Van Schalkwyk, MCI;
Mindell, JS;
(2018)
Current issues in the impacts of transport on health.
British Medical Bulletin
, 125
(1)
pp. 67-77.
10.1093/bmb/ldx048.
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION OR BACKGROUND: Transport affects health in many ways. Benefits include access to education, employment, goods, services and leisure, and opportunities for incorporating physical activity into daily living. There are major inequalities: benefits generally accrue to wealthier people and harms to the more deprived, nationally and globally. SOURCES OF DATA: Health on the Move 2; Journal of Transport and Health. AREAS OF AGREEMENT: Benefits of travel for access and physical activity. Harms include health impacts of air and noise pollution; injuries and fatalities from falls or collisions; sedentary behaviour with motorized transport; community severance (barrier effect of busy roads and transport infrastructure); global climate change; impacts on inequalities; transport's role in facilitating spread of communicable diseases. AREAS OF CONTROVERSY INCLUDE: Biofuels; cycle safety; driving by older people. GROWING POINTS AND AREAS FOR RESEARCH INCLUDE: Effects of default 20 mph speed limits; impacts of autonomous vehicles on health and inequalities.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Current issues in the impacts of transport on health |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1093/bmb/ldx048 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bmb/ldx048 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | health, inequalities, transport |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Epidemiology and Public Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10041546 |
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