Transportation and Health provides state-of-the-art knowledge on the many linkages between transport and health, the available tools needed to estimate and evaluate the health impacts of transport, future technologies, the developments that can change the direction and magnitude of the health impacts, and the policy and education issues that can result in better practice and knowledge translation. The book provides valuable information on how and why to take health into consideration in transport planning and policy, showing how to estimate the impacts of transport on health in planning, policymaking, education and workforce development.
1. Part I: Introduction and setting - p. xv 2. Chapter one. Transport and health; an introduction - p. 3 3. Part II: Transport and effects on health - p. 26 4. Chapter two. Perspectives on road safety through the lens of traffic crashes in the United States - p. 35 5. Chapter three. Traffic, air pollution, and health - p. 59 6. Chapter four. Transport, noise, and health - p. 105 7. Chapter five. Active transportation, physical activity, and health - p. 133 8. Chapter six. Public transport and health - p. 149 9. Chapter seven. Transport and community severance - p. 175 10. Chapter eight. A justice perspective on transport and health - p. 197 11. Part III: Recent and future developments - p. 218 12. Chapter nine. New transport technologies and health - p. 225 13. Chapter ten. Bike-sharing systems and health - p. 239 14. Chapter eleven. E-bikes—good for public health? - p. 251 15. Chapter twelve. Active transport to and from school - p. 267 16. Part IV: Tools and design - p. 283 17. Chapter thirteen. Intervention studies in transport and emerging evidence - p. 293 18. Chapter fourteen. Health impact assessment of transport planning and policy - p. 309 19. Chapter fifteen. The WHO health economic assessment tool for walking and cycling: how to quantify impacts of active mobility - p. 329 20. Chapter sixteen. Incorporating health impacts in transportation project decision-making in the United States - p. 343 21. Chapter seventeen. Community design, street networks, and public health - p. 371 22. Part V: Policy education and workforce - p. 386 23. Chapter eighteen. Barriers and enablers to change in transport and health - p. 391 24. Chapter nineteen. Moving to health transport: the drivers of transformational change - a view from Scotland - p. 407 25. Chapter twenty. The role of cross-disciplinary education, training, and workforce development at the intersection of transportation and health - p. 423 26. Part VI: Conclusions - p. 448 27. Chapter twenty one. Transport and health; present and future - p. 453 28. Index - p. 469
Transportation and Health provides state-of-the-art knowledge on the many linkages between transport and health, the available tools needed to estimate and evaluate the health impacts of transport, future technologies, the developments that can change the direction and magnitude of the health impacts, and the policy and education issues that can result in better practice and knowledge translation. The book provides valuable information on how and why to take health into consideration in transport planning and policy, showing how to estimate the impacts of transport on health in planning, policymaking, education and workforce development.
1. Part I: Introduction and setting - p. xv 2. Chapter one. Transport and health; an introduction - p. 3 3. Part II: Transport and effects on health - p. 26 4. Chapter two. Perspectives on road safety through the lens of traffic crashes in the United States - p. 35 5. Chapter three. Traffic, air pollution, and health - p. 59 6. Chapter four. Transport, noise, and health - p. 105 7. Chapter five. Active transportation, physical activity, and health - p. 133 8. Chapter six. Public transport and health - p. 149 9. Chapter seven. Transport and community severance - p. 175 10. Chapter eight. A justice perspective on transport and health - p. 197 11. Part III: Recent and future developments - p. 218 12. Chapter nine. New transport technologies and health - p. 225 13. Chapter ten. Bike-sharing systems and health - p. 239 14. Chapter eleven. E-bikes—good for public health? - p. 251 15. Chapter twelve. Active transport to and from school - p. 267 16. Part IV: Tools and design - p. 283 17. Chapter thirteen. Intervention studies in transport and emerging evidence - p. 293 18. Chapter fourteen. Health impact assessment of transport planning and policy - p. 309 19. Chapter fifteen. The WHO health economic assessment tool for walking and cycling: how to quantify impacts of active mobility - p. 329 20. Chapter sixteen. Incorporating health impacts in transportation project decision-making in the United States - p. 343 21. Chapter seventeen. Community design, street networks, and public health - p. 371 22. Part V: Policy education and workforce - p. 386 23. Chapter eighteen. Barriers and enablers to change in transport and health - p. 391 24. Chapter nineteen. Moving to health transport: the drivers of transformational change - a view from Scotland - p. 407 25. Chapter twenty. The role of cross-disciplinary education, training, and workforce development at the intersection of transportation and health - p. 423 26. Part VI: Conclusions - p. 448 27. Chapter twenty one. Transport and health; present and future - p. 453 28. Index - p. 469
