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More than walking and cycling: What is ‘active travel’? [PDF]
Transport Policy, 2022 Where has the concept of ‘active travel’ come from and where is it taking us? In this paper, we explore these questions, firstly, through a systematic review that summarises the growth of active travel research over the last 15 years.
Lorna Stevenson +2 more
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Impacts of active travel interventions on travel behaviour and health: Results from a five-year longitudinal travel survey in Outer London [PDF]
Journal of Transport and HealthIntroduction This paper analyses six years' data from the People and Places longitudinal study. The study examines travel behaviour impacts of major investments in active travel infrastructure in three Outer London boroughs (the ‘mini-Hollands programme’)
Rachel Aldred +2 more
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How street greenery facilitates active travel for university students [PDF]
, 2022 Introduction Active travel is currently gaining popularity worldwide as a sustainable form of travel. However, very few studies have examined how the built environment affects active travel behaviour on university campuses, particularly in China.
Wang, R. +4 more
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Personal and environmental correlates of active travel and physical activity in a deprived urban population [PDF]
, 2008 Environmental characteristics may be associated with patterns of physical activity in general or with particular types of physical activity such as active travel (walking or cycling for transport).
Petticrew, Mark +4 more
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Towards an Intersectional Perspective in Cycling
Active Travel Studies, 2022 In recent years, concerns about climate change have elevated cycling on urban policy agendas worldwide. The rapid implementation of temporary cycling infrastructure in cities across the globe during the Covid-19 pandemic has further elevated the ...
Tiffany Lam
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Book review: C. Popan (2019). Bicycle Utopias Imagining Fast and Slow Cycling Futures. Routledge.
Active Travel Studies, 2022 Cosmin’s book ‘Bicycle Utopias: Imagining Fast and Slow Cycling Futures’ invites us to imagine a different world where predominantly bikes are used (at least) for short-distance travel within cities and claims that the domination of cars is unsustainable
Aspasia Paltoglou
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Transportation Letters, 2009 AbstractPhysical inactivity has become a dominant feature of most American's lives over the past quarter century. This has spurred an entire research domain straddling several different disciplines. Although model development within the field of travel behavior as a whole continues today with more momentum than ever, the focus on active mode choice has
Burbidge, Shaunna K +1 more
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Cycling Trends in Scotland during the Early Phase of the COVID Pandemic
Active Travel Studies, 2022 In many countries increasing levels of active travel, including cycling, has become a policy aim with the co-benefits of improving health, supporting a shift away from private car use to more sustainable transport systems, reducing emissions and ...
Bruce Whyte +3 more
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Active Traveling Wave in the Cochlea [PDF]
Physical Review Letters, 2003 A sound stimulus entering the inner ear excites a deformation of the basilar membrane which travels along the cochlea towards the apex. It is well established that this wavelike disturbance is amplified by an active system. Recently, it has been proposed that the active system consists of a set of self-tuned critical oscillators which automatically ...
Duke, T, Julicher, F
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Bicycle Parking Use Patterns, Occupancy and Rotation Rates in the Streets of Barcelona
Active Travel Studies, 2023 Bicycle parking is a critical piece of cycling infrastructure and yet there is little known about who and how often these facilities are used. This study investigates the use patterns, occupancy, duration times and rotation rates of on-street bike ...
Esteve Corbera +3 more
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