Leveraging the Health Benefits of Active Transportation: Creating an Actionable Agenda for Transportation Professionals

The evidence of the health benefits from walking and bicycling is mounting, and many initiatives showcase how public health and transportation professionals have been working together to make communities more pedestrian, bicycle, and transit friendly. Transportation planning, funding, and engineering can benefit from expanding the agenda to include health. A review of the research reveals ways to incorporate health considerations into transportation planning and design.

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  http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/167474.aspx
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• Authors:
  • Sandt, Laura
  • 0000-0001-9468-7891
  • Pullen-Seufert, Nancy
  • LaJeunesse, Seth
  • Gelinne, Dan
• Publication Date: 2012-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos; References;
• Pagination: pp 18-25
• Serial:
  • TR News
  • Issue Number: 280
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0738-6826

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycling; Health; Transportation planning; Walking
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01375590
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 17 2012 2:01PM