Impacts of urban transport

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This assessment estimates the impacts of urban transport. It currently focuses on health impacts (air pollution, accidents, physical activity) and greenhouse gas emissions (CO₂ emissions), but the assessment may be expanded later. The model file is Impacts of urban transport.ANA.

Scope

Purpose

What are the health and climate impacts of urban transport?

Boundaries

Urban area of a random city
Years 2010, 2030

Scenarios

Scenarios for year 2030:^[1]

Business as usual: no additional greenhouse gas policies.
Lower-carbon-emission motor vehicles: reducing the emission factors from motor vehicles.
Increased active travel: a large increase in cycling, a doubling in the distance walked, and a reduction in car use with a small reduction in road freight.
Towards sustainable transport: combined the lower-emission motor vehicles from the lower-carbon-emission motor vehicles scenario, and the low car use and longer distances walked and cycled from the increased active travel scenario.
Short-distance active travel: included the same low-car use as in the increased active travel scenario but with half the rise in distances walked and cycled because of shorter distances and reduced travel times.

Intended use and users

Mega case study users
City-level policy-makers

Participants

This is an open assessment. Anyone can participate.

Definition

File:Impacts of urban transport.PNG

Generic causal diagram for impacts of urban transport.

Decision variables

See scenarios above.

Indicators

Burden of disease

Value variables

Other variables

Analyses

Indices

Year
Sex
Pollutant
City
Mode (of transportation)

Result

Results

Conclusions

References

↑ Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: urban land transport. James Woodcock, Phil Edwards, Cathryn Tonne, Ben G Armstrong, Olu Ashiru, David Banister, Sean Beevers, Zaid Chalabi, Zohir Chowdhury, Aaron Cohen, Oscar H Franco, Andy Haines, Robin Hickman, Graeme Lindsay, Ishaan Mittal, Dinesh Mohan, Geetam Tiwari, Alistair Woodward, Ian Roberts. Published Online November 25, 2009. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61714-1

[WoodcockLancet-1] Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: urban land transport. James Woodcock, Phil Edwards, Cathryn Tonne, Ben G Armstrong, Olu Ashiru, David Banister, Sean Beevers, Zaid Chalabi, Zohir Chowdhury, Aaron Cohen, Oscar H Franco, Andy Haines, Robin Hickman, Graeme Lindsay, Ishaan Mittal, Dinesh Mohan, Geetam Tiwari, Alistair Woodward, Ian Roberts. Published Online November 25, 2009. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61714-1

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