disjoint between environmental, health, and mobility objectives. The authors then provide two case studies showing how transportation operation and management measures could impact public health. In conclusion, the authors provide several insights useful for policymakers to consider health impacts of traffic management measures beyond what affects automobile crashes and climate change.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AME70 Standing Committee on Transportation and Public Health.
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Corporate Authors:
Transportation Research Board
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Authors:
- Hayeri, Yeganeh M
- Vasebi, Saeed
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 100th Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2021-1-5 to 2021-1-29
- Date: 2021
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 14p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Case studies; Exhaust gases; Health; Highway traffic control; Policy
- Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Policy; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01764949
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: TRBAM-21-04223
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Feb 17 2021 7:23PM