New Health economic assessment tool (HEAT) for walking and cycling released!

The main features and changes:

• combined assessments of walking and cycling;
• calculation of impacts of exposure to air pollution, crash risk and carbon emissions, in addition the benefits from physical activity;
• updated Values of Statistical Life (VSL) with averages and country-specific values (based on a methodology developed by the OECD);
• a new HEAT methodology booklet;
• updated section with HEAT examples;
• revised workflow;
• new user interface.

The new HEAT can be accessed at: http://www.heatwalkingcycling.org