Active Travel, pollution exposure and effect on health-developing an onboard bicycle monitoring and assessment device.

多年来，城市空间一直被设计为让通勤者在尽可能短的时间内从A到B，大多数旅程都是由机动车辆完成的。机动车辆和城市地区的人口密度是造成此类空间空气污染水平高的原因(Colvile等人，2001年)。骑自行车的人经常暴露在高水平的空气污染物中，因为他们在机动车旁边或非常接近的地方共享空间。当运动时，个人的呼吸频率增加，这可能增加个人暴露在污染物中(Brand等人，2019年)。在苏格兰，苏格兰交通部致力于增加积极通勤(步行和骑自行车)的人数，相信这将对解决城市空气污染问题，同时改善公共健康产生积极影响(Luengo-Oroz&Reis，2019年)。在考虑骑车者暴露在空气污染中时，路线选择是一个重要的考虑因素(Hankey&Matt，2015)，这种暴露可能会以呼吸和心血管问题的形式对健康不利。在这个项目中，我们将研究如何开发技术来积极准确地捕捉到这一点，活跃的旅行者的路线选择以及污染暴露对人类健康的影响。

Urban spaces have been designed for many years for the commuter to get from A to B in the shortest time possible, with the majority of journeys completed by motorised vehicles. Motorised vehicles and population density in urban areas contribute to the high levels of air pollution found in such spaces (Colvile et al., 2001). Cyclists are often exposed to high levels of air pollutants since they share spaces beside or very close to motorised vehicles. When exercising an individual's breathing rate increases and this could increase individual exposure to pollutants (Brand et al., 2019). In Scotland, Transport Scotland is committed to increasing the number of individuals actively commuting (walking and cycling) and it is believed that this could have a positive influence on tackling urban air pollution whilst improving public health (Luengo-Oroz & Reis, 2019). Route choice is an important factor to consider when considering a cyclist's exposure to air pollution (Hankey & Marshall, 2015), such exposure can have adverse health in the form of respiratory and cardiovascular problems. In this project, we will look at ways to develop technology to actively capture this accurately, the active traveller's route choice and the influence of pollution exposure on human health.