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Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 14:50:42
From: Kathy Roos <kroos@cyberhighway.net>
To: smartgrowth@onenw.org
Subject: Fwd: Re: Transport equity
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>From: litman@IslandNet.com (Todd Litman)
>Sender: owner-alt-transp@flora.org
>Reply-to: alt-transp@flora.ottawa.on.ca
>To: alt-transp@flora.ottawa.on.ca
>Date: 97-08-04 14:13:29 EDT
>You may be interested in the report CHILDREN, TRANSPORT AND THE QUALITY OF
>LIFE (edited by Mayer Hillman, published by the Policy Studies Institute
>(London), 1993), which examined these very issues. There are papers that
>explore "Independent mobility and children's mental and emotional
>development" and "Independent mobility and children's rights". These point
>out that walking to school, for example, is an opportunity for children to
>learn about and interact with the world, and get aerobic exercise, that is
>not possible when they are chauffered.
>
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Todd Litman, Director
>Victoria Transport Policy Institute
>"Efficiency - Equity - Clarity"
>1250 Rudlin Street
>Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, Canada
>Phone & Fax: (250) 360-1560
>E-mail: litman@islandnet.com
>Website: http://www.islandnet.com/~litman