"The road not taken" – Mobility Health: New Directions in Teen Mobility Management
World Streets RSS City Fix RSSWednesday, August 29th, 2012 | Editor | No Comments
“”Life-course priorities that focus only on social determinants while ignoring ecological frameworks and environmental determinants miss at least half the picture. We need to address the role of adolescents as a foundation not just for personal health, but also for environmental and planetary health.”
H Weiss
Original Letter: The Lancet – 18 Aug. 2012. Vol. 380, #9842, P 645.
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012 | warai03p | No Comments
A new qualitative study of Auckland youth, led by the Adolescent Mobility Health Consortium (AMHC), suggests that young people who participated in this PhotoVoice exercise who do not drive cars choose buses, trains, cycling and walking mainly because they are more affordable and convenient transport options.
The study participants took photographs as a way to communicate their experiences. The purpose of the project was to create discussion about transport issues that was generated by the participants themselves. A selection of participant photographs will be on display at the Avondale Community Library in Auckland through September and can be seen on our PInterest channel.
Read original media release here.
Editors Note: Did you know even by age 19, less than a third of New Zealand teenagers have their full drivers license? (Source: Motor Vehicle Register, NZ Transport Agency)
Monday, July 16th, 2012 | warai03p | No Comments
Original article at www.slocat.net
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (20 June, 2012 )—The eight largest multilateral development banks (MDBs) announced today that they will invest US$175 billion to finance more sustainable transportation systems over the coming decade, boosting equitable economic development and protecting the environment and public health across the developing world. The pledge by the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and six other MDBs was made at the start of United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (also known as Rio+20).
Wednesday, May 30th, 2012 | warai03p | No Comments
Original article by Michael Forbes, at the Dominion Post
Generation Zero – Young people at work on Transportation Choice!
There were more than a few raised eyebrows on the train from Ngauranga to Wellington today as 40 young people did the morning commute in their underwear.
They were part of a youth environmental group called Generation Zero, which fights for climate change action and inter-generational justice.
Group organiser James Young-Drew, 22, said the stunt was designed to launch their 50:50 campaign, which is protesting the government’s plans to spend $14 billion on highway projects over next decade but not nearly as much on ”smart transport options” such as light rail, buses and cycleways.
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 | Editor | No Comments
Original article by Tom Murphy, at Do the Math
Another great article from Tom Murphy’s brilliant blog, “Do the Math” where he uses critical quantitative thinking to approach our energy challenges and policies. Here he discusses adaptations that will have an immediate impact on transportation and liquid fuels.
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“Again, I come to the conclusion that one thing we can do—totally under our own control—is to reduce our demand of liquid fuels faster than the naturally-imposed decline rate. And again, I look for factor-of-two level solutions, rather than piddly few-percent window-dressing. Let’s kick this problem in the teeth!”…
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