ReviewCurrent environmental health reports2017
Policies to Promote Active Travel: Evidence from Reviews of the Literature.
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40 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Economics of Interventions to Increase Active Travel to School: A Community Guide Systematic Review.American journal of preventive medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Socio-Ecological Natural Experiment with Randomized Controlled Trial to Promote Active Commuting to Work: Process Evaluation, Behavioral Impacts, and Changes in the Use and Quality of Walking and Cycling Paths.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Trial
- Scoping review of public attitudes to government active travel interventions in the UK.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Exploring how traffic restriction schemes outside schools influence the school journey: a qualitative analysis of mechanisms and contextual factors.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Strategies to shift adolescents out of cars: a qualitative study among adolescents and parents.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Active transportation is associated with lower obesity risk: generalized structural equations model applied to physical activity.Cadernos de saude publica · 2025Article
- Level of elderly-supportive infrastructure, fine particulate matter and cardiovascular disease hospitalisations: a time-stratified case-crossover study in Wuhan.Global health action · 2024Article
- On the move: understanding home care workers' experiences of using various modes of transportation at work in an occupational health perspective.BMC health services research · 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
- Climate protection, health and other motives for active transport - results of a cross-sectional survey in Germany.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The intervention design to promote active travel mode among children and adolescents: A systematic review.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Prioritizing a research agenda on built environments and physical activity: a twin panel Delphi consensus process with researchers and knowledge users.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Article
- Inequalities in neighbourhood features within children's 20-minute neighbourhoods and variation in time spent locally, measured using GPS.Wellbeing, space and society · 2023Article
- Equity impacts of cycling investment in England: A natural experimental study using longitudinally linked individual-level Census data.SSM - population health · 2023Article
- Exploring views of members of the public and policymakers on the acceptability of population level dietary and active-travel policies: a qualitative study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Article
- Benefits, risks, barriers, and facilitators to cycling: a narrative review.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Review
- Effects of Large-Scale Municipal Safe Routes to School Infrastructure on Student Active Travel and Physical Activity: Design, Methods, and Baseline Data of the Safe Travel Environment Evaluation in Texas Schools (STREETS) Natural Experiment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Comparing the Relative Importance of Predictors of Intention to Use Bicycles.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Cycling for health: Improving health and mitigating the climate crisis.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2021Review
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Abstract
purpose of reviewWhile many levels of government recognize that walking and cycling (active travel) are critical to healthy cities, a continued challenge is to identify and prioritize strategies that will increase walking and cycling for transportation. We review evidence on policies that can increase active travel. RECENT
findingsThe reviews included here conclude that policies related to active travel may operate at various levels of the socio-ecological framework, including society, cities, routes or individuals. The provision of convenient, safe and connected walking and cycling infrastructure is at the core of promoting active travel, but policies may work best when implemented in comprehensive packages. There is strong evidence that active travel can result in substantial health benefits. However, there remains considerable uncertainty about the exact effects of specific policies on walking or cycling rates or safety. Further research is needed to quantify the impact of specific policies or packages of policies, especially across different settings or for different population segments.
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