Cobenefits of Replacing Car Trips with Alternative Transportation: A Review of Evidence and Methodological Issues
Open Access
- 16 July 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Journal of Environmental and Public Health
- Vol. 2013, 1-14
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/797312
Abstract
It has been reported that motor vehicle emissions contribute nearly a quarter of world energy-related greenhouse gases and cause nonnegligible air pollution primarily in urban areas. Reducing car use and increasing ecofriendly alternative transport, such as public and active transport, are efficient approaches to mitigate harmful environmental impacts caused by a large amount of vehicle use. Besides the environmental benefits of promoting alternative transport, it can also induce other health and economic benefits. At present, a number of studies have been conducted to evaluate cobenefits from greenhouse gas mitigation policies. However, relatively few have focused specifically on the transport sector. A comprehensive understanding of the multiple benefits of alternative transport could assist with policy making in the areas of transport, health, and environment. However, there is no straightforward method which could estimate cobenefits effect at one time. In this paper, the links between vehicle emissions and air quality, as well as the health and economic benefits from alternative transport use, are considered, and methodological issues relating to the modelling of these cobenefits are discussed.Keywords
This publication has 56 references indexed in Scilit:
- Climate change and mosquito-borne diseases in China: a reviewGlobalization and Health, 2013
- Climate Change and Older Americans: State of the ScienceEnvironmental Health Perspectives, 2013
- Summit Discusses Public Health Implications of FrackingEnvironmental Health Perspectives, 2013
- Replacing car trips by increasing bike and public transport in the greater Barcelona metropolitan area: A health impact assessment studyEnvironment International, 2012
- Air Quality and Exercise-Related Health Benefits from Reduced Car Travel in the Midwestern United StatesEnvironmental Health Perspectives, 2012
- Cycling and walking for transport: Estimating net health effects from comparison of different transport mode users' self-reported physical activityHealth Economics Review, 2011
- Considerations about the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of therapies in the treatment of hyperphosphataemiaHealth Economics Review, 2011
- Impact of two recent extreme heat episodes on morbidity and mortality in Adelaide, South Australia: a case-series analysisEnvironmental Health, 2011
- Long-Term Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease Hospitalization and MortalityEnvironmental Health Perspectives, 2011
- Long-Term Effects of Traffic-Related Air Pollution on Mortality in a Dutch Cohort (NLCS-AIR Study)Environmental Health Perspectives, 2008