The Societal Costs and Benefits of Commuter Bicycling: Simulating the Effects of Specific Policies Using System Dynamics Modeling
Author(s) -
Alexandra Macmillan,
Jennie Connor,
Karen Witten,
Robin Kearns,
David Rees,
Alistair Woodward
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1307250
Subject(s) - system dynamics , equity (law) , work (physics) , transport engineering , climate change , poison control , transportation planning , best practice , environmental economics , business , computer science , engineering , economics , environmental health , political science , mechanical engineering , medicine , ecology , artificial intelligence , law , biology , management
Shifting to active modes of transport in the trip to work can achieve substantial co-benefits for health, social equity, and climate change mitigation. Previous integrated modeling of transport scenarios has assumed active transport mode share and has been unable to incorporate acknowledged system feedbacks.
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