ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2016
Walk Score, Transportation Mode Choice, and Walking Among French Adults: A GPS, Accelerometer, and Mobility Survey Study.
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- Methodologies for assessing contextual exposure to the built environment in physical activity studies: A systematic review.Health & place · 2019Pooled it
- Activity spaces in studies of the environment and physical activity: A review and synthesis of implications for causality.Health & place · 2019Pooled it
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- Associations between Walk Score and objective measures of physical activity in urban overweight and obese women.PloS one · 2019Trial
- Associations Between the Built Environment in GPS-Derived Activity Spaces and Sedentary Behavior, Light Physical Activity, and Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- The relationships between the campus built environment and walking activity.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Sedentary Activities and Food Intake among Children and Adolescents in the Zhejiang Province of China: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Association of neighborhood Walk Score with accelerometer-measured physical activity varies by neighborhood socioeconomic status in older women.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Using combined Global Position System and accelerometer data points to examine how built environments and gentrification are associated with physical activity in four Canadian cities.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Article
- GPS-based activity space exposure to greenness and walkability is associated with increased accelerometer-based physical activity.Environment international · 2022Article
- Walkability measures to predict the likelihood of walking in a place: A classification and regression tree analysis.Health & place · 2021Article
- GPS-based built environment measures associated with adult physical activity.Health & place · 2021Article
- Social and physical environmental factors in daily stepping activity in those with chronic stroke.Topics in stroke rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Walkability and Fitness Center Prices, Opening Hours, and Extra Services: The Case of Madrid, Spain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Analyzing Associations Between Chronic Disease Prevalence and Neighborhood Quality Through Google Street View Images.IEEE access : practical innovations, open solutions · 2020Article
- Using global positioning system methods to explore mobility patterns and exposure to high HIV prevalence neighbourhoods among transgender women in New York.Geospatial health · 2019Article
- Walk Score and objectively measured physical activity within a national cohort.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2019Article
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backgroundFew studies have used GPS data to analyze the relationship between Walk Score, transportation choice and walking. Additionally, the influence of Walk Score is understudied using trips rather than individuals as statistical units. The purpose of this study is to examine associations at the trip level between Walk Score, transportation mode choice, and walking among Paris adults who were tracked with GPS receivers and accelerometers in the RECORD GPS Study.
methodsIn the RECORD GPS Study, 227 participants were tracked during seven days with GPS receivers and accelerometers. Participants were also surveyed with a GPS-based web mapping application on their activities and transportation modes for all trips (6969 trips). Walk Score, which calculates neighborhood walkability, was assessed for each origin and destination of every trip. Multilevel logistic and linear regression analyses were conducted to estimate associations between Walk Score and walking in the trip or accelerometry-assessed number of steps for each trip, after adjustment for individual/neighborhood characteristics.
resultsThe mean overall Walk Scores for trip origins were 87.1 (SD = 14.4) and for trip destinations 87.1 (SD = 14.5). In adjusted trip-level associations between Walk Score and walking only in the trip, we found that a walkable neighborhood in the trip origin and trip destination was associated with increased odds of walking in the trip assessed in the survey. The odds of only walking in the trip were 3.48 (95% CI: 2.73 to 4.44) times higher when the Walk Score for the trip origin was "Walker's Paradise" compared to less walkable neighborhoods (Very/Car-Dependent or Somewhat Walkable), with an identical independent effect of trip destination Walk Score on walking. The number of steps per 10 min (as assessed with accelerometry) was cumulatively higher for trips both originating and ending in walkable neighborhoods (i.e., "Very Walkable").
conclusionsWalkable neighborhoods were associated with increases in walking among adults in Paris, as documented at the trip level. Creating walkable neighborhoods (through neighborhood design increased commercial activity) may increase walking trips and, therefore, could be a relevant health promotion strategy to increase physical activity.
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