Share: Essential Evidence
Top line: A high quality intervention study has showed that self help materials can increase walking to and from work. Twenty five per cent of the initial intervention group, who were contemplating or preparing to actively commute at baseline, were regularly walking to work one year post intervention.
Top line: investment in walking and cycle track networks in three Norwegian cities seems to be highly beneficial to society since net benefit/cost ratios in these cities were approximately 4:1, 14:1 and 3:1, respectively (ie highly positive).1
Top line: Transport strategy and guidance requires a greater understanding of the range of health impacts arising from transport in order to deliver a sustainable transport system. The public health evidence base can help inform both national and local strategies.
Top line: Population-level efforts to increase non-leisure physical activity, particularly active transport, are sorely needed as a means of help promote and maintain active lifestyles. Walking to and from public transport stops can help physically inactive populations attain the recommended level of daily physical activity.
Top line: Road transport is the chief source of the emissions responsible for respiratory related deaths in England. Reducing particulate emissions from motor vehicles could significantly reduce the number of such deaths.
Top line: Feeling safe during both day and night potentially has the largest effect on population levels of physical activity.
West of England
