Lunch Hour Lecture: Driven to distraction or a move in the right direction?

Transport provides many benefits, particularly access to education, employment, services, shops, and social networks. Walking and cycling (including to and from public transport) can provide enough physical activity to meet health recommendations. However, motor vehicles cause noise and air pollution; injuries & fatalities; community severance; stress; loss of land for social purposes; and increased sedentary behaviour. There are marked inequalities in benefits and harms from transport, particularly in car-oriented societies. Professor Mindell will use some of her recent research on road death rates, older people’s walking speed, and the barrier effect of busy roads to illustrate some of these issues. Speaker: Dr Jennifer Mindell is Professor of Public Health at UCL Date: 30 April 2019 UCL's popular public Lunch Hour Lecture series has been running at UCL since 1942, and showcases the exceptional research work being undertaken across UCL. Lectures are free and open to all.