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ArticleHealth & place2017

Effects of living near a new urban motorway on the travel behaviour of local residents in deprived areas: Evidence from a natural experimental study.

Louise Foley, Richard Prins, Fiona Crawford, Shannon Sahlqvist, David Ogilvie, M74 study team

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Article in Health & place, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Authors and funding

6 authors.

Louise FoleyMRC Epidemiology Unit & UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Box 285, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom. Electronic address: lf354@medschl.cam.ac.uk.
Richard PrinsMRC Epidemiology Unit & UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Box 285, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom.
Fiona CrawfordNHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde and Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Third floor, Olympia Building, Bridgeton Cross, Glasgow G40 2QH, United Kingdom.
Shannon SahlqvistCentre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research (C-PAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216, Australia.
David OgilvieMRC Epidemiology Unit & UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Box 285, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom.
M74 study team

Funding

British Heart FoundationCancer Research UKDepartment of Health 11/3005/07Medical Research Council MC_UU_12015/6Medical Research Council MR/K023187/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 087636/Z/08/ZWellcome Trust ES/G007462/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We evaluated the effects of a new motorway built through deprived neighbourhoods on travel behaviour in residents. This natural experiment comprised a longitudinal cohort (n=365) and two cross-sectional samples (baseline n=980; follow-up n=978) recruited in 2005 and 2013. Adults from one of three study areas - surrounding the new motorway (South), an existing motorway (East), or no motorway (North) - completed a previous day travel record. Adjusted two-part regression models examined associations between exposure and outcome. Compared to the North, cohort participants in the South were more likely to undertake travel by any mode (OR 2.1, 95% CI 1.0-4.2) at follow-up. Within the South study area, cohort participants living closer to a motorway junction were more likely to travel by any mode at follow-up (OR 4.7, 95% CI 1.1-19.7), and cross-sectional participants living closer were more likely to use a car at follow-up (OR 3.4, 95% CI 1.1-10.7), compared to those living further away. Overall, the new motorway appeared to promote travel and car use in those living nearby, but did not influence active travel. This may propagate socioeconomic inequalities in non-car owners.

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Environment DesignPoverty AreasTransportationCohort StudiesCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedScotlandSocioeconomic FactorsTravelWalkingActive travelAutomobilesNatural experimental studyRoadTransportation

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PMID27898312
PMCPMC5292101

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