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Titre :	Promoting safe walking and cycling to improve public health : Lessons from The Netherlands and Germany. (2003)
Auteurs :	PUCHER (John) : USA. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Rutgers University. New Brunswick. NJ. ; DIJKSTRA (Lewis) : BEL. European Commission. Brussels.
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	American journal of public health (vol. 93, n° 9, 2003)
Pagination :	1509-1516
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés :	Ville promotrice santé ; Promotion santé ; Homme ; Sécurité ; Ville ; Prévention santé ; Accident circulation
Résumé :	[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS tEzNwR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. 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. Results. American pedestrians and cyclists were much more likely to be killed or injured than were Dutch and German pedestrians and cyclists, both on a per-trip and on a per-kilometer basis. Conclusions. A wide range of measures are available to improve the safety of walking and cycling in American cities, both to reduce fatalities and injuries and to encourage walking and cycling.

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