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Car Harm

2024-02-21 18:15:51.809485+01 by Dan Lyke 2 comments

Journal of Transport Geography Volume 115, February 2024, 103817: Car harm: A global review of automobility's harm to people and the environment:

Highlights

  • Summarises car-related harm including crashes, pollution, land use, and injustices.
  • 1 in 34 deaths are caused by cars and automobility with 1,670,000 deaths per year.
  • Cars and automobility have killed 60–80 million people since their invention.
  • Car harm will continue unless policies change; example interventions are discussed.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2024.103817

[ related topics: Nature and environment Automobiles Maps and Mapping Real Estate ]

comments in ascending chronological order (reverse):

#Comment Re: Car Harm made: 2024-02-22 13:23:17.088383+01 by: DaveP

The link needs some fixing up…

#Comment Re: Car Harm made: 2024-02-22 17:07:08.59601+01 by: Dan Lyke

Yow. Totally off my game yesterday. Fixed.