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Using a modified stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial to evaluate effectiveness of elementary school traffic calming interventions 采用改进的阶梯楔形随机对照试验评估小学交通平静化干预措施的有效性
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Journal of Transport & Health Pub Date : 2025-06-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2025.102086
Tate HubkaRao , Surendra Mishra , Tony Churchill , Marie-Soleil Cloutier , Alberto Nettel-Aguirre , Brent E. Hagel
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Travel mode choice of the commuters and neighborhood socioeconomic segregation 通勤者出行方式选择与社区社会经济隔离
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Journal of Transport & Health Pub Date : 2025-06-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2025.102085
Mohammad Paydar , Asal Kamani Fard
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Risk versus fun: Perspectives of children and their parents on active school commuting in regional Australia and strategies on promotion 风险与乐趣:澳大利亚地区儿童及其家长对积极的学校通勤的看法及推广策略
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Journal of Transport & Health Pub Date : 2025-06-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2025.102087
Ho Yeung Lam, Sisitha Jayasinghe, Andrew P. Hills, Kiran D.K. Ahuja
{"title":"Risk versus fun: Perspectives of children and their parents on active school commuting in regional Australia and strategies on promotion","authors":"Ho Yeung Lam,&nbsp;Sisitha Jayasinghe,&nbsp;Andrew P. Hills,&nbsp;Kiran D.K. Ahuja","doi":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.102087","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.102087","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>This study explores the perspectives of parents and primary schoolchildren on active school commuting (ASC) in northwest Tasmania, Australia and highlights the unique challenges and opportunities of promoting ASC in regional settings.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Using a constructivist framework and reflexive thematic analysis, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 11 parents and 13 children to capture their experiences with both active and passive commuting.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Deciding between active and passive mode of school commuting involves a balance between perceived risks and benefits. Parents prioritised safety and logistical considerations, often adopting risk-averse attitudes due to concerns about traffic, crime, and adverse weather. These issues, coupled with long commuting distances, time constraints, hilly terrain, and limited transport options, made driving the default choice. In contrast, children valued the enjoyment, independence, and environmental interactions offered by ASC and expressed confidence in navigating the journey. Parents were open to ASC if infrastructure improvements, such as safer pathways and crossing guards, and earlier school opening hours were implemented. Hybrid commuting approaches like “drive part-way, walk part-way,” combined with walking school bus programs, were identified as promising solutions to address safety concerns and logistical barriers. Children's enthusiasm for ASC provides an opportunity to shift parental perceptions and promote ASC as a positive, enriching experience.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Our study has highlighted several challenges and opportunities for ASC promotion in a regional setting and the need for context-specific interventions. Future research should involve local stakeholders and explore co-designed interventions tailored to regional barriers and contexts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47838,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport & Health","volume":"44 ","pages":"Article 102087"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144194970","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}
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Social and urban determinants of school commuting in Barcelona and its relationship with air quality around schools 巴塞罗那学校通勤的社会和城市决定因素及其与学校周围空气质量的关系
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Journal of Transport & Health Pub Date : 2025-05-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2025.102084
Yael Puyol-Martín , Laura Oliveras , Marc Marí-Dell’Olmo , Xavier Bartoll , Katherine Pérez , Anna Gómez-Gutiérrez , Ainhoa Bereziartua , Aitana Lertxundi , Laia Font-Ribera
{"title":"Social and urban determinants of school commuting in Barcelona and its relationship with air quality around schools","authors":"Yael Puyol-Martín ,&nbsp;Laura Oliveras ,&nbsp;Marc Marí-Dell’Olmo ,&nbsp;Xavier Bartoll ,&nbsp;Katherine Pérez ,&nbsp;Anna Gómez-Gutiérrez ,&nbsp;Ainhoa Bereziartua ,&nbsp;Aitana Lertxundi ,&nbsp;Laia Font-Ribera","doi":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.102084","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.102084","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Active commuting to school has been promoted as a measure to reduce both children's sedentarism and air pollution around schools. The aim of this study is to describe school commuting patterns in children aged 2–14 years in Barcelona (Spain), analyse their determinants and assess the relationship with NO<sub>2</sub> levels at schools.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We conducted a cross-sectional study using data from the 2021 Barcelona Health Survey (n = 380 children) and linked home and school addresses to geographical information, including the city's NO<sub>2</sub> map. We defined two types of school commuting: (i) active commuting to school (ACS; walking and cycling) and polluting commuting to school (PCS; car and motorcycle). We analysed the association with potential social and urban determinants through prevalence ratios (PR) and their 95 % confidence intervals (CI) using Poisson regression models with robust variance.