Potential of active transport to improve health, reduce healthcare costs, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions: A modelling study

Physical inactivity contributes substantively to disease burden, especially in highly car dependent countries such as New Zealand (NZ). We aimed to quantify the future health gain, health-sector cost-savings, and change in greenhouse gas emissions that could be achieved by switching short vehicle trips to walking and cycling in New Zealand.We used unit-level survey data to estimate changes in physical activity, distance travelled by mode, and...