Small steps, big differences: assessing the validity of using home and work locations to estimate walking distances to transit

MP Veillette, R Deboosere, R Wasfi… - Transportation …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Walking to and from public transport can form a seamless way to integrate physical activity
into our daily lives, thereby helping us achieve the recommended minutes of physical …

Evaluating methods for measuring daily walking to public transport: Balancing accuracy and data availability

E Grisé, R Wasfi, NA Ross, A El-Geneidy - Journal of Transport & Health, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Quantifying physical activity accumulated through daily commuting is
challenging due to the scarcity of detailed data, especially for public transport trips. Using …

The association of trip distance with walking to reach public transit: Data from the California Household Travel Survey

CP Durand, X Tang, KP Gabriel, IN Sener… - Journal of transport & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Introduction Use of public transit is cited as a way to help individuals incorporate regular
physical activity into their day. As a novel research topic, however, there is much we do not …

Walking to public transit: Exploring variations by socioeconomic status

J Chia, J Lee, MD Kamruzzaman - International Journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The choice to use public transit as a mean of travel is largely influenced by walking access
from origin to transit facilities. Existing network planning uses a 400-m walking distance to …

Estimating the steps made by public transport commuters using a synthetic population enriched with smart card data

L Del Rosario, SW Laffan, CJ Pettit - Journal of Transport & Health, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Public transport use can contribute to daily physical activity recommendations
through its associated walking components. However, without using travel surveys, it is …

Walking the walk: an assessment of the 5-minute rule in transit planning

MM Moran - 2013 - repositories.lib.utexas.edu
Public transportation and other alternatives to the private automobile are receiving
increased attention for their potential to decrease congestion, reduce environmental …

Beyond the quarter mile: examining travel distances by walking and cycling, Montréal, Canada

J Larsen, A El-Geneidy, F Yasmin - 2010 - escholarship.mcgill.ca
Interest in active transportation–especially walking and cycling–is growing within urban
planning and transportation circles as a solution to many of the environmental and …

Beyond the quarter mile: Re-examining travel distances by active transportation

J Larsen, A El-Geneidy, F Yasmin - Canadian Journal of Urban Research, 2010 - JSTOR
Interest in active transportation—especially walking and cycling—is growing within urban
planning and transportation circles as a solution to the environmental and congestion issues …

Longer or more frequent walks: examining the relationship between transit use and active transportation in Canada

U Lachapelle, DG Pinto - Journal of Transport & Health, 2016 - Elsevier
Introduction Using public transit has been positively associated with active transportation
mainly because it is typically required to access and egress stations and stops. Transit users …

Explaining walking distance to public transport: The dominance of public transport supply

R Daniels, C Mulley - Journal of Transport and Land Use, 2013 - JSTOR
Potential influences on explaining walking distance from home to access public transport
are investigated, including trip and demographic characteristics and public transport supply …