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>In Barcelona, 70.4 % of children engaged in ACS, and 12.1 % used PCS. Proximity to school emerged as the most significant determinant of ACS. PCS was strongly associated with both residential neighbourhood socio-economic status and commuting distance. Compared to children living within 750 m of the school, those living between 750 and 1500 m had a PR of 4.41 (95 % CI = 1.62–11.99) of PCS and those living over 1500 m away had a PR of 14.24 (95 % CI = 6.18–32.80). Areas with a higher prevalence of ACS also tended to have higher NO<sub>2</sub> levels at schools, showing an imbalance between exposure and contribution to traffic related air pollution across geographical areas.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>To ensure that all students may engage in ACS, local policies promoting proximity to schools are strongly recommended.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47838,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport & Health","volume":"44 ","pages":"Article 102084"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144185744","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}
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Combining walkability assessments at different scales in measuring spatial inequalities in access to railway stations 结合不同尺度的可步行性评估来衡量火车站的空间不平等
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Journal of Transport & Health Pub Date : 2025-05-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2025.102081
Gabriele D'Orso , Muhammad Yasir , Marco Migliore
{"title":"Combining walkability assessments at different scales in measuring spatial inequalities in access to railway stations","authors":"Gabriele D'Orso ,&nbsp;Muhammad Yasir ,&nbsp;Marco Migliore","doi":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.102081","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.102081","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>One of the goals of Agenda 2030 is to make cities inclusive, safe, and sustainable, promoting transport and social equity. One of the ways to promote social inclusion is encouraging people to use efficient and affordable mass rapid transit services. Therefore, ensuring good pedestrian accessibility to railway stations is a priority for policymakers. In this perspective, it is not surprising that 15-min cities and transit-oriented development are widely debated concepts and applied with policies encouraging sustainable transportation modes and building inclusive communities. However, disparities in policy practice seem to exist between suburban areas and cores in many European cities. Indeed, the quality of pedestrian infrastructure is not at the same level in different areas, creating disadvantaged communities with lower access to public transport services and forced to be car-dependent.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>Presenting a case study, the paper aims to investigate the impacts of road connectivity and pedestrian network quality on spatial and social equity in access railway stations. Fourteen railway stations in Palermo (Italy) were analyzed. The paper proposes a GIS-based approach combining walkability assessments at different scales. Firstly, walkability around railway stations was analyzed considering meso-scale indicators related to road connectivity (road density, intersection density, Ped-shed ratio). Secondarily, since quality-related factors are crucial in evaluating pedestrian accessibility, three criteria (practicability, safety, and pleasantness) to evaluate street-level walkability around railway stations are defined based on the literature.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Combining both the assessments, big disparities in accessibility between railway stations located in suburban areas and city centre were found. Poor accessibility in suburbs represents a social equity problem, undermining the effectiveness of rail services as equitable modes of transportation.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>This approach can be a decision-support tool, identifying what priority measures are needed and where to improve the quality of the pedestrian network to support public transport use in suburban areas.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47838,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport & Health","volume":"44 ","pages":"Article 102081"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144168174","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}
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Traffic hazard perception and self-regulatory driving behaviour amongst older drivers: the role of gender 老年司机的交通危险认知和自我调节驾驶行为:性别的作用
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Journal of Transport & Health Pub Date : 2025-05-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2025.102078
Tadas Vadvilavičius, Laura Šeibokaitė, Auksė Endriulaitienė, Rasa Markšaitytė, Modesta Morkevičiūtė
{"title":"Traffic hazard perception and self-regulatory driving behaviour amongst older drivers: the role of gender","authors":"Tadas Vadvilavičius,&nbsp;Laura Šeibokaitė,&nbsp;Auksė Endriulaitienė,&nbsp;Rasa Markšaitytė,&nbsp;Modesta Morkevičiūtė","doi":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.102078","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.102078","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>This study is aimed at analysing the relationship between hazard perception and self-regulatory driving behaviour and to test the moderation effect of gender on this relationship.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A sample of 240 Lithuanian older (60+ years) drivers participated in the study (48 percent female; aged 60–97 years). Lithuanian hazard perception test and Self-regulatory driving behaviour scale together with demographic questions were used.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Results revealed negative and weak correlation between self-regulatory driving behaviour and driving experience in years. Hazard perception and self-regulatory driving behaviour was not correlated. The moderation analysis showed moderation effect of gender: the relationship between hazard perception and self-regulatory driving behaviour was positive for female drivers only.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Study highlights the role of gender on the relationship between self-regulatory driving behavior and hazard perception in the group of older drivers. Results also suggest that older drivers may not always perceive their own health and driving abilities. Recommendations for future studies and limitations are discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47838,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport & Health","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 102078"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144134454","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}
