15 Mar 2012
IPH responded to the Department for Regional Development consultation Building an Active Travel Future for Northern Ireland, March 2012
The draft Active Travel strategy seeks to set out how to increase active travel by demonstrating that walking and cycling are safe, healthy, flexible, inexpensive and social means of travel and by setting out ways in which opportunities for active travel can be significantly improved.
IPH welcomes the new Active Travel Strategy and highlights the need for a truly integrated approach to the strategy which has the potential to positively influence health in areas such as obesity, mental health and cardiovascular health. IPH suggest a health impact assessment is undertaken on each of the Active Travel Demonstration projects to fully maximise the potential health outcomes of developing the required infrastructure for active travel.
Access the full IPH response here
Access the original consultation response here
Access the published strategy Building an active travel future for Northern Ireland here
