BUILDING A NEW PARADIGM: IMPROVING PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH TRANSPORTATION

This feature describes the emerging active living movement, explains the potential health benefits that can result from a transportation system that supports walking and bicycling, articulates the role transportation professionals can play in improving public health and recommends what can be done to create and support an active transportation system. It identifies significant relationships between the built environment and travel choices, progress in building healthier communities and a need for better methods, data and improved multidisciplinary collaboration and decision-making. Following is a summary of a white paper presented at the ITE 2003 Technical Conference and Exhibit, held March 23‐26, 2003 in Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.

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