Aims

This report addresses the health costs of car and cycle transport, and the health risks of sedentary lifestyles. The aim of the report is to investigate aspects of the potential health benefits of achieving an increase in self-powered travel (walking and cycling) and a commensurate decrease in car use.

Having reviewed the evidence for the health benefits of exercise and the health costs of car use, and established the key local issues through discussion with stakeholders, a series of recommendations will be made for action by Oxfordshire Health Authority and other agencies.

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