A walkable environment is a crucial factor for promoting active transportation. The purpose
of this study is to examine the association between neighborhood walkability and active …

Since walkability plays an important role in active commuting, several cities are actively
promoting its integration into urban and environmental planning policies. This study …

Walking is a popular physical activity that helps prevent obesity and cardiovascular
diseases. The Walk Score, which measures neighborhood walkability, considers access to …

Objective Built environment characteristics are closely related to transport behavior, but
observed variations could be due to residents own choice of neighborhood called …

The creation of walkable communities constitutes a cost-effective health promotion strategy,
as walking is an accessible and free intervention for increasing physical activity and health …

Background Neighborhood walkability has been associated with physical activity in several
studies. However, as environmental correlates of physical activity may be context specific …

Empirical research provides evidence that, in neighborhoods with higher walkability,
individuals make more walking trips. However, it is not clear what the exact nature is of the …

Walk Score® is a free publicly-available tool that evaluates how a particular location is
supportive of residents' walking, based on the distance to various local destinations. Several …

Neighborhood walkability is increasingly perceived as an effective way to support
individuals' health, since living in a walkable environment is associated with increases in …

Although associations between a person's neighborhood and their health have been
studied internationally, most studies have been limited to a few cities or towns. Therefore, we …