Exploring the distances people walk to access public transport

D Van Soest, MR Tight, CDF Rogers - Transport reviews, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A shift from private motorised transport to more active transportation can, among
other things, deliver significant health benefits. The main disadvantage of active transport (in …

Transport policy for liveability–Valuing the impacts on movement, place, and society

P Anciaes, P Jones - Transportation research part A: policy and practice, 2020 - Elsevier
In many countries, there is a movement away from 'car-centred'policies and a stronger
interest in developing healthy, equitable, and sustainable transport systems that enhance …

A big data approach to understanding pedestrian route choice preferences: Evidence from San Francisco

A Sevtsuk, R Basu, X Li, R Kalvo - Travel behaviour and society, 2021 - Elsevier
Big data from smartphone applications are enabling travel behavior studies at an
unprecedented scale. In this paper, we examine pedestrian route choice preferences in San …

Predicting pedestrian flow along city streets: A comparison of route choice estimation approaches in downtown San Francisco

A Sevtsuk, R Kalvo - International journal of sustainable …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Street attributes are thought to play an important role in influencing pedestrian route choices.
Faced with alternatives, pedestrians have been observed to choose faster, safer, more …

Development and validity of a virtual street walkability audit tool for pedestrian route choice analysis—SWATCH

F Shatu, T Yigitcanlar - Journal of transport geography, 2018 - Elsevier
The link between street environment and pedestrian route choices remains a relatively
understudied research topic, mainly due to the difficulty in collecting data. This research …

[HTML][HTML] Empirical characterisation of agents' spatial behaviour in pedestrian movement simulation

G Filomena, L Kirsch, A Schwering… - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Route choice behaviour is an important factor in determining pedestrian movement flows
across the urban space. Agent-based modelling, a simulation paradigm that allows …

The effect of high-density built environments on elderly individuals' physical health: A cross-sectional study in Guangzhou, China

R Zhang, S Liu, M Li, X He, C Zhou - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The built environment refers to the objective material environment built by humans in cities
for living and production activities. Existing studies have proven that the built environment …

A complete street intervention for walking to transit, nontransit walking, and bicycling: a quasi-experimental demonstration of increased use

BB Brown, KR Smith, D Tharp… - … of physical activity …, 2016 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: Complete streets require evaluation to determine if they encourage active
transportation. Methods: Data were collected before and after a street intervention provided …

Walking without awareness

IM Harms, JH van Dijken, KA Brookhuis… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Pedestrians are commonly engaged in other activities while walking. The current study
assesses (1) whether pedestrians are sufficiently aware of their surroundings to successfully …

Walking toward metro stations: The contribution of distance, attitudes, and perceived built environment

M Paydar, AK Fard, MM Khaghani - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Walking as an active means of travel is important as a sustainable mode of transport.
Moreover, the level of walking in the surrounding areas of metro stations would contribute to …