Cycling to work in 90 large American cities: new evidence on the role of bike paths and lanes

R Buehler, J Pucher - Transportation, 2012 - Springer
This article analyzes the variation in bike commuting in large American cities, with a focus on
assessing the influence of bike paths and lanes, which have been the main approach to …

[图书][B] Design for diversity

E Talen - 2012 - taylorfrancis.com
The city is more than just a sum of its buildings; it is the sum of its communities. The most
successful urban communities are very often those that are the most diverse–in terms of …

Can built and social environmental factors encourage walking among individuals with negative walking attitudes?

K Joh, MT Nguyen, MG Boarnet - Journal of Planning …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
We investigate whether the design of the built environment encourages walking above and
beyond individuals' attitudes toward walking. With data from a regional travel survey, we use …

[HTML][HTML] Mobile phones in a traffic flow: A geographical perspective to evening rush hour traffic analysis using call detail records

O Järv, R Ahas, E Saluveer, B Derudder, F Witlox - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Excessive land use and suburbanisation around densely populated urban areas has gone
hand in hand with a growth in overall transportation and discussions about causality of traffic …

The economic value of walkable neighborhoods

DW Sohn, AV Moudon, J Lee - Urban Design International, 2012 - Springer
This study investigated how the benefits of a walkable neighborhood were reflected in the
American real estate market by examining the economic values of urban environmental …

The impact of WIC food package changes on access to healthful food in 2 low-income urban neighborhoods

A Hillier, J McLaughlin, CC Cannuscio… - Journal of nutrition …, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of the 2009 food package changes for the Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) on the availability …

Mixed land use and obesity: an empirical comparison of alternative land use measures and geographic scales

I Yamada, BB Brown, KR Smith, CD Zick… - The Professional …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Obesity is a growing epidemic in the United States. Walkable neighborhoods, characterized
as having the three Ds of walkability (population Density, land use Diversity, and pedestrian …

Pedestrian-friendly environments and active travel for residents of multifamily housing: The role of preferences and perceptions

N Larco, B Steiner, J Stockard… - Environment and …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
This article examines the relationship of the built environment to physical activity in
suburban multifamily housing developments in a medium-sized city, testing Alfonzo's (2005) …

A meta-analysis of the relationship between density and travel behavior

THT Gim - Transportation, 2012 - Springer
To generalize the relationship between density and travel behavior, previous research
proceeded with three approaches: metropolitan-level studies describing tendencies on an …

Impact of metropolitan-level built environment on travel behavior

A Nasri, L Zhang - Transportation Research Record, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
There has been growing recognition of the significant impact that land use patterns have on
travel behavior; changes in built environment patterns could potentially be considered as a …