Outputs (19)

Strategic partnership for Health in All Policies and sustainable transport in Scotland: a case study evaluation (2025)
Journal Article
Douglas, M. J., Gale, A., Hrzic, R., Clemens, T., & Davis, A. L. (2025). Strategic partnership for Health in All Policies and sustainable transport in Scotland: a case study evaluation. Public Health in Practice, 9, Article 100624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2025.100624

Background
Health in All Policies aims to ensure policy decisions across sectors improve health and health equity. Principles of a Health in All Policies approach have been defined as Governance, Comprehensive approach to health, Collaboration, Equi... Read More about Strategic partnership for Health in All Policies and sustainable transport in Scotland: a case study evaluation.

20mph speed limits and zones for better public health: Meta-narrative evidence synthesis (2024)
Journal Article
van Erpecum, C.-P. L., Bornioli, A., Cleland, C., Jones, S., Davis, A., den Braver, N. R., & Pilkington, P. (2024). 20mph speed limits and zones for better public health: Meta-narrative evidence synthesis. Journal of transport & health, 39, Article 101917. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2024.101917

Background
Recently, twenty miles per hour (20mph/30kph) speed limit and zone interventions have been increasingly adopted in various European cities. These 20mph speed limits and zones do not only contribute to road safety but they may also be ben... Read More about 20mph speed limits and zones for better public health: Meta-narrative evidence synthesis.

20 mph speed limits: A meta-narrative evidence synthesis of the public health evidence (2024)
Book Chapter
van Erpecum, C.-P. L., Bornioli, A., Cleland, C., Jones, S., Davis, A., den Braver, N. R., & Pilkington, P. (2024). 20 mph speed limits: A meta-narrative evidence synthesis of the public health evidence. In J. S. Mindell, & S. J. Watkin (Eds.), Health on the Move 3: The Reviews (167-195). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.atpp.2023.12.001

Twenty mile per hour (20 mph) or 30 kph speed limit interventions are increasingly common in a wide range of European cities. Importantly, 20 mph or 30 kph speed limit interventions may not only reduce road danger, but also positively contribute to b... Read More about 20 mph speed limits: A meta-narrative evidence synthesis of the public health evidence.

Effective Trigger Speeds for Vehicle Activated Signs on 20 mph Roads in Rural Areas (2024)
Journal Article
Olowosegun, A., Fountas, G., & Davis, A. (2024). Effective Trigger Speeds for Vehicle Activated Signs on 20 mph Roads in Rural Areas. Safety, 10(1), Article 25. https://doi.org/10.3390/safety10010025

This paper aims to offer novel empirical evidence as to the identification of the most effective Trigger Speeds (TS) for Vehicle-Activated Signs (VAS) in rural areas. To achieve this, an experimental study was carried out in the area of Scottish Bord... Read More about Effective Trigger Speeds for Vehicle Activated Signs on 20 mph Roads in Rural Areas.

Motonormativity: how social norms hide a major public health hazard (2023)
Journal Article
Walker, I., Tapp, A., & Davis, A. (2023). Motonormativity: how social norms hide a major public health hazard. International Journal of Environment and Health, 11(1), 21-33. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJENVH.2023.135446

Decisions about motor transport, by individuals and policy-makers, show unconscious biases due to cultural assumptions about the role of private cars-a phenomenon we term motonormativity. To explore this claim, a national sample of 2157 UK adults rat... Read More about Motonormativity: how social norms hide a major public health hazard.

Assessing the Impact of 20 mph Speed Limits on Vehicle Speeds in Rural Areas: The Case of the Scottish Borders (2023)
Journal Article
Olowosegun, A., Fountas, G., & Davis, A. (in press). Assessing the Impact of 20 mph Speed Limits on Vehicle Speeds in Rural Areas: The Case of the Scottish Borders. Safety, 9(3), Article 66. https://doi.org/10.3390/safety9030066

This paper aims at delivering new empirical evidence as to the effectiveness of 20 mph speed limits in rural areas. For this purpose, speed and traffic data were drawn from the area of the Scottish Borders, UK, where the local Council led the rollout... Read More about Assessing the Impact of 20 mph Speed Limits on Vehicle Speeds in Rural Areas: The Case of the Scottish Borders.

Motor traffic reduction: A road to be travelled (2023)
Journal Article
Davis, A. (2023). Motor traffic reduction: A road to be travelled. Journal of Transport and Health, 33, Article 101688. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2023.101688

Road traffic injuries (RTIs) are the eighth-leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for 1.35 million deaths each year (Road Safety, 2022). Vehicle speed is a major contributory factor in many road traffic deaths and life changing injuries. It is... Read More about Motor traffic reduction: A road to be travelled.

Road space reallocation in Scotland: A health impact assessment (2023)
Journal Article
Douglas, M. J., Teuton, J., Macdonald, A., Whyte, B., & Davis, A. L. (2023). Road space reallocation in Scotland: A health impact assessment. Journal of transport & health, 30, Article 101625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2023.101625

Introduction
Road space reallocation involves re-distributing space away from motor vehicles, including car parking and carriageway space, towards other uses. This can promote a shift to more sustainable travel modes and is likely to affect health t... Read More about Road space reallocation in Scotland: A health impact assessment.

Walking and Cycling: latest evidence to support policy-making and practice (2022)
Report
Götschi, T., Davis, A., & Racioppi, F. (2022). Walking and Cycling: latest evidence to support policy-making and practice. Bonn, Germany: WHO Europe

Active travel modes, especially walking and cycling, are now recognized by many as modes that are fully equal to other urban transport modes, integrated in planning frameworks, and adopted as part of the mainstream – not just in trailblazer countries... Read More about Walking and Cycling: latest evidence to support policy-making and practice.

Transport and health: A personal and UK perspective (2020)
Book Chapter
Davis, A. (2020). Transport and health: A personal and UK perspective. In C. Curtis (Ed.), Handbook of Sustainable Transport (48-57). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789900477.00016

Starting in an era where three quantifiable impacts of road transport were viewed as the sum total of impacts – casualties and air and noise pollution – from the embryo of the evolving transport and health interdisciplinary field is charted from the... Read More about Transport and health: A personal and UK perspective.