Contacts Related sites About Transport, Environment and Health Many European countries are being confronted with conflicting needs of transport policies .
Transport facilitates access to activities and services, and has a key role in the economy.
On the other hand there is mounting concern about the detrimental impact on the environment of current transport policies and questions about their social sustainability. The impacts on human health of transport and land use strategies are also increasingly being recognized. Some effects of certain patterns of transport activities are already well known, such as injuries and annoyance from traffic noise. Evidence of direct effects of air pollutants on mortality, respiratory and cardiovascular disease has also emerged in the last few years. The wide range and seriousness of the health impacts anticipated from climate change is increasingly evident.