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In this article, Kouros Mohammadian, Chair of the Transportation Research Board Standing Committee on Traveler Behavior and Values, discusses the link between travel behavior and public and individual health. The difficulty of measuring the impact of transportation-related factors on health, including those associated with livable communities, is also discussed.

English

pp 32-33

2015-9

TR News

Digital/other

Figures; Photos; References

Committees; Health; Impacts; Mixed use development; Public health; Travel behavior

Transportation Research Board

Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

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