Share of Mass Transit Miles Traveled and Reduced Motor Vehicle Fatalities in Major Cities of the United States.
The USA leads the developed world in motor vehicle fatalities, presenting a critical public health threat. We examined whether an increasing share of mass transit use, relative to vehicle miles traveled on public roads, was associated with reduced motor vehicle fatalities. We used annual city-level...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Urban Health Vol. 91; no. 6; pp. 1136 - 1144 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2014
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