Examining the associations between perceived built environment and active travel, before and after the COVID-19 outbreak in Shiraz city, Iran
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2021.103255
Abstract: Abstract This study aims to evaluate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and policies to control the outbreak such as quarantine, jobs closures, and traffic restrictions on active travel of Central Businesses District (CBD) residents… read more here.
Keywords: cbd residents; environment; active travel; built environment ... See more keywords
Internationally Scalable and Publicly Accessible Tools for Prioritising Investment in Active Travel
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2017.05.309
Abstract: Background In parallel with the growing evidence base supporting modal shift to walking and cycling for health and environmental reasons, tools for prioritizing interventions to encourage active travel have evolved. Increasingly detailed datasets provide researchers… read more here.
Keywords: transport; evidence; publicly accessible; active travel ... See more keywords
Does walking and bicycling more mean exercising less? Evidence from the U.S. and the Netherlands
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2019.100590
Abstract: Abstract Introduction Active travel, such as utilitarian walking and bicycling, may address public health challenges, such as obesity and poor cardiovascular health, if increased active travel results in an increase in overall physical activity. However,… read more here.
Keywords: forms exercise; time; walking bicycling; travel ... See more keywords
Socio-demographic patterns of public, private and active travel in Latin America: Cross-sectional findings from the ELANS study
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2019.100788
Abstract: Abstract Background Active travel such as walking or cycling has been associated with more favorable health outcomes. However, evidence on patterns of transportation in Latin America is scarce. Therefore, the aim of this study was… read more here.
Keywords: walking cycling; public private; time; latin america ... See more keywords
An integrated conceptual model of environmental needs for New Zealand children's active travel to school
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2019.100814
Abstract: Abstract Introduction Active school travel (AST) is important for child and environmental health. In New Zealand, AST has declined over recent decades and is relatively low compared to many other countries. A plethora of evidence… read more here.
Keywords: new zealand; school; model; zealand children ... See more keywords
The contribution of active travel to meeting physical activity recommendations among college students
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2020.100890
Abstract: Abstract Background Active travel (AT), that is walking or biking for transport, is one way in which individuals can accumulate physical activity to benefit their physical and mental health. The purpose of this study was… read more here.
Keywords: college students; among college; physical activity; activity ... See more keywords
Longer afterschool active commutes and the travel environment of middle schools in Shenzhen, China
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2018.09.009
Abstract: The afterschool commute is a major part of children's daily activity. This study examines the relationship between student extended active travel routes and route environment characteristics. Route environment characteristics may be related to an extended… read more here.
Keywords: schools shenzhen; middle schools; route environment; travel ... See more keywords
Factors associated with adolescent active travel: A perceptive and mobility culture approach – Insights from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2018.09.004
Abstract: Abstract Sustainable transport modes, such as walking and cycling, have great benefits but the uptake is decreasing in Vietnam due to motorisation. Individual perceptions of travel and wider mobility cultures are increasingly seen as an… read more here.
Keywords: minh city; travel; adolescent active; active travel ... See more keywords
Pedestrian-oriented zoning is associated with reduced income and poverty disparities in adult active travel to work, United States.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.10.003
Abstract: Active travel to work can provide additional minutes of daily physical activity. While the literature points to the relationship between zoning, equity and socioeconomic status, and physical activity, no study has quantitatively explored these connections.… read more here.
Keywords: active travel; income poverty; travel work; travel ... See more keywords
Beneficial association between active travel and metabolic syndrome in Latin-America: A cross-sectional analysis from the Chilean National Health Survey 2009-2010.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.12.005
Abstract: BACKGROUND There is limited evidence on potential health benefits of active travel, independently of leisure-time physical activity (PA), with metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Latin-America. OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between active travel and metabolic syndrome… read more here.
Keywords: travel metabolic; latin america; metabolic syndrome; travel ... See more keywords
“It’s a kind of freedom”: adolescents and parents speak about motivations for active travel and COVID-19
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DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2022.2130508
Abstract: ABSTRACT Purpose Active travel (AT) incorporates physical activity into daily living, critical for healthy adolescent development. We explore adolescent and parent attitudes and behaviours related to motivations for adolescent AT and effects of the COVID-19… read more here.
Keywords: travel; influence; kind freedom; covid pandemic ... See more keywords