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Source: Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment)
Finds that trip distance, precipitation, and access are fundamental to mode choice and that personal e-scooters and e-bikes emit less CO2 than the transport modes they replace, while shared e-scooters and e-
Read More >High Bike Use Scenarios in 17 Countries: Impacts on Public Health
Source: Streetsblog USA
Finds that the benefits of biking outweigh the risks, and that replacing car trips with bike trips could prevent premature deaths from disease as well as from traffic violence.
Read More >Incorporating Distributional Impacts in Equitable Transport Planning
Source: Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Provides guidance for considering several types of transportation equity, describes various perspectives and impacts, and offers practical ways to incorporate transportation equity goals into policy and planning analysis.
Read More >Source: Streetsblog USA
Considers whether supporting cycling as a key mode of travel contributes to improving quality of life for everyone and reports on research in Turkey to better understand the state of cycling infrastructure in Turkish cities and the correlation with quality of life levels.
Read More >Estimated Number of Deaths Prevented Through Increased Physical Activity Among US Adults
Source: JAMA Internal Medicine
The findings support implementing evidence-based strategies to improve physical activity to potentially reduce deaths.
Read More >COVID Hospitalizations and Mortality Related to Built Environment, Active and Sedentary Travel
Source: Health & Place
Presents neighborhood level results linking census tract-level built environment and active/sedentary travel measures with COVID hospitalization and mortality rates in King County, Washington.
Read More >Source: Transport Reviews
Reviews published studies of pedestrian route choice to identify 105 factors and categorizes them by pedestrian sociodemographic and built environment factors and trip characteristics to identify research gaps.
Read More >Safe Intersection Crossing for Pedestrians with Disabilities
Source: Carnegie Mellon University
Reports on the development of two capabilities for PedPal, a smartphone app to help pedestrians with disabilities safely cross signalized intersections: an approach to localization accurate enough to detect pedestrian arrival at a given corner as well as active monitoring of progress during crossing,
Read More >Street Quality and the Walking Experience of Adults with Diverse Ages and Disabilities
Source: Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability
Examines adults’ perceptions on trips usually walked, as well as perceptions of desirable trips within walking distance but not walked.
Read More >Source: National Institute for Transportation and Communities
Considers the mobility challenges, barriers, and gaps older adults experience to help develop forms of assistance or educational strategies to fill them.
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