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ArticleJournal of transport & health2025

Cool routes: Assessing how green space and paved paths modify heat's effects on urban bicycling.

Michael D Garber, David Rojas-Rueda, Paquito Bernard, Tarik Benmarhnia

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Michael D GarberScripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0122-5634
David Rojas-RuedaDepartment of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5854-2484
Paquito BernardUniv Rennes, Inserm, Irset (Institut de Recherche en Santé, Environnement et Travail) -UMR_S, 1085, Rennes, France.ORCID 0000-0003-2180-9135
Tarik BenmarhniaScripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.

Funding

Equity and Climate Opportunities for Health (ECO-Health) Center: Research Project 1P20MD019994 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI BENMARHNIA, TARIK, TEHERANI, ARIANNE · 2024 to 2024
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NIMHD NIH HHS P20 MD019994
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Abstract

Background: Understanding how heat's effect on bicycling varies spatially across the urban environment can inform who may be bicycling in the heat and how urban-planning measures can improve thermal comfort for bicyclists. Objective: We estimated effects of heat on recreational and commute bicycling in Denver, Colorado, USA using city-wide, finely resolved bicycling data and assessed heterogeneity in effects by area-level social vulnerability and proximity to the city center and whether off-street paths and green-space measures, if intervened upon, modify these effects. Methods: From Strava Metro, we obtained daily data on recreational and commute bicycling in Denver on each street segment (N = 218,641) during the summer months of 2019-2023. We estimated effects of hot (95-99 °F [35-37 °C]) and very hot (100-104 °F [38-40 °C]) temperature on daily bicycling using model-based standardization, controlling for temporally varying confounders. We assessed effect heterogeneity by area-level social vulnerability and proximity to the city center. To assess effect modification by intervention (defined in text) of paved paths and green-space measures, we additionally controlled for social vulnerability and proximity to the urban core. Results: Heat's attenuating effects on recreational and commute bicycling were stronger in central Denver but did not differ across area-level social vulnerability. Heat's attenuating effects were somewhat weaker on off-street paths and considerably weaker in greener areas and near blue space. Conclusions: Results support the provision of paved paths and access to green and blue space to support bicycling during hot weather.

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Bicycle infrastructureBicyclingCausal inferenceEffect modificationStravaUrban heat

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PMID42713470
PMCPMC13552348

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