Active Transportation: Benefitting Health, Safety and Equity

Get the Facts, 2010

By: American Public Health Association, Kate Robb

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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.