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The National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy (NCCHPP) has published four summaries based on Urban Traffic Calming and Health: A Literature Review. These documents briefly present the effects of traffic-calming measures on road safety, air quality, environmental noise and active transportation. Each of these documents presents the mechanisms of action underlying traffic-calming strategies, the results of evaluative studies and their implications for public health actors. They are available in English and in French at:

-Urban Traffic Calming and Road Safety: Effects and Implications for Practice. http://www.ncchpp.ca/175/publications.ccnpps?id_article=719

-Urban Traffic Calming and Air Quality: Effects and Implications for Practice http://www.ncchpp.ca/175/Publications.ccnpps?id_article=751 -Urban Traffic Calming and Environmental Noise: Effects and Implications for Practice http://www.ncchpp.ca/175/Publications.ccnpps?id_article=753 -Urban Traffic Calming and Active Transportation: Effects and Implications for Practice http://www.ncchpp.ca/175/Publications.ccnpps?id_article=794

The literature review is also available in English and in French at: http://www.ncchpp.ca/175/Publications.ccnpps?id_article=686

You can also find other traffic calming resources at: http://www.ncchpp.ca/174/news.ccnpps

If you have questions or feedback, please contact Olivier Bellefleur at: olivier.bellefleur@inspq.qc.ca.

Best regards,

Marianne Jacques Network Development Officer National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) 190 Crémazie Est, Montréal, Québec Phone : 514-864-1600, ext. 3613 Email : marianne.jacques@inspq.qc.ca