The Leicester Case Study in the Health Effects and Risks of Transport Systems (HEARTS) Project focussed on time activity patterns, air pollution and noise modelling supported by traffic data, from the Urban Traffic and Management Control (UTMC) and the Split Cycle Off-set Optimisation Technique(SCOOT) systems, to calibrate and validate the STEMS model (running within a Geographical Information System (GIS) environment) to assess the impact of traffic on health. The STEMS model is used to make a simple assessment of the impact of a no travel to school by driving private vehicles policy. The air pollution study showed that children who were walking were exposed to higher levels of pollution than those travelling by bus or car and the requirement for low pollution walking routes was noted. For the covering abstract see E134653.
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