Health
Consequences of Transport Policies
The
Work Group created a flowchart
that depicts all of the downstream consequences of transport.[During
this mapping exercise, Work Group members noted that the arrows could
also be pointing upstream and between issues/outcomes within the 4 categories
(social determinants, behavioral, clinical, outcome) -- these relationships
are not depicted in the flowchart.]
The way that transport
is built into the physical environment has a profound impact on the
behaviors of people who live in that environment. The most immediate
health consequences are seen in motor vehicle traffic, physical inactivity,
and stress:
motor
vehicle traffic
physical
inactivity
stress
