Editorial-Introduction special issue transport & health in Latin America

Abstract

The role of active transport as part of daily routines, for example, has excited considerable interest for its potential for reducing pathologies associated with sedentarism, overweight and obesity, in journals and at international meetings (Lyn and Sallis, 2018). These have stimulated interest and built closer ties between researchers and practitioners. But links between transport and health go far beyond active transport, raising issues of governance, social equity, urban planning procedures and principles in "normal" and crisis conditions, as previous special issues of this journal have documented, particularly

(Im)Mobility and Health in Santiago de Chile

“…While the interplay of mobility and health is an emerging field of interest in Latin America, current research generally does not consider the role that immobility might play. It tends to consider the manifold impacts that mobility can have on health and also examines eventual implications of inequality by referring to the exposure to road accidents, the risk of harassment and gender violence, and the stress generated by different forms of travel (Sagaris et al, 2020). In general, gender, age, and ethnicity can contribute to exacerbating these issues.…”