This factsheet presents statistics on the main mode of transport that people used to get to work on Census day....
This section summarises the latest Environmental Health Indicators about transport and health in New Zealand....
This indicator presents the percentage of household travel time by mode of transport, from the New Zealand Household Travel Survey, published by the Ministry of Transport. For this indicator, household travel excludes professional driver trips, that is, those trips done to transport goods or people...
This section estimates the health burden of road transport in New Zealand, based on a recent study carried out by our team (Briggs et al, 2016)....
This factsheet includes two sources of data on active transport to school. Data are firstly presented on specific transport modes used by 5–12-year-olds to get to school, from the New Zealand Household Travel Survey. Data are then presented on active transport (walking, cycling and other...
This factsheet provides information about how transport impacts on human health in New Zealand. This information complements the new set of environmental health indicators (EHIs) on transport and health released by the EHINZ programme in May 2017....
Published on 19 April in the BMJ The conclusion from this study found: Cycle commuting was associated with a lower risk of CVD, cancer, and all cause mortality. Walking commuting was associated with a lower risk of CVD independent of major measured confounding factors. Initiatives to...
Individual, employment and psychosocial factors influencing walking to work: Implications for intervention design. Authors: Emma J. Adams*, Dale W. Esliger, Ian M. Taylor, Lauren B. Sherar (UK) A number of individual, employment-related and psychosocial factors were associated with commuter walking. In particular, age, car ownership, availability...
