Active Transportation: Benefitting Health, Safety and Equity
Get the Facts, 2010
By: American Public Health Association, Kate Robb
https://www.apha.org/~/media/files/pdf/topics/transport/apha_active_transportation_fact_sheet_2010.ashx
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Active Transportation
This fact sheet addresses the public health benefits of active transportation. In addition to statistics on obesity and sedentary-lifestyle issues, the sheet notes that public transit users take 30% more steps per day than automobile users.
Built Environment and Health
This fact sheet defines active transportation and shares facts about its impact on health, safety, and equity. It also lists strategies that the American Public Health Association supports to encourage active transportation.