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{"title":"Associations between neighbourhood environment and mental health: The mediating role of different domains of physical activity","authors":"Yuhan Li ,&nbsp;Yue Shen","doi":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.101998","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.101998","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>The influence of neighbourhood environment on mental health is a prevalent concern in urban studies, with extensive research focusing on the role of physical activity in this relationship. However, few studies have explored the differential roles of various types of physical activity in this relationship or the associations of various types of physical activity with different aspects of the neighbourhood environment.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This study drawn on data from a survey of community residents in Shanghai, China (n = 684) and employed structural equation modeling (SEM) to investigate the relationships between objective and subjective neighbourhood environment characteristics, mental health, and the roles of transport-related and leisure-time physical activities in this context.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Our SEM analysis reveal that 1) leisure-time physical activity plays a major role in the pathway by which the neighbourhood environment influences mental health, whereas transport-related physical activity has no impact, and 2) environmental perception plays a crucial role in these pathways, indicating that objective characteristics can influence mental health by mediating the subjective neighbourhood environment and leisure-time physical activity.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Our findings underscore the importance of monitoring these mediators to enhance the precision of neighbourhood-based interventions and policies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47838,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport & Health","volume":"41 ","pages":"Article 101998"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143138939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Inequities in patterns and determinants of travel for Māori in Aotearoa/New Zealand","authors":"Rhys Jones ,&nbsp;Melissa McLeod ,&nbsp;Ryan Gage ,&nbsp;Alistair Woodward ,&nbsp;Caroline Shaw","doi":"10.1016/j.jth.2024.101959","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jth.2024.101959","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>In Aotearoa New Zealand, substantial inequities exist between Māori (the Indigenous peoples) and non-Māori in a range of social outcomes. Transport-related inequities contribute to differences in life expectancy between Māori and non-Māori. Yet, no comprehensive analysis of ethnic differences in transportation mode use has been undertaken. This study aimed to describe patterns and determinants of travel among Māori and a comparator group (sole European).</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We analysed data for adults from the 2015/16–2017/18 New Zealand Household Travel Survey (HTS), which measured participants’ travel patterns and transport outcomes over the course of a week. Descriptive comparisons between Māori and Sole European are reported, and stepwise regression was used to examine the influence of covariates on mode-specific distance travelled by ethnicity.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>943 Māori and 7329 Sole European participants were included in the analysis. Māori tended to travel fewer kilometres each week (223.2, 95% CI 194.5–251.8) compared to Sole European (246.2, 95% CI 237.4–255.0), although most comparisons had overlapping confidence intervals. After adjusting for all covariates, distances travelled by private motor vehicle were similar but Māori travelled significantly shorter distances on public transport and walking. The covariates that had the largest influence were age, occupation and area deprivation.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Differences between Māori and Sole European in distances travelled were less pronounced than expected. Explanations for this could include survey limitations and/or requirements to use a car to participate in society, despite socioeconomic disadvantage. Our findings point to the need for transport policy and infrastructure to increase opportunities for Māori to use active travel modes. There is also a critical need for higher quality data to better characterise, understand and develop responses to address these transport-related inequities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47838,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport & Health","volume":"40 ","pages":"Article 101959"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143177440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring the link between transportation and health in Malaysia","authors":"Nurul Syuhada Mohd Rosnu,&nbsp;Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh,&nbsp;Charles Musselwhite (Editor-in-Chief)","doi":"10.1016/j.jth.2024.101937","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jth.2024.101937","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47838,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport & Health","volume":"40 ","pages":"Article 101937"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143177442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Influence of ICT usage on perceived walkability and physical activities of older adults: Mixed method study in a high-density city","authors":"Eng Fei Koh","doi":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.101993","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.101993","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Central to walkability concept is the proposition that spatial proximity to diverse amenities and attractive surroundings provides motivation for physical activities. The ubiquitous use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) devices to overcome physical barriers presents new dynamics in this environment-person relationship that is less studied. This study aims to examine the interactions between ICT usage, perceived walkability and physical activities of older adults.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Singapore, a highly connected city with a rapidly ageing population, was selected as study site. Primary data was collected via purposive convenience sampling within neighborhood of Tampines. The mixed method study consisted of an online survey (n = 253) and walk-along interviews (n = 30) with older adults aged 50 and above.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Triangulated findings provided exploratory insights on mechanisms that influence the environment-person relationship. Use of travel apps and online food delivery services had increased perception of access and diversity by expanding mental map. Use of online fitness videos had reduced perception of access to physical places by providing flexibility of time and customisation of content. Use of social media had either enhanced or reduced perceived attractiveness of physical places, depending on how it was used. Mechanisms of ICT usage in increasing perceived ease of access, diversity and attractiveness can be summarized as awareness, sense of control, curiosity and connectedness.