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Active transportation by transit-dependent and choice riders and potential displacement of leisure physical activity
Lachapelle, Ugo Frank, Lawrence D. Sallis, James F. Saelens, Brian E. Conway, Terry L.
Lachapelle, Ugo
Frank, Lawrence D.
Sallis, James F.
Saelens, Brian E.
Conway, Terry L.
Abstract
Public transit users are expected to have higher levels of active transportation (AT, walking and bicycling) because they often need to walk to and from transit. Surveys in Baltimore and Seattle (n = 1,622) revealed that transit users performed more AT than nonusers, especially when dependent on transit. Health benefits and impacts of their limited travel options are discussed. Choice transit riders, who use transit and have a car, and dependent transit riders, who are limited to transit use, are compared for differences in AT and leisure physical activity time (LPA). Less LPA is explored as a consequence of the additional AT.
Keywords
automobile availability, lack of time, leisure, neighborhood, time use, walkability, walking
Date
2016
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Journal article
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Journal of Planning Education and Research
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36
Issue
2
Page Range
225-238
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Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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