The Partnership for Prevention has collaborated with the Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) at UC Berkeley, Booz Allen Hamilton, and the CDC to produce Transportation and Health: Policy Interventions for Safer, Healthier People and Communities.
This report examines the effects of transportation policies on public health in three key areas-environment and environmental public health, community design and active transportation, and motor vehicle-related injuries and fatalities. The report finds that installing streetlights, new sidewalks, and bicycle-friendly infrastructure can have immediate positive effects, and incorporating bicycle boulevards or greenways into comprehensive community plans will likely bring about changes over time.
