SHAPING TRANSPORT AND HEALTH POLICY: A CASE STUDY IN THE BOSTON METROPOLITAN AREA, MASSACHUSETTS, USA

By the mid-1960s, the Greater Boston public transport system, the first of its kind in the USA, and one of the most extensive per unit of population, was in serious decline. During the late 1960s and 1970s, there was an intense public debate about the appropriate transport policies to address congestion, environmental, and health concerns. In the 1970s, local transport policies were implemented, aiming to reverse the dominance of single-occupant cars, and complemented by national measures to increase fuel efficiency and reduce pollutant emissions from new cars. These policies partly succeeded, but substantial problems remained. Five lessons were learned from this experience. Considerations of urban health and well-being can contribute significantly to transport policy. Transport policy can address problems of congestion and health impacts effectively, only if accompanied by strong and effective regional land use management and control. Such policies should not be found mainly on issues of congestion and health in the urban core. Transport costs can effectively deter rapidly increasing traffic.

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• Authors:
  • GREENBAUM, D S
• Conference:
  • HEALTH AT THE CROSSROADS. TRANSPORT POLICY AND URBAN HEALTH. LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE FIFTH ANNUAL PUBLIC HEALTH FORUM
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 243-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Conferences; Consumer preferences; Diseases and medical conditions; Health; Land use; Mode choice; Policy; Pollutants; Public transit; Traffic congestion; Transportation; Travel demand
• Uncontrolled Terms: Traffic relief
• Geographic Terms: United States
• ITRD Terms: 287: Attractiveness (transp); 1243: Car; 8525: Conference; 2442: Emission; 2144: Health; 356: Land use; 2154: Medical aspects; 173: Policy; 2431: Pollutant; 744: Public transport; 631: Traffic relief; 1155: Transport; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Policy; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00736286
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-471-96272-4
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: May 30 1997 12:00AM