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>In promoting walkable cities within highly digitalised societies, urban and transport policies could utilise levers of being informative, interactive, integrative and with incentives to encourage older adults in active engagement with physical places.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47838,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport & Health","volume":"41 ","pages":"Article 101993"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143138935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Parental travel behaviours, accompaniment, and children’s active transportation: A multi-site study","authors":"Victoria Hecker ,&nbsp;Sébastien Blanchette ,&nbsp;Guy Faulkner ,&nbsp;Negin A. Riazi ,&nbsp;Mark S. Tremblay ,&nbsp;François Trudeau ,&nbsp;Richard Larouche","doi":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.101988","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.101988","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>Children who engage in active transportation (AT) to and from school are more physically active than those who use motorized travel modes. We investigated whether parents' travel mode to school as a child, current travel mode to work, and parental accompaniment on the trip home from school are associated with their children's AT to/from multiple destinations.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Grade 4–6 children (n = 1699, 55% girls) were recruited from urban, suburban, and rural schools in the regions of Vancouver, Ottawa and Trois-Rivières, Canada. Parents reported their current travel mode(s) to work, school travel mode as a child, and how many days they accompanied their child home from school. Children reported the number of active trips to/from various destinations they took over 7 consecutive days. Multiple imputation was performed to replace missing data. Generalized linear mixed models based on a negative binomial distribution were used to investigate predictors of AT. Models were stratified by gender and adjusted for child age, parent respondent's gender, level of urbanization, and school-area socioeconomic status.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>For each day a parent accompanied their child home from school, girls participated in 6% less active trips (95% CI 0.91–0.97) while boys had 7% less active trips (95% CI 0.90–0.96). Boys living in Vancouver and Trois-Rivières had respectively 55% (95% CI 1.13–2.04) and 33% (95% CI 1.00–1.77) more active trips compared to Ottawa. Parent's work travel mode and school travel mode as a child were not independently associated with their child's number of AT trips.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Children may have more opportunities for AT if their parents allow them to come home from school unaccompanied. These findings underscore the need for promoting children's independent mobility.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47838,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport & Health","volume":"41 ","pages":"Article 101988"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143138936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Homebound older adults and transportation barriers to social and community activities","authors":"Namkee G. Choi,&nbsp;Kelly Vences,&nbsp;Angelina Gutierrez,&nbsp;Brian Fons","doi":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.101996","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.101996","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Although a homebound state in late life is often a result of cognitive and/or physical/functional health problems, transportation barriers may also be an important contributor. In this study, we examined the associations of homebound states with driving status and self-reported transportation barriers to social/community activities.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We used the 2023 National Health and Aging Trends Study (N = 7543), and homebound older adults were defined as those who rarely (≤1 a week) or never went outside the home in the past month. We used generalized linear models to examine the associations.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Homebound older adults comprised 5.2% of Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older. Only 27% reported driving in the past month, and 54.2% and 32.1% reported health-related and transportation barriers to participating in social/community activities, respectively. Multivariable analysis results showed that homebound older adults were more likely to have stopped driving in the past year than their peers who went out 2–4 days a week (IRR = 2.28, 95% CI = 1.52–3.43) and those who went out 5+ days a week (IRR = 7.20, 95% CI = 4.34–11.97). Homebound older adults were also more likely to report transportation barriers than those who went out 2–4 days a week (IRR = 1.30, 95% CI = 1.06–1.58) and those who went out 5+ days a week (IRR = 1.99, 95% CI = 1.50–2.65). Less than 10% of homebound older adults used taxi/ride-hailing services and public transportation.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The study suggests that older adults' homebound state significantly correlates with transportation barriers. Reliable transportation services appropriate to older adults’ capabilities are needed to facilitate their participation in social/community activities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47838,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport & Health","volume":"41 ","pages":"Article 101996"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143138912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Public transport investments as generators of economic and social activity","authors":"Jacob Albin Korem Alhassan ,&nbsp;Paulo Anciaes","doi":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.101989","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.101989","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>High-quality public transport systems increase accessibility, which is linked to wider economic and social benefits that improve the health of the populations served. This paper reviews evidence on the existence and magnitude of these wider benefits.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We searched for academic studies that evaluated the effects of specific public transport investments or disinvestments on levels of economic and social activity.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Public transport improvements increase economic activity, both at an aggregate level (higher gross domestic product) and household level (higher income), although the effect can be geographically imbalanced. Better public transport boosts employment but tends to increase house prices, leading to gentrification, although suitable policies can prevent this effect. Public transport improves social connections, especially for older people in isolated rural areas. In urban areas, it can reduce connections due to barriers to pedestrians. Disinvestment in public transport, such as closure of bus services, has multiple economic and social costs, although the evidence is still scarce.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Public transport has potentially wide but possibly unequal economic and social benefits.