Objectives Extending the health benefits of public-transit investment requires understanding
how transit use affects pedestrian activity, including pedestrian activity not directly temporally …

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 …

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 …

Objectives. We assessed changes in transit-associated walking in the United States from
2001 to 2009 and documented their importance to public health. Methods. We examined …

Introduction Public transportation systems can help people engage in physical activity. This
study assesses sociodemographic correlates and trends in the daily time spent walking to …

Objectives. We isolated physical activity attributable to transit use to examine issues of
substitution between types of physical activity and potential confounding of transit-related …

This study conducts an in-depth analysis to alert policymakers and practitioners to
erroneous results in the positive impacts of transit use on health measures. We explore the …

Background Emerging evidence shows that public transit use is associated with greater
physical activity levels in adults through higher levels of transportation-related walking …

Background: Previous research has shown that public transit use may be associated with
active transportation. Access to a car may influence active transportation of transit riders …

Increased provision of transit service and policy incentives that favor transit use can support
a physically active lifestyle. We used the smartraq travel survey in metropolitan Atlanta …