TravelSMART Schools: There Really Is A Better Way To Go!
Price
Free (open access)
Transaction
Volume
72
Pages
10
Published
2004
Size
342 kb
Paper DOI
10.2495/SC040641
Copyright
WIT Press
Author(s)
G. Di Pietro & I. Hughes
Abstract
A recent travel study showed that 76% of personal travel in Melbourne is undertaken by private vehicle, with only 16% by walking, 6% by public transport and 2% by bicycle [1]. This love affair with the motorcar and dependence upon personalised motorised travel is having an enormous impact on personal, community and environmental health. There is evidence that vehicle exhaust emissions are contributing to an enhanced greenhouse effect, resulting in climate changes and other environmental impacts [2]. From a personal and community health perspective being a frequent passenger in a car is translating into a population with significant levels of obesity, diabetes, asthma and cardiovascular diseases. Health behaviours adopted in childhood are often carried through to adulthood [3]. The complexity of traffic, particularly around school zones at drop off and pick up
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