Increasing the involvement of walking and cycling as modes of transport provides potential contributions to the five objectives of the New Zealand Transport Strategy: economic development, access and mobility, public health, environmental sustainability, and safety. Concern has sometimes been expressed that increasing the amount of walking and cycling while working towards the other objectives may have a detrimental effect on safety. It is argued that this need not be the case if a focus on safety is seen to be an important component of working towards the other objectives. Improving the safety of walking and cycling involves providing a range of educational, engineering and enforcement measures to address the risk perceptions and actual risk of walkers and cyclists inherited from the present road transport environment. These measures are discussed within the context of the NZTS objectives and the LTSA work program for walking-cycling. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E212706.
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