THEPEP - Tools & projects

Links to tools and projects developing methods

Online guide to health in spatial planning

The online guide to health in spatial planning is an interactive guide used to assess health impacts in spatial planning, including transport. It provides insight into environmental, social, care-related and lifestyle factors that can impact the health of the affected citizens. The health impact assessment is developed by the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and the commission for the environmental impact assessment.

HEAT for cycling
The Health Economic Assessment Tool for cycling is a methodological guide that enables the health effects of cycling and walking to be quantified and an illustrative tool with a user guide.

INTARESE
INTARESE (Integrated Assessment of Health Risks of Environmental Stressors in Europe) is a collaborative platform where a team of international scientists in the areas of epidemiology, environmental science and biosciences can work on the development and application of new, integrated approaches to and tools for the assessment of environmental health risks in support of European policy on environmental health. The tools will be applied and tested in a number of specific policy areas, including transport

HEPA Europe
Case studies have been collected on ‘Collaboration between Physical Activity Promotion and the Transport Sector: Examples from European Countries’. This collection of 48 practical examples from 11 countries aims to support member states in the intersectoral promotion of physical activity on the form of cycling and walking.

Economic assessment of transport infrastructure and policies
Methodological guidance for practitioners on the economic appraisal of health effects related to walking and cycling. It can be used as part of a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis of transport interventions or infrastructure projects, or to complement existing tools for economic valuations of transport interventions on emissions or congestion.

Links to networks and collaborations

HEPA Europe

The European network for the promotion of health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA Europe) is a collaborative project that aims to improve health through physical activity across the WHO European region. Case studies have been collected on ‘Collaboration between Physical Activity Promotion and the Transport Sector’.

WHO healthy cities and urban environments

The WHO Healthy Cities programme engages local governments in health development. Over 1,200 cities and towns from over 30 countries in the WHO European region are healthy cities and are currently involved in three core themes: healthy ageing, healthy urban planning and health impact assessment

CIVITAS

CIVITAS, the CIty-VITAlity-Sustainability initiative, helps cities achieve a more sustainable, clean and energy-efficient urban transport system by implementing and evaluating an ambitious, integrated set of technology and policy-based measures

Eurocities

EUROCITIES members are committed to promoting more sustainable and integrated urban transport systems, providing citizens with convenient and accessible public transport, and protecting the safety of pedestrians and cyclists.

ICLEI

ICLEI, the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, is an international association of local governments and national and regional local government organizations that have made a commitment to sustainable development.

POLIS

Polis is a network of European cities and regions across Europe that promotes, supports and advocates innovation in local transport.

VIA NOVA

VIA NOVA, which includes partners from all seven Alpine countries, is a project that aims to reduce car traffic and motivate people towards non-motorised and sustainable modes of transport involving physical activity (cycling and walking).

EPOMM

The European Platform on Mobility Management is a network of governments in European countries that are engaged in mobility management (MM). They are represented by the ministries responsible for MM in their countries

Links to initiatives and European-wide campaigns

Links to sites disseminating good practices

CEHAPE

CEHAPE (Children's Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe) is a document for policymakers that contains examples of successful experiences with mobility and transport for children and the elderly in Europe.

ELTIS

The European Local Transport Information Service is a portal that provides information on local transport such as news and events, transport measures, policies and case studies that have been implemented in cities and regions across Europe.

EPOMM

The European Platform on Mobility Management is a network of governments in European countries that are engaged in Mobility Management. They are represented by the ministries that are responsible for mobility management in their countries.

PRONET

The main objective of the PRONET (Pollution reduction options network) project is to facilitate exchange and evaluation of interventions on environment and health exposure reduction measures on a regional level and promote implementation of successful initiatives in other regions of Europe.

ADD HOME

ADD HOME transfers the means to manage mobility into an area that has so far been ignored: the home. Eighty per cent of transport decisions are made at home, where the car-in-front-of the-house limits people’s choice more then anywhere else!

OSMOSE

OSMOSE, Open Source for MObile and Sustainable city, is a new portal that aims to provide comprehensive information to people interested in innovative urban transport and mobility concepts.

SMILE

Sustainable Mobility aims to reconcile citizens' mobility needs with quality of life and the environment. SMILE aims to help local authorities cope with this challenge by presenting good practices and introducing innovative approaches on a permanent basis.

EST goes EAST

The EST goes EAST Clearing House (EgE) seeks to promote Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) in Central and Eastern Europe by acting as a portal and platform where interested parties can exchange information, knowledge, news and experience.

HEPA Europe
Case studies have been collected on ‘Collaboration between Physical Activity Promotion and the Transport Sector: Examples from European Countries’. This collection of 48 practical examples from 11 countries aims to support member states in the intersectoral promotion of physical activity on the form of cycling and walking.

Links to organisations

WHO regional office for Europe

Promoting healthy and sustainable transport alternatives helps prevent the negative effects of transport patterns on human health. Intersectoral cooperation and high-level political commitment are hence crucial to ensuring that health issues are considered when transport policies are formulated.

European Commission-DG Transport

With growing freight and passenger transport, pollution and congestion risk aggravating.The European Commission is working towards a form of mobility that is sustainable, energy-efficient and respectful of the environment.

European Commission-DG Environment

The Commission has been working in cooperation with the Council to prepare the ground for making European transport policy sustainable. In doing so, it has used an expert group made up of experts from transport ministries and environment ministries in the Member States.

Transport Research Knowledge Center

The Transport Research Knowledge Centre (TRKC) provides an overview of research activities at the European and national level. For in-depth information, consult our programme and project profiles. For a wider view, consult our thematic reports and policy brochures. Share your own experience with others by submitting project reports, relevant web links or event announcements.

SUSTRANS

Sustrans is the UK's leading sustainable transport charity,that aims to transform the UK’s transport system and culture in such a way that the environmental impact of transport is significantly reduced and people can choose more often to travel in ways that benefit their health.

EEA

The European Environmental Agency is an agency of the European Union. In the area of transport, the EEA's key activity is TERM, the transport and environment reporting mechanism. The annual TERM reports help track the environmental performance of transport in the EEA member countries. The reports use a set of indicators that are regularly updated. The EEA also works to improve emission inventories and investigates transport's contribution to climate change, air pollution and noise.

REC

The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe is an international non-partisan, non-advocacy, not-for-profit organization whose mission is to help solve environmental problems in Central and Eastern Europe.

Tools & projects

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