SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2012
Physical activity associated with public transport use--a review and modelling of potential benefits.
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127 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Correlates and determinants of transport-related physical activity among adults: an interdisciplinary systematic review.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
- Access to public transport and childhood obesity: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021Pooled it
- Associations of Public Transportation Use With Cardiometabolic Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.American journal of epidemiology · 2019Pooled it
- Systematic literature review of built environment effects on physical activity and active transport - an update and new findings on health equity.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2017Pooled it
- Impact of policy and built environment changes on obesity-related outcomes: a systematic review of naturally occurring experiments.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2015Pooled it
- Incentivising public transport use for physical activity gain: process evaluation of the COVID-19 disrupted trips4health randomised controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Trial
- Personal, social, and environmental correlates of physical activity in adults living in rural south-west England: a cross-sectional analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2013Trial
- Audit of the Tasmanian Transport-Related Physical Activity Policy Environment-Lessons for Comprehensive Policy Making.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2026Article
- First-Mile Walking to Transit and Physical Activity: A Cross-Sectional Study of the MRT Pink Line Corridor in Bangkok, Thailand.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Causal relationship between BMI-mediated different modes of transportation and risk of osteoarthritis: a Mendelian randomization and mediation analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026Article
- Integrating more walking into public transit commuting: a proof-of-concept study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- A nationwide comparative analysis of the prevalance and determinants of non-communicable diseases risk factors between Jordanian and displaced Syrian populations.BMC public health · 2025Observational
- Associations between parental perceptions of neighbourhood environments and active travel to school: IPEN Adolescent study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Observational
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- Free bus fares, bus use and physical activity: An exploratory cross-sectional study.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2025Article
- Get BusActive!: Protocol of a single-blinded randomised controlled trial incentivising public transport use for physical activity gain among young people and adults.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2024Article
- Supporting children's participation in active travel: developing an online road safety intervention through a collaborative integrated knowledge translation approach.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2024Article
- Children's Health in London and Luton (CHILL) cohort: a 12-month natural experimental study of the effects of the Ultra Low Emission Zone on children's travel to school.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Article
- Is public transport a promising strategy for increasing physical activity? Evidence from a study of objectively measured public transport use and physical activity.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Article
- Behavioral change interventions, theories, and techniques to reduce physical inactivity and sedentary behavior in the general population: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2024Article
67 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Active travel, particularly walking and cycling, has been recommended because of the health benefits associated with increased physical activity. Use of public transport generally involves some walking to bus stops or train stations. This paper is a systematic review of how much time is spent in physical activity among adults using public transport. It also explores the potential effect on the population level of physical activity if inactive adults in NSW, Australia, increased their walking through increased use of public transport. Of 1,733 articles, 27 met the search criteria, and nine reported on absolute measures of physical activity associated with public transport. A further 18 papers reported on factors associated with physical activity as part of public transport use. A range of 8-33 additional minutes of walking was identified from this systematic search as being attributable to public transport use. Using "bootstrapping" statistical modelling, if 20% of all inactive adults increased their walking by only 16 minutes a day for five days a week, we predict there would be a substantial 6.97% increase in the proportion of the adult population considered "sufficiently active". More minutes walked per day, or a greater uptake of public transport by inactive adults would likely lead to significantly greater increases in the adult population considered sufficiently active.
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