Transport and health: a look at three Latin American cities

• Main Authors: Janeth Mosquera Becerra (Author), Rodrigo S. Reis (Author), Lawrence D. Frank (Author), Farah A. Ramirez-Marrero (Author), Benjamin Welle (Author), Eugenio Arriaga Cordero (Author), Fabian Mendez Paz (Author), Carlos Crespo (Author), Veronica Dujon (Author), Enrique Jacoby (Author), Jennifer Dill (Author), Lynn Weigand (Author), Carlos M. Padin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2013-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Transport is associated with environmental problems, economic losses, health and social inequalities. A number of European and US cities have implemented initiatives to promote multimodal modes of transport. In Latin America changes are occurring in public transport systems and a number of projects...