Comments on: The Case for Healthy Streets

By: SPACE for Gosforth

SPACE for Gosforth — Sun, 14 May 2023 09:44:43 +0000

Road space reallocation in Scotland: A health impact assessment

• Road space reallocation is likely to benefit health and equity through multiple pathways.
• Alternative transport modes should be enhanced.
• Reallocated space should be designed to create accessible, high quality environments.
• Consultation should focus on best alternatives uses of public space.
• Health impact assessment can make explicit the potential benefits and harms of proposed developments.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214140523000610

By: SPACE for Gosforth

SPACE for Gosforth — Sun, 14 May 2023 09:32:51 +0000

⚕️ Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention journal (2016):
people who rode bikes 30 min/day had 30% lower risk of developing colon cancer, compared to people who didn’t ride.

⚕️ Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise journal (2015):
people who biked 45 min/day had 20% lower risk of developing breast cancer, compared to people who didn’t ride.

⚕️ British Medical Journal (2017):
people who biked to work had 45% lower risk of developing cancer and 46% lower risk of dying from cancer, compared to people who didn’t bike commute.

⚕️ JAMA Internal Medicine (2020):
Risk of developing cancer was lower for people who were more physically active, based on 1.2 million participants of 46 different studies.

⚕️ Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention (2021):
Risk of developing cancer was lower for people who were more physically active, based on 2.4 million participants of 51 different studies.

Studies about cancer medicine are abundant. Doctors should prescribe more cycling.

The Effect of Cycling on Cancer Risk by the American Cancer Society

The Role of Physical Activity in Cancer Prevention by the National Cancer Institute

Cycling for Health by the World Health Organization

The Health Benefits of Cycling by the Mayo Clinic

Cycling and Cancer Prevention: A Review of the Evidence by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute

As a bonus, active transportation is excellent medicine for: Reducing the risk of heart disease
Reducing the risk of stroke
Reducing the risk of obesity
Reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes
Improving mental health
Increasing life expectancy

Source: https://twitter.com/Boenau/status/1657400451334041600?s=20

By: SPACE for Gosforth

SPACE for Gosforth — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 21:18:30 +0000

50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it’s in here.
https://www.fastcompany.com/3062989/50-reasons-why-everyone-should-want-more-walkable-streets

By: SPACE for Gosforth

SPACE for Gosforth — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 21:55:29 +0000

Transport noise linked to increased risk of dementia, study finds
Large survey involving two million adults found links between road and rail traffic and Alzheimer’s in particular
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/sep/09/transport-noise-linked-to-increased-risk-of-dementia-study-finds

By: SPACE for Gosforth

SPACE for Gosforth — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:34:59 +0000

Premature Mortality of 2050 High Bike Use Scenarios in 17 Countries
“We found that, among the urban populations (20–64 y old) of 17 countries, 205,424 annual premature deaths could be prevented if high bike-use scenarios are achieved by 2050 (assuming that 100% of bike trips replace car trips). If only 8% of bike trips replace car trips in a more conservative scenario, 18,589 annual premature deaths could be prevented by 2050 in the same population. In all the countries and scenarios, the mortality benefits related to bike use (rather than car use) outweighed the mortality risks.”
https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/full/10.1289/EHP9073#.YbMVAGQcesk.twitter

By: SPACE for Gosforth

SPACE for Gosforth — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 20:38:51 +0000

“May 7, 2021 – A new cost-benefit study in New Zealand finds that investments in cycling and walking facilities outweigh the costs of building them by ten to one”
https://idealog.co.nz/urban/2018/05/new-victoria-university-wellington-study-biking-and-walking-pays-so-will-more-nz-cities-catch

By: SPACE for Gosforth

SPACE for Gosforth — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 20:57:49 +0000

“Why cycling is good for everything from retail sales to property prices”
https://cyclingindustry.news/why-cycling-is-good-for-everything-from-retail-sales-to-property-prices/

By: SPACE for Gosforth

SPACE for Gosforth — Sat, 18 May 2019 20:25:23 +0000

The economic benefits of walking and cycling
Published 6 November 2014 From: Department for Transport
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/economic-case-for-active-travel-the-health-benefits

“This report compiles the latest cost-benefit evidence from studies that have calculated health benefits, alongside other benefits such as savings in travel time, congestion and accidents.
“The typical benefit-cost ratios are considerably greater than the threshold of 4:1 which is considered by the Department for Transport as ‘very high’ value for money. This supports the conclusion that small-scale transport schemes can really deliver high value for money.”

By: SPACE for Gosforth

SPACE for Gosforth — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 19:02:27 +0000

“A social justice case for walking and cycling” by ROBERT STEUTEVILLE DEC. 21, 2018

“Automobiles are expensive to buy and maintain. That’s the reason why lower-income workers need choices in transportation, especially choices that allow them to get to work using their own power—without any day-to-day costs at all…”
https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2018/12/21/social-justice-case-walking-and-cycling

By: SPACE for Gosforth

SPACE for Gosforth — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 19:00:03 +0000

“How Dutch Cycling benefits society” – A blog by Bicycle Dutch, 2 January 2019

“Cycling is very good for a society. The Dutch approach to cycling can help achieve accessibility, liveability, sustainability and health goals. The 17 million Dutch own almost 23 million bicycles and a quarter of all trips – nationwide – are made by bicycle. Still the Dutch Government earmarked a quarter of a billion euros to get another 200,000 commuters out of their car and onto their bicycles…”

https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2019/01/02/how-dutch-cycling-benefits-society/