Urban green space, public health, and environmental justice: The challenge of making cities 'just green enough'

JR Wolch, J Byrne, JP Newell - Landscape and urban planning, 2014 - Elsevier
Urban green space, such as parks, forests, green roofs, streams, and community gardens,
provides critical ecosystem services. Green space also promotes physical activity …

The impact of transportation infrastructure on bicycling injuries and crashes: a review of the literature

CCO Reynolds, MA Harris, K Teschke, PA Cripton… - Environmental …, 2009 - Springer
Background Bicycling has the potential to improve fitness, diminish obesity, and reduce
noise, air pollution, and greenhouse gases associated with travel. However, bicyclists incur …

Motivators and deterrents of bicycling: comparing influences on decisions to ride

M Winters, G Davidson, D Kao, K Teschke - Transportation, 2011 - Springer
In a survey of 1,402 current and potential cyclists in Metro Vancouver, 73 motivators and
deterrents of cycling were evaluated. The top motivators, consistent among regular, frequent …

How does our natural and built environment affect the use of bicycle sharing?

I Mateo-Babiano, R Bean, J Corcoran… - … research part A: policy and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Public bicycle-sharing programs (PBSP) are short-term bicycle hire systems. In recent years
their popularity has soared. This study examined Brisbane's CityCycle scheme, the largest …

[HTML][HTML] Moving urban trips from cars to bicycles: impact on health and emissions

G Lindsay, A Macmillan, A Woodward - … and New Zealand journal of public …, 2011 - Elsevier
Objective To estimate the effects on health, air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions if
short trips (≤ 7 km) were undertaken by bicycle rather than motor car. Method Existing data …

Route preferences among adults in the near market for bicycling: Findings of the cycling in cities study

M Winters, K Teschke - American journal of health …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose. To provide evidence about the types of transportation infrastructure that support
bicycling. Design. Population-based survey with pictures to depict 16 route types. Setting …

Who is the typical bicyclist?

B Gatersleben, H Haddad - … research part F: traffic psychology and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Promoting bicycling is important for individual health, environmental sustainability and
transport demand management. However, very few people use a bicycle on a regular basis …

Utilizing crowdsourced data for studies of cycling and air pollution exposure: A case study using strava data

Y Sun, A Mobasheri - International journal of environmental research and …, 2017 - mdpi.com
With the development of information and communications technology, user-generated
content and crowdsourced data are playing a large role in studies of transport and public …

Designing a route planner to facilitate and promote cycling in Metro Vancouver, Canada

JG Su, M Winters, M Nunes, M Brauer - … research part A: policy and practice, 2010 - Elsevier
With increasing fuel costs, greater awareness of greenhouse gas emissions and increasing
obesity levels, cycling is promoted as a health promoting and sustainable transport mode …

Investigating impacts of environmental factors on the cycling behavior of bicycle-sharing users

Y Sun, A Mobasheri, X Hu, W Wang - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
As it is widely accepted, cycling tends to produce health benefits and reduce air pollution.
Policymakers encourage people to use bikes by improving cycling facilities as well as …