The Centre for Transport Studies is pleased to welcome
Professor Noreen McDonald
(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
to lead a seminar entitled
Decreased Millennial Automobility: Are There Public Health Co-Benefits?
to be held
Wednesday 9th March 2016 @ 16:00
Please join us for presentation and discussion at
Room 163, Skempton (Civil Eng.) Building, Imperial College London
Abstract
Automobile usage - which had risen steadily since the invention of the internal combustion engine - began to decline across high-income countries in the late 2000s. Driving on American roads decreased from 3,028 billion miles in 2007 to 2,955 in 2011 -equivalent to a drop of 570 miles for each American. The decreases in driving have been greatest among young adults - the millennial generation born in the 1980s and early 1990s. Despite the magnitude of this shift, there has been limited consideration of the public health co-benefits of the decline. This study examines changes in physical activity and fatalities from motor vehicle crashes to present the first assessment of the public health impacts of declining automobility. We find that decreases in driving have continued through 2014 but there has been no increase in time spent in physical activity. Population-adjusted motor vehicle fatalities have declined sharply and the change is linked to the decrease in driving.
About the Speakers
Noreen McDonald is an associate professor of city and regional planning<http://planning.unc.edu/> at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During 2015-16, she is based at the Institute of Transport Studies at the University of Leeds as the Fulbright Distinguished Chair<http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/www.fulbright.org.uk>. Her research focuses on youth and young adult mobility and addresses cross-cutting policy questions in the fields of planning, education, energy, and public health. Her recent work looks at the millennial generation and examines the different causes of the recent decline in automobility as well as the knock-on effects of that decline.
About the CTS Seminar Series
The CTS seminar series aims to facilitate discussion on current research topics in the transport field. Seminars are held jointly with our colleagues in the Centre for Transport Studies at University College London. They are usually held on Wednesday afternoons at Imperial College London or University College London.
Seminars are free of charge and open to all interested parties.
Please register for this event using the following link.<http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/decreased-millennial-automobility-are-there-public-health-co-benefits-tickets-21484059400>
We hope you can make it.
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