Safety

En-route to more footpaths

Submitted by administrator on Tue, 24/06/2008 - 21:06
En-route to more footpaths - Web page
Good news for pedestrians and cyclists - more new footpaths are to be built around the district thanks to a change in funding policy from Land Transport New Zealand (LTNZ). The Government�s transport funding agency has approved funding for a large proportion of the �higher priority� footpaths identified in Thames-Coromandel District Council�s draft Cyclin
Region (NZ): 
Waikato
Topics: 
Safety
Policy
Health
Institution: 
Land Transport NZ / LTSA
Local government
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--1.32 Waikato local council

Txting ties up the brain as well as the hands!

Living Streets Aotearoa President, Celia Wade-Brown, says the Government's proposal to ban hand held phones is welcome but doesn't go far enough.

"It's not just the physical distraction, it's the sense of the driver being absent from the real driving situation. Trying to catch a driver's eye as a turning cyclist or pedestrian waiting at a crossing is MUCH more difficult if the driver's on the phone."

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Safety
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cellphones
texting

Star rating school walking routes

Submitted by administrator on Mon, 26/05/2008 - 23:18
Star rating school walking routes - Document - Adobe PDF - Acrobat Reader
This project demonstrated that it is feasible to objectively rate the safety performance of individual road crossing points, as well as to provide indications of overall route safety, focusing particularly on the abilities of children using the route.
Topics: 
Safety
Health
Free tags: 
safe routes
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--3.61 Child safety research
-3 Safety & Health

Red-light cameras cause more accidents

Submitted by administrator on Tue, 08/04/2008 - 00:25
Red-light cameras save lives but result in more crashes that cause property damage, a new study says
Red-light cameras cause more accidents - Web page
"Before and after" studies of 38 red-light camera intersections in Toronto revealed collisions resulting in death or injury dropped 18.2 per cent.
Country (exc. NZ): 
North America
Topics: 
Design and planning
Safety
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-2 Design

The Health Select Committee Inquiry into Obesity and Type Two Diabetes in New Zealand:

Submitted by administrator on Tue, 11/03/2008 - 22:58
A back seat for physical activity
The Health Select Committee Inquiry into Obesity and Type Two Diabetes in New Zealand: - Document - Adobe PDF
Over the past two years substantial attention has been paid by New Zealand politicians to the prevention of obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Topics: 
Safety
Health
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obesity
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--3.25 Walking & obesity
-3 Safety & Health

Riding, walking to work builds fitness into day

Submitted by administrator on Sun, 09/03/2008 - 22:38
Riding, walking to work builds fitness into day - Web page
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Lois Fletcher started taking the subway to work nine months ago to save money. It turned out to be an excellent way for her to lose weight -- more than 30 pounds to be exact. Five mornings a week, the 53-year-old mother of three boards a commuter train in suburban Atlanta, Georgia, and heads downtown.
Topics: 
Safety
Transport
Health
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public transport
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--3.21 Health & transport policies
-3 Safety & Health

Self-pacing and cognitive performance while walking

Submitted by administrator on Mon, 25/02/2008 - 22:45
Self-pacing and cognitive performance while walking - Web page
Ten hikers completed a 4 km hike on hilly terrain three times: once self-paced without load, once self-paced with a backpack load of 10% body weight, and once externally paced with a backpack load of 10% body weight. Subjects performed mental arithmetic tasks and provided ratings of perceived exertion while walking.
Topics: 
Safety
Health
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--3.30 Accident-prevention research
-3 Safety & Health

California's safe routes to school program

Submitted by administrator on Mon, 25/02/2008 - 22:07
- Impacts on walking, bicycling, and pedestrian safety
California's safe routes to school program - Web page
This article evaluates California's pioneering Safe Routes to School (SR2S) program, which funds traffic improvement projects designed to improve safety for children's walking and bicycling to school and to increase the number of children who do so.
Topics: 
Safety
Health
Free tags: 
safety research
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--3.61 Child safety research
-3 Safety & Health

Barriers to children walking and biking to school

Submitted by administrator on Mon, 25/02/2008 - 03:18
Barriers to children walking and biking to school - Web page
To examine why the majority of children do not walk or bike to school, CDC analyzed data from the national HealthStyles Survey. This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which indicate that long distances and dangerous motor-vehicle traffic pose the most common barriers to children walking and biking to school.
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Safety
Health
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--3.20 Walking/health relationship, general
-3 Safety & Health

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Living Streets Aotearoa is the New Zealand organisation for people on foot, promoting walking-friendly communities. We are a nationwide organisation with local branches and affiliates throughout New Zealand.

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