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The Sustainable Development Commission’s commentary on JMP’s 2009 report : a review of Government travel [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This document is a response to 'A review of Government travel : sustainable travel engaging the public sector'.We have commented on JMP’s report A Review of Government Travel, which was commissioned jointly by the Sustainable Development Commission and ...
Sustainable Development Commission
core   +2 more sources

Conceptualising Active Transmobilities as Infrastructure: A Research Agenda

open access: yesActive Travel Studies
Very little work so far has explored trans and LGBTQ+ people’s experiences of active travel, compared to an emerging scholarship covering public transport systems.
Matt C. Smith, Rachel Aldred
doaj   +2 more sources

Distance, Time, Speed & Energy: A Socio-Political Analysis of Technologies of Longer Distance Cycling

open access: yesActive Travel Studies, 2022
The basic laws of motion governing cycling are well understood. Consideration of the variables of energy use in cycle travel is less frequent. The potentials of both aerodynamically efficient cycle design and the augmentation of human power with e-motors
Peter Cox
doaj   +2 more sources

Connotative meaning of travel modes and activity-travel behavior

open access: yesTransportation Research Procedia, 2018
Abstract This paper aims to present results of a study regarding how the meaning of travel modes influences on the performance of activities and trips. Connotative meaning of travel modes was measured using semantic differential scales, which collect the suggestive significance of the terms used to name current travel modes.
Tomás Ruiz   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Temporary recurring closures and changing mobility patterns: A quasi-experimental study of the impacts of London’s Covid-19 school streets on travel to school

open access: yesJournal of Urban Mobility
With over 500 schemes installed since March 2020, School Streets have been one of the most significant street experiments conducted in London. As temporary and recurring closures to streets these schemes provide a novel typology of street experiment ...
Asa Thomas
doaj   +1 more source

Equipping Active Travel Advocates with Digital Mobility Data and Tools: An Evaluation of a US Trial Program

open access: yesActive Travel Studies, 2023
Shared micromobility services that offer bikes and scooters on demand are complementing walking, cycling, and public transport to expand the role of active mobility in urban transportation.
Angela Sanguinetti, Eli Alston-Stepnitz
doaj   +2 more sources

E-micromobility, Cycling, and ‘Good’ Active Travel

open access: yesActive Travel Studies, 2023
This article explores how e-micromobility (EMM) can produce 'good' active travel together with cycling. Foregrounding the unique affordances of the electric unicycle (EUC) and e-bike, we highlight their potential to produce good active travel with ...
A. Travers, Nicholas Scott
doaj   +2 more sources

Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Active Travel’s Contribution to Climate Change Mitigation: Research Summary and Outlook

open access: yesActive Travel Studies, 2021
Active travel (walking, cycling or scooting for transport) is considered a healthy and sustainable form of getting from A to B. The net effects of active travel on mobility-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are complex and remarkably under ...
Christian Brand
doaj   +2 more sources

Gamification and Active Travel

open access: yes, 2021
Our research shows that gamification – offering points, badges, prizes or spots on a leader board in exchange for participating in specific, non game-related activities – can encourage people to travel actively to school or work.
openaire   +1 more source

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