[H+T--Friends] Health Transportation Resource by WHO

Season's greetings everyone! This new WHO resource may be of interest to you. Eloisa ________________________________ The World Health Organization just released a new health benefits report entitled Health in the Green Economy - Transport Sector. The cost is $36. Visit http://www.whopress.us/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=313310 to learn more. "This report makes an important contribution to the transport, planning, health and climate change literature by sign-posting the need to assess co-benefits and co-costs of transport and land use planning interventions. With reference to the IPPC work, many of the implications of a technology-linked transport sector emissions mitigation agenda for public health - considered very broadly - were identified." - Ryan Falconer, Agitator for better transport outcomes , ARUP Cycling, walking and rapid transit systems are associated with a wide range of health benefits that need to be reflected more systematically in transport and development policies. Health benefits may include: reduced risk of heart disease, some cancers, type 2 diabetes, and some obesity-related risks from more physical activity; reduced health risks from urban air pollution; reduced traffic injury risks and less noise stress. Rapid transit, walking and cycling systems also improve access to vital jobs, services and opportunities and ease the mobility of vulnerable groups, such as children, people with disabilities, and older adults, enhancing health equity. This report, part of the Health in the Green Economy series, considers evidence regarding health co-benefits, and risks, of climate change mitigation strategies for transport, as reviewed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.