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47838,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport & Health","volume":"41 ","pages":"Article 101989"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143138940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“We are a forgotten people!”: The experience of stress among New York City yellow taxi drivers","authors":"Matthew Kelly,&nbsp;Bessie Liu,&nbsp;Hana Minsky,&nbsp;Paul Nestadt,&nbsp;Joseph J. Gallo","doi":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.101990","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.101990","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>This study analyzed New York City yellow taxi drivers’ perceptions of workplace stressors in the setting of recent taxi driver suicides. It also documents their lived experience of stress and their response to stress.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We conducted open-ended, life-history informed interviews with current and former New York City yellow taxi drivers in 2022. Interviews were transcribed and analyzed thematically.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Interviews (n = 21) revealed diverse stressors, including financial strain, discrimination, the loss of colleagues to suicide, and media coverage surrounding driver suicides. Drivers experienced their stress as anxiety, depression, helplessness, rage, and sleep disturbance. Few had sought out mental health support, though many would consider doing so if it were available.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>By employing a life-history-interview methodology, we identify complex sources of stress among taxi drivers. Our research additionally documents drivers’ descriptions of their lived experience of stress and their response to stress. Though many drivers described their stress as overwhelming, few had sought out mental health support. In sum, this research suggests that opportunities exist for intervention to improve the health and wellbeing of this vulnerable, underserved community.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47838,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport & Health","volume":"41 ","pages":"Article 101990"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143138932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Restricted yet expanded: A case study of mobility adaptations among older adults with mild cognitive impairment in Zhengzhou, China","authors":"Qingqing Yin ,&nbsp;Lin Chen ,&nbsp;Xupeng Mao ,&nbsp;Eva Kahana","doi":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.101992","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.101992","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Cognitive impairment is likely to restrict older adults' mobility. Most existing evidence has examined the declining mobility of older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and proposed ways to improve neighborhood environments to support this vulnerable group. Yet these older adults’ nuanced experiences and perceptions of adapting to changing mobility remain understudied. Integrating community gerontology and the preventive and corrective proactivity model, this study explores how older adults with MCI adapt to their changing mobility in their neighborhood environment.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Through snowball sampling, we took a phenomenological approach and conducted in-depth interviews with community-dwelling older adults with MCI in Zhengzhou, China (<em>N</em> = 34). We performed a thematic analysis of participants’ experiences of mobility changes, their adaptions to these mobility changes, and their interactions with neighborhood environments.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Three themes emerged: experiencing mobility changes; ambivalent family responses to mobility changes; and continual interactions with the neighborhood environment. Participants recognized cognitive decline and mobility changes while trying to sustain their existing mobility, which was protected by their neighborhood-based social networks and mutual support. Their restricted mobility in the physical environment was bolstered and even expanded by their neighborhood social environment.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>We identified three dynamics of participants' mobility adaptation: within individual participants' own functioning; with family members; and within their neighborhood environment. These interactions enhanced participants' adaptive efforts to maintain their mobility by integrating supports from family members and neighborhood networks, highlighting the importance of developing neighborhood physical and social features to support older adults’ changing cognitive and mobility functioning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47838,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport & Health","volume":"41 ","pages":"Article 101992"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143138937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nurturing healthy and resilient communities: An in-depth bibliometric analysis of walkability within the built environment","authors":"Azadeh Lak,&nbsp;S. Mohammad Reza Moussavi.A","doi":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.101981","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.101981","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Walkability is crucial for sustainable development and promotes environmental, economic, and health benefits. Based on the importance of walkability in the built environment (WBE) during the sustainability era, this study offers a critical review of WBE using a bibliometric approach to showcase the following: a) progress and main areas, b) research gaps and trends, and c) the proposal of a comprehensive framework for future studies.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>To better understand the WBE, 2150 documents covering 2000 to November 1, 2024, were extracted from the Scopus database. VOSviewer and the Bibliometrix package in the R statistical programming language were used to analyze and visualize the data. In addition, desk studies and gray literature, including movements, conferences, reports, and concepts, were investigated.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The document publication process and results of co-occurrence and factorial analyses revealed that the concept of WBE evolved over four periods. The main areas of evolution include social aspects, health, and the built environment, all of which improved in each period. Economics and technology were integrated into the other areas during the final period. This provides a comprehensive framework for a better understanding of the WBE concept. Additionally, the strong correlation (r = 0.99, p &lt; 0.05) between the number of citations and annual publications underscores the significance of WBE studies in the scientific community. Nevertheless, developing countries account for only 10% of scientific studies in this field.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>These findings and emerging trends can offer valuable insights to urban planners, designers, managers, and researchers from diverse disciplines to enhance the WBE, particularly in developing countries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47838,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport & Health","volume":"41 ","pages":"Article 101981"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143138934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}