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The impact of omitting key built environment factors on the potential health outcomes of active travel to school 忽略关键建筑环境因素对主动上学的潜在健康结果的影响
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Journal of Transport & Health Pub Date : 2025-05-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2025.102083
Laya Hossein Rashidi , Jennifer L. Kent , Emily Moylan
{"title":"The impact of omitting key built environment factors on the potential health outcomes of active travel to school","authors":"Laya Hossein Rashidi ,&nbsp;Jennifer L. Kent ,&nbsp;Emily Moylan","doi":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.102083","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.102083","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Active travel to school (ATS) programs promote walking and cycling because of the proven health benefits, which underpin the economic and social justifications for these initiatives. ATS programs often focus on improving the built environment (BE) around schools to encourage active accessibility. However, BE variables are frequently intercorrelated, making it challenging to include all relevant factors in choice models. Additionally, they are strongly associated with home-to-school distance, the primary determinant of ATS. Overlooking these interactions increases the risk of omitted variable bias (OVB) in travel mode choice models, reducing their effectiveness in accurately evaluating and informing ATS policies.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Using a sample of 6269 students from 86 schools in New South Wales, Australia, we evaluate OVB in multinomial logit models of active, public transit, and car travel. Factor analysis condenses eleven built environment variables into five factors. Incremental models assess the impact of excluding BE factors on ATS participation, while elasticity comparisons illustrate the practical effects of OVB. We also evaluate hypothetical BE scenarios to demonstrate how OVB can distort ATS policy decisions.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>We find that omitting key BE factors results in biased and inconsistent parameter estimates. The elasticity analysis of BE variables indicates a variation ranging from 1 % to 36 %. Scenario analyses further reveal that projected walking distance gains from BE enhancements can differ by up to 55 % across models.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Differences in elasticity and projected scenario benefits highlight the impact of OVB in ATS evaluations, showing that inadequate BE representation can lead to misleading policy decisions. Bias direction varies, making it difficult for policymakers to determine whether benefits are over- or underestimated. This issue is amplified in equity-focused policies, where accurate benefit estimation is essential. Our findings emphasise the need for robust, nuanced, and inclusive model specifications, particularly when precise walking distance projections inform policy decisions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47838,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport & Health","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 102083"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144125395","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}
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Demand-responsive transport services for disabilities: Factors that contribute to customer churn 残疾人需求响应交通服务:导致客户流失的因素
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Journal of Transport & Health Pub Date : 2025-05-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2025.102077
Keun Wook Kim , Daeun Oh , Yeolib Kim
{"title":"Demand-responsive transport services for disabilities: Factors that contribute to customer churn","authors":"Keun Wook Kim ,&nbsp;Daeun Oh ,&nbsp;Yeolib Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.102077","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.102077","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This research examines the factors that lead people with disabilities (PWDs) to discontinue using demand-responsive transport (DRT) services. The data is based on 11,147 PWDs who have used the DRT service in Daegu, a major metropolitan city in South Korea. We employ the Accelerated Failure Time (AFT) model to estimate customer churn and identify key predictors. Our findings reveal that customer churn is influenced by trip characteristics such as waiting time, destination diversity, and weekend trip rate. Destination characteristics such as education facility visitation rate and medical facility visitation rate also contribute to customer churn. Moreover, we find that PWDs with mental impairments face a higher risk of customer churn compared to those with physical impairments. These insights shed light on the dynamics of customer churn for PWDS in DRT services and offer actionable strategies to improve retention and enhance service quality.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47838,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport & Health","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 102077"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144116349","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}
