Links to tools and projects developing methods
Ecopassenger is a tool to calculate energy consumption and emissions from different passenger transport modes (car, plane and train) in Europe. It gives the user the possibility to compare and make informed transport decisions.
EcotransIT is the first global online multimodal emissions calculator for international freight and logistics services. The innovative EcoTransIT World provides carbon- footprints of logistical chains including all transport modes - rail, road, ship and airplane - on a world level in order to create smart systems where sustainability advantages of the different transport modes are exploited and combined in one joint system.
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.
Health Economic Assessment Tool (HEAT) for walking and cycling
The Health Economic Assessment Tool for walking and cycling is a practical tool that allows the economic quantification of the health effects from physical activity due to walking and cycling.
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
Links to initiatives and European-wide campaigns
Links to sites disseminating good practices
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
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
Links to documents and handbooks
The findings show that life expectancy and monetary benefits increase significantly when levels of fine particles are reduced further in European cities. They reveal that living near busy roads substantially increases the total burden of disease attributable to air pollution. And they underscore the benefits from regulating pollution near busy roads beyond the achievements of current EU legislation.
Transport-on-Demand is a public transport service that is an alternative transport to the private car and regular public transport services. It can be developed if regular public transport is not appropriate or no longer available Also for reducing private car use Transport-on-Demand can be a solution. Services can be more or less adapted to the user’s needs. Several options of Transport-on-Demand are proposed here.