Securing Australia's Future - Sustainable Urban Mobility: The Public Health Impact of Transportation Decisions

The Sustainable Urban Mobility project aimed to synthesize cutting-­‐edge research on alternatives, which look at optimising the transport system for lower emissions within and between innovative urban infrastructures, as well as improving health and safety outcomes. In particular, the project sought to examine effective ways to counter the institutional and cultural obstacles to transformational change. In the first phase, three separate studies were commissioned: a technological study; a social science study; and a public health study. This report is the public health study. Its overall aim was to examine how the environment is being impacted included health and safety issues and innovative responses to these.