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Re: Bicycle lanes and enviro-social benefits
2006-07-26 18:29:50 UTC
In Canada we have developing a new air quality index. In the course of this development, we have put a lot of work into looking at the health and environmental messages that go our with our air quality forecasts and advisories. My background is in meteorology, so I have had a fairly steep learning curve regarding the best practices to protect health and the environment (and they are not always the same). On the subject of bicycle lanes, the placement of the bicycle lane is very important. Yes, it is good if people ride their bikes, but no it is not necessarily good if the bike riding takes placein heavy traffic. I have access to two articles that deal with the subject. The first is a Health Canada (our federal health department) fact sheet on traffic and air pollution. Also attached is an article published in the Journal of the American Heart Association on the subject. If you would like to see them, please e-mail me and I will forward them to you.
Sharon Jeffers
National Air Quality Outreach Coordinator/
Coordinatrice nationale de la sensibilisation en qualit de l'air
Meteorological Service of Canada/Service mtorologique du Canada
Place Bonaventure 800,
rue de la Gauchetire Ouest Tour Nord-est,
bureau 7810 Montreal, Quebec H5A 1L9
telephone/telephone 514-283-8621
e-mail/courriel [email protected]
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