Share: Essential Evidence
Top line: Transport interventions have important potential impacts on health and health inequalities and these need to be better understood by policy makers and practitioners if unintended harm is not to be inflicted on population or sub-population groups.
Top line: Personalised journey planning can increase awareness of alternative modes to car use and change travel behaviour even among those with a strong car habit.
Top line: There is strong evidence that pedometer users increase steps taken by an average of over 2000 steps more than among those not using pedometers.
Top line: Increased emphasis on improving the physical and built environment, and addressing parental concerns about children’s safety, are important determinants of children’s physical activity and fitness levels.
Top line: Lowering speed limits in urban areas in Sweden has reduced injuries to cyclists and pedestrians by 50 percent.
Top line: in Denmark improving the modal share of walking and cycling among children is strongly associated with reducing motor traffic speeds along routes to schools.
West of England
