articleAmerican Journal of Public HealthSep 1, 2003GREEN OA

Promoting Safe Walking and Cycling to Improve Public Health: Lessons From The Netherlands and Germany

JPJohn PucherLDLewis Dijkstra

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Abstract

Objectives

We examined the public health consequences of unsafe and inconvenient walking and bicycling conditions in American cities to suggest improvements based on successful policies in The Netherlands and Germany.

Methods

Secondary data from national travel and crash surveys were used to compute fatality trends from 1975 to 2001 and fatality and injury rates for pedestrians and cyclists in The Netherlands, Germany, and the United States in 2000.

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Keywords
  • Cycling
  • Occupational safety and health
  • Environmental health
  • Injury prevention
  • Suicide prevention
  • Public health
  • Poison control
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