Active travel is a "best buy" for improving health. Commuting by cycling reduces incidence of, and mortality from, heart disease and cancer by over 30% in a dose dependent manner5 and reduces sick days and depression.6 People don't swap from their car to active travel because cars are ...
More positively active travel for adults has increased but inequalities have widened. There was a 5 percent increase in walking trips per year for those on the lowest incomes and 14 percent increase for those on the highest incomes between 2010 and 2018. ...
Countries with the highest levels of active travel have the lowest obesity rates. This is particularly marked in China where men who acquired a vehicle experienced a 1.8kg greater weight gain than those who relied on more active modes of transport. In the UK, there have been a number of ...
Active travel (walking or cycling for transport) can generate personal and environmental benefits. We determined the frequency of participation in walking or cycling active travel by age and sex, as well as used multivariate analysis to find correlations with many other factors using a large cross...
Sustrans is a UK sustainable transport charity, supporting travel in ways that benefit people's health and the environment. They publish a number of information sheets on providing facilities for sustainable transport methods. 2 Cathedral Square College Green Bristol Sustrans UK Website: www.sustrans...
Saracen Street was included as part of the Inner North Delivery Area of the wider City Network of high quality cycle routes across Glasgow, set out in the Active Travel Strategy. The Key Design Principles for the City Network are: Enable direct clear active journeys to everywhere in Glasgow fo...
The participation in active travel behaviour has a direct relationship with all trip characteristics such as travel time and distance, and trip purpose. Furthermore active travel behaviour is related to the age of the child and the car possession of the household. The degree of urbanization has ...
facilities, jobs, quality of life and surroundings residents need to flourish in the future and live good lives. We work closely with Devon County Council on active travel projects - a partnership which has included the delivery of more than 50km of new cycleways in the area over the past ...
“With infection rates across Greater Manchester rising and all but essential travel advised in Oldham and Bolton, these simple measures can have a big impact – so let’s work together to stop the spread.”
As a cancer survivor on the cusp of turning 70, Steves acknowledges that his role as an active travel leader is evolving. FromSalon Heavy earthmoving equipment had been driven off road, large perennial shrubs were uprooted and an acre under active restoration was razed by bulldozer, the letters...