[sustran] Re: sustran-discuss V1 #1146

Todd Alexander Litman litman at vtpi.org
Sat Jul 19 08:38:24 JST 2003


See "If Health Matters" (www.vtpi.org/health.pdf), "Active Transportation 
Policy Issues" (www.vtpi.org/act_tran.pdf) and the "Safety Evaluation" 
chapter of our Online TDM Encyclopedia (www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm58.htm) which 
compare these risks.


Best wishes,
-Todd

At 08:51 AM 7/16/2003 +1200, Brent Efford wrote:
>..........
>"Too many cars on congested roads have affected the air quality which
>increases the
>human morbidity further. But this would not put as a result of too many
>cars.
>Best wishes.
>
>Kisan Mehta" ....
>
>In New Zealand (pop 4M, high car usage) the crash toll has been reducing
>while the death rate from emissions is trending up. Both now = 400 deaths pa
>each.
>
>I believe we can identify three levels of road death and injury toll:
>Primary = crashes
>Secondary = motor vehicle emissions
>Tertiary = death and disability from inactivity, obesity etc in a
>car-dependent environment.
>
>Has anyone done research on a casualty model for road traffic combining
>these three factors?
>
>Brent Efford
>User rep, Wgtn Regional Land Transport Cttee
>Co-ordinator, Transport 2000+ NZ
>brent.efford at techmedia.co.nz


Sincerely,
Todd Litman, Director
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
"Efficiency - Equity - Clarity"
1250 Rudlin Street
Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, Canada
Phone & Fax: 250-360-1560
Email: litman at vtpi.org
Website: http://www.vtpi.org




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