Lecture 28: Kim dirks transport lecture

Question 1

What is the commuter environment

Answer 1

The built environment related specifically to facilitate people moving around. Influences travel behaviours therefore indirectly health

Question 2

Describe 3 levels of factors that the commuter environment influences
transport mode and route choice

Answer 2

-Individual level factors: time to wake up, fitness level,
-Upstream factors:
Bus timetabling/routes, bike/car storage,
-Environmental factors:
Hills, Walkability, Safety, Weather

Question 3

What will make cycling more attractive for most people

Answer 3

1. Low traffic volume at low speed on residential streets, 2.Separate cycleway on motorway and
2. mixed land use so everything close to home.

Question 4

Identify the ways in which travel mode and route choice impact on
health and well-being (air pollution exposure and exercise)

Answer 4

Despite Active forms of transport (cycling, walking/running) having fitness as a health benefit, when taking into account breathing rate and travel time, Walk bike run has the highest dose of air pollution

Question 5

What is the trend in air pollution exposure with relation to the centre line

Answer 5

Air pollution concentration decreases the further away from road centre line.

Question 6

Describe some structural ways that air pollution exposure for active modes of transport can be minimised

Answer 6

Separation of the cycleway from the centreline +3m =pedestrians and cyclists have same level of air pollution dose as car.

• Noise barriers can reduce air pollution for cycleways parallel to motorway
• Moving the bus stop from intersections, means less polluted air trapped inside the bus

Question 7

Discuss ways in which an individual can minimize adverse health impacts

Answer 7

Which side of the street you walk: pollution worse on busy side and queued cars vs free flow.
Walking through a park- more separation from road better

Question 8

Discuss features of urban planning that are health promoting with respect to travel and encourage ‘healthy choices’

Answer 8

Big structures:
Bus & bike only lane on motorway, Innercity rail link , T2/3 lanes

Small changes: changing phasing of traffic lights to favour pedestrians: walkability

Programmes: Walking school bus: safety skills, need volunteers tho

Question 9

As well as being affordable and efficient, an important part of transport systems is

Answer 9

promoting health

Question 10

As the city intensities we need to move to sustainable transport.
Sustainability =

Answer 10

safety= healthy environment