Health Related Benefits of Non-motorised Transport: An Application of the Health Economic Assessment Tool of the World Health Organisation to the Case of Trikala, Greece

Skayannis, Pantoleon; Γούδας, Μάριος; Crone, Diane; Cavill, Nick; Kahlmeier, Sonja; Mitsiadi, Vasilena

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-02305-8_95

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“…The performance of NMT infrastructure can be viewed as sustainable when there are good traffic calming and management measures in place, reduced traffic injuries and incidents, improvements in infrastructure, reduction of environmental impacts, enhancement in the quality of life and health of users, as well as benefits to the functionality of the city (Vanderschuren 2012;Skayannis et al 2018). Therefore, the evaluation of the performance of NMT projects was considered based on the following indicators by authors Kenworthy (2006), Vanderschuren (2012), Vanderschuren et al (2015), Mokitimi and Vanderschuren (2016), and Baufeldt and Vanderschuren (2017): Q Level of usage of the facilities -sustainable NMT mobility considers the fact that NMT has a robust desire line approach, which is based on identifying the shortest and most used paths.…”

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“…Other aspects included accessibility of the infrastructure to all, including the disabled (sidewalks with wheelchair access and ramps) and community involvement in maintenance. These items further build on existing contexts identified in literature as performance measures for NMT infrastructure (Kenworthy 2006;Vanderschuren 2012;Vanderschuren et al 2015;Mokitimi & Vanderschuren 2016;Skayannis et al 2018).…”

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Optimising sustainable mobility: A performance assessment of non-motorised transport infrastructure in Johannesburg, South Africa

Okoro¹,

Lawani²

2022

J. S. Afr. Inst. Civ. Eng.

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Transportation systems are somewhat incomplete without integrating non-motorised transport (NMT) facilities to ensure safety, security, convenience, productivity and reduced environmental impact from such projects. This study examined the performance of NMT infrastructure and services provided to ensure smart transport and mobility in Johannesburg, South Africa. Two projects were identified as case studies, and a total of 21 semi-structured, open-ended interviews were conducted with residents and other road users in the vicinity of the projects to enable the acquisition of relevant information. Data was analysed using thematic content analysis supported with Atlas-ti software. Findings revealed that, although the facilities are in good condition and adequately maintained, the usage level is low. Incidents of poor safety and security were reported. Nevertheless, new value-added businesses operate along the routes and users indicated some satisfaction with their travel experience. To achieve value creation where NMTs are provided, it is crucial to ensure that the "smartness" of the cities is achieved and sustained. The practical implication of this study is the provision of invaluable information towards assisting road and NMT infrastructure stakeholders in improving the planning and delivery of sustainable transport infrastructure. Future studies will benefit from using more case study projects to strengthen these findings further and improve the generalisability.

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Optimising sustainable mobility: A performance assessment of non-motorised transport infrastructure in Johannesburg, South Africa

Okoro¹,

Lawani²

2022

J. S. Afr. Inst. Civ. Eng.

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“…Sustainable urban mobility as a critical issue faced by cities globally, needs restructuring toward non-motorized modes and physical activity with multiple beneficial and positive effects on the function of the city and human health (Skayannis et al 2017(Skayannis et al , 2018. Active transport modes such as walking or cycling pose one of the most promising solutions to cope with increasing challenges arising from motorized transportation (Hackl et al 2019).…”

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Toward Active Transport as a Utilitarian and Recreational Form of Sustainable Urban Mobility

Arbab

Martínez

Amer

et al. 2020

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

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The ongoing growth of motorized transport modes poses serious challenges to urban environments such as air and noise pollution, adverse health impacts, and improper allocation of space in the city. Over time, the paradigms of transport planning have shifted gradually toward active transport as a utilitarian and recreational form of sustainable urban mobility with desirable ecological, economical, and social properties. Active travel modes, concerning the physical activity of locomotion, generally include walking and bicycling, which have environmental benefits such as a decrease of carbon and reduction of traffic congestions. Besides, active transport, as a form of an active lifestyle, is one of the most usual physical activities which have numerous benefits regarding health and wellbeing, including reducing risk factors of chronic diseases, such as overweight and obesity, and increasing happiness, contentment, and engagement. Therefore, active transport has been increasingly considered in transportation and urban planning studies as an alternative for motorized transport and a sedentary lifestyle. Studies have shown that the built environment can facilitate active transport by walking or cycling to destinations and accordingly contributes to residents' physical activity. Hence, this study aims to explore and explain the association between the built environment and active transport by urban residents through a literature review. Insights such as there are important natural/physical and macro/micro environmental characteristics that encourage the tendency for active transport as well as socioeconomic and sociodemographic attributes differently affect this indicative relationship, are subsumed in a conceptual framework that can guide future empirical studies.

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Demand side climate change mitigation actions and SDGs: literature review with systematic evidence search

Roy

Some

Das

et al. 2021

Environ. Res. Lett.

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To strengthen current discourse on acceleration and scale up of the emissions mitigation actions by sector-specific demand side actions, information on the intersection of three dimensions becomes useful. First, what kind of actions help in avoiding, shifting and improving demand for activities/services and resultant emissions to help in deciding choices for actions; second, how these three categories of actions are linked to the wider impact on human wellbeing represented by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework; and third, who are the actors associated with these mitigation actions. These three steps become important in the targeted scaling up of actions through policy interventions. This study undertakes a review of the literature between 2015 and 2020 with systematic evidence searching and screening. The literature search has been conducted in Scopus Database. From over 6887 literature in the initial search, 294 relevant literature were finally reviewed to link demand side interventions of avoid-shift-improve (ASI) categories to SDGs. It also maps these actions to actors who can lead the changes. Results show that a wide range of improvement actions are already helping in incremental steps to reduce demand and emissions in various services like mobility, shelter and industrial products. However, ASI categories provide more distinct mitigation actions. All actions need support of innovation, infrastructure development and industrialization. Actions that interact with several SDGs include active mode of transport, passive building design, cleaner cooking, and circular economy. Positive links of these actions to multiple SDGs are overall very strong; however, few trade-offs have been observed. These are mostly related to distributional impact across social groups which highlight the need for policy attention and hard infrastructure design changes. Mitigation and wider benefit outcomes cannot be achieved by individual or household level actions alone. They require the involvement of multiple actors, interconnected actions in sequence as well as in parallel, and support of hard infrastructure. Our results show that in mobility services, policy makers supported by spatial planners and service delivery providers are the major actors. In industry, major actors are policy makers followed by spatial planners and innovators. For buildings, key actors include spatial planners followed by policy makers. Besides these, strategic information sharing to enhance user awareness and education plays an important role in shaping behaviour. Digitalization, information and communication, and interactive technologies will play a significant role in understanding and modifying people’s choices; however, these would also require regulatory attention.

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Health Related Benefits of Non-motorised Transport: An Application of the Health Economic Assessment Tool of the World Health Organisation to the Case of Trikala, Greece

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Optimising sustainable mobility: A performance assessment of non-motorised transport infrastructure in Johannesburg, South Africa

Optimising sustainable mobility: A performance assessment of non-motorised transport infrastructure in Johannesburg, South Africa

Toward Active Transport as a Utilitarian and Recreational Form of Sustainable Urban Mobility

Demand side climate change mitigation actions and SDGs: literature review with systematic evidence search

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