Abstract
Research on evaluating sustainable transport policies is predominantly focused on their urban effects, often overlooking similar challenges in suburban and rural mobility. Therefore, the development of regionally integrated sustainable transport strategies becomes essential to comprehensively address these concerns. This study aims to bridge this gap by introducing a GIS-supported methodology that combines multiple linear regressions with hazard ratio models to quantify and map the impacts of environmentally driven regional transport policies on air pollution and human health. The main findings of an illustrative case study highlighted the importance of stronger efforts to promote the transition to shared and active transport and address the articulation between urban and rural mobility. This study offers a novel contribution to transport researchers and policymakers by proposing a methodology that (1) forecasts the impacts of regional transport policies using open data and software, ensuring its applicability for diverse regional settings, (2) provides the results in quantitative and visual formats, facilitating output analysis and visualisation and, consequently, decision-making and public consultation on proposed sustainable transport policies, and (3) sets the groundwork for including future transport-related dimensions.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 4728 |
Journal | Sustainability |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 11 |
Early online date | 1 Jun 2024 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2024 |
Data Availability Statement
Data is contained within the article or Supplementary Materials.Funding
Rita Prior Filipe is supported by a scholarship from the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Advanced Propulsion Systems (AAPS), under the project EP/S023364/1
Funders | Funder number |
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European Environment Agency | |
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | EP/S023364/1 |
Keywords
- air pollution
- geographical analysis
- human health
- regional mobility
- sustainable passenger transport
- transport policy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science (miscellaneous)
- Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
- Hardware and Architecture
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment