BACKGROUND Increasing active travel (walking, bicycling, and public transport) is promoted as a key strategy to increase physical activity and reduce the growing burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) globally. Little is known about patterns of active travel or associated cardiovascular health benefits in low- and middle-income