Introduction Transportation is an integral part of our daily lives, giving us access to people,
education, jobs, services, and goods. Our transportation choices and patterns are influenced …

Purpose of review In this paper, we seek to elucidate the impact of car-free days and events
on human health. Car-free days and events are often designed to alleviate the impact of …

Abstract Purpose While “Smart Growth”, Transit-Oriented-Development, and “Livability" have
been around for years, little research has provided a framework to measure and understand …

Choosing to walk instead of using private cars or public transit has many direct benefits for
the individual and collective benefits for urban populations indirectly (eg, in the reduction of …

Introduction Car travel is associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality, physical
inactivity, traffic collisions and casualties, and air and noise pollution. Effective interventions …

Although the impacts of built environment on car ownership and use have been extensively
studied, limited evidence has been offered for the role of spatial effects in influencing the …

This paper investigates how the 10 New Urbanism principles produce outcomes that affect
public health. The outcomes include:(1) higher usage of non-motorized and public transit …

Despite municipal investments in multimodal mobility infrastructure, monomodal automotive
travel patterns still dominate work-related mobility. As policymakers aim to reduce …

Quality of life has recently gained prominence in the urban affairs, development, and
planning debates. A wide-range of factors have been linked to quality of life, including …

Introduction Type 2 diabetes is one of the non-communicable diseases with higher
increasing incidence across the world. Portugal is one of the most affected countries with …