There is an increasing awareness of the costs that physical inactivity impose upon society. In Scotland, this has been recognized through the Scottish Government's Strategic Objective of a Healthier Scotland. The physical activity provided by active, healthy, and sustainable modes of transport such as walking and cycling provide wider benefits than those captured by traditional transport appraisal, and contribute to the Government's Purpose by raising healthy life expectancy, increasing the productivity of Scotland's workforce, reducing absenteeism, and increasing participation in the labour market by decreasing the number of people on incapacity benefit.
