HEHTA colleagues Manuela Deidda and Samuel Owusu-Achiaw are leading a health economics work package as part of a 6-month research project, titled "Informing Clyde Metro", which aims to assist Clyde Metro in best aligning active travel and mass transit.

The Clyde Metro initiative plans to better connect the 1.5 million people in and around Glasgow through a multi-billion-pound investment into a mass transit scheme, which looks to reduce private car usage in favor of sustainable active travel alternatives. The research project has set out 5 interlinking objectives to support the initiative, with HEHTA responsible for objective 5, which is to summarise the evidence of the health economic impact of mass transit schemes and develop a conceptual model showing the potential costs and outcomes associated.

"Informing Clyde Metro" is sponsored by the Innovation Fund at GALLANT, a partnership between the University of Glasgow and the Glasgow City Council which sets out to help the city move towards climate resilience whilst tackling health, social and economic inequalities. Transport Scotland define active travel as “walking, wheeling, or cycling for a purposeful journey”, and its encouragement is a key determinant of success for both GALLANT and Clyde Metro.

 

First published: 6 October 2024

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