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.