Active Transportation in Urban Areas: Exploring Health Benefits and Risks
June 2010
By: National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health
http://www.ncceh.ca/sites/default/files/Active_Transportation_in_Urban_Areas_June_2010.pdf
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This briefing paper reviews the literature on active transportation in urban areas to share the health benefits and risks at the user and community scale. It concludes by sharing ways to promote benefits and mitigate risks and by summarizing the findings in Table 1.