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Enhancing walkability/rollability audit tools to address qualitative measures for accessibility 加强可步行性/可滚动性审计工具,以解决可达性的定性措施
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Journal of Transport & Health Pub Date : 2025-05-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2025.102075
Katherine Deturbide, Mikiko Terashima
{"title":"Enhancing walkability/rollability audit tools to address qualitative measures for accessibility","authors":"Katherine Deturbide,&nbsp;Mikiko Terashima","doi":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.102075","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.102075","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>As accessibility legislation and active transportation policy become more prevalent across the country, Canadian municipalities will need a tool to evaluate walkability/rollability as a vital component of accessibility in the built environment. Existing walkability indices often overlook qualities of street infrastructure—such as curb cuts and shading—in part due to the labour- or computation-intensive data collection processes required.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We piloted a method of evaluating two factors of street quality identified as important for accessibility—curb cuts and shading—as part of neighbourhood-level walkability/rollability assessment in Halifax, Canada. We rated a sample of over 2000 road segments using Google Street View (GSV). Then, we identified areas with highest need of walkable/rollable infrastructure by cross-referencing the average neighbourhood-level scores and concentration of older adults and children. Lastly, we calculated the walkability scores based on a conventional method with and without the two factors for comparison.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Curb cut quality was generally low across the neighbourhoods, including some newer suburbs. Shade scores were higher in more established neighbourhoods with more mature tree canopies, as expected. Addition of the two factors had a notable effect on the scoring for several neighbourhoods, suggesting that some neighbourhoods may be lower-performing (i.e., less walkable/rollable) than the conventional scores would suggest.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The rating provided a more thorough picture of neighbourhoods in need of walkable/rollable infrastructure improvement. Our methodology can be a cost- and time-effective way to collect data required to monitor the progress on accessibility in the built environment that municipalities may adopt.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47838,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport & Health","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 102075"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144116350","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}
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Who’s still riding? Subgroup analysis of bicycling in the US 谁还在骑马?美国骑自行车的亚群分析
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Journal of Transport & Health Pub Date : 2025-05-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2025.102057
Saquib M. Haroon, Alyssa Ryan
{"title":"Who’s still riding? Subgroup analysis of bicycling in the US","authors":"Saquib M. Haroon,&nbsp;Alyssa Ryan","doi":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.102057","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jth.2025.102057","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction:</h3><div>Bicycling is a healthy and sustainable mode of transportation that offers benefits such as improved physical and mental health, reduced environmental impact, and cost-effective mobility. It alleviates traffic congestion, lowers greenhouse gas emissions, and fosters an active lifestyle, making it crucial for urban planning and public health. This paper explores bicycling trends, focusing on sex, sociodemographic characteristics, and COVID-19 impacts using National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) data from 2017 and 2022.</div></div><div><h3>Methods:</h3><div>NHTS datasets were analyzed to examine bicycling patterns across various sociodemographic groups, including sex, income, race, urban vs. rural location, and educational attainment. A subgroup analysis looked at bicycling participation by sex and between White and BIPOC groups. The study also investigated the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on bicycling trends across the sexes, considering changes in travel behavior, work patterns, and home delivery usage.</div></div><div><h3>Results:</h3><div>Males reported higher bicycling rates than females, but the gap narrowed slightly over time. Bicycling increased among higher-income groups, Asians, and Native Hawaiians or Pacific Islanders. Urban areas showed higher rates than rural ones, and higher educational attainment correlated with more bicycling. The pandemic significantly altered travel behavior, with less work-related travel associated with increased bicycling for both sexes and home delivery usage linked to more cycling. Despite a rise in cycling among females due to pandemic changes, sex-related disparities persisted. There was also a notable increase in interest among older adults in 2022.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions:</h3><div>The findings underscore the need for targeted interventions to promote equitable bicycling practices and capitalize on pandemic-induced shifts to boost active transportation and public health. Reducing sex-related disparities and encouraging broader participation could enhance bicycling’s contribution to public health and sustainability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47838,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transport & Health","volume":"43 ","pages":"Article 102057"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144099713","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}
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