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WHO Regional Offices

EURO - TRT

Regional Office for Europe : Accidents, transport and health programme (TRT)

The programme develops methods and tools for health impact assessments of transport policies and their economic costs, reviews scientific information and other data sources providing inputs to risk assessment, promotes international, national and local application of the HIA methodology, and supports the development and implementation of intersectoral policy instruments promoting the use of HIA as a tool for decision-making.

Guidelines and other guidance documents produced

• Guidelines for HIA of transport policies through walking and cycling - ongoing

Policy and decision making

• Transport, health and environment pan-European programme (THE PEP) (2002)
  [PDF 70KB]
• Review of implementation and effectiveness of existing policy instruments on transport, environment and health, and of their potential for health gain (2001)
  [PDF 456KB]
• Synthesis Report: Overview of Instruments Relevant to Transport, Environment and Health and Recommendations for Further Steps (2001)
  [PDF 178KB]
• Transport, environment and health (2000)
  [PDF 1.2MB]
• The Charter on Transport, Environment and Health (1999)
  [PDF 147KB]
• German version - The Charter on Transport, Environment and Health (1999)
  [PDF 147KB]
• Russian version - The Charter on Transport, Environment and Health (1999)
  [PDF 147KB]

Methods and tools developed or adapted

• Methodological aspects of the evaluation of transport-related health costs, focusing on effects on children – ongoing
• Development of a clearinghouse on transport, environment and health – ongoing
• Health effects and risks of transport systems (HEARTS)
  Development and test of methods and tools for integrated health impact assessment of air pollution, noise and injuries within the EC FP5 HEARTS project - ongoing
• ISHTAR project (Integrated software for health, transport efficiency and artistic heritage recovery)
  Development of software for HIA as part of an integrated assessment of urban transport within the EC FP5 ISHTAR project - ongoing
• Health Impact Assessment (HIA) - a maturing tool for decision-making
  Symposium at ISEE/ISEA Conference 2002. Vancouver, Canada, 14 August 2002
• Development of tools for assessing the health effects of urban transport policies
  abstract of a paper presented at the ISEA/ISEE Conference 2002 [PDF 6.2KB]
• Development of guidelines for health impact assessment of transport policies through walking and cycling
  abstract of a paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) 2002

Completed HIAs, pilots, case studies and collaborations

• A physically active life through everyday transport - with a special focus on children and older people and examples and approaches from Europe (2002)
  Full Report [PDF 415KB]
• A physically active life through everyday transport - with a special focus on children and older people and examples and approaches from Europe (2002)
  (Summary of case studies)
• Health impact assessment of air pollution in the eight major Italian cities (2002)
  [PDF 241KB]
• Consideration of health aspects in environmental impact assessment for roads (2001)
  [PDF 607KB]
• Health costs due to road traffic-related air pollution: an impact assessment project of Austria, France and Switzerland (1999)
• Transport, environment and health (2000)
  [PDF 1.2MB]

Accidents, transport and health

• EURO - TRT : this page as a PDF
  pdf, 22kb
  [PDF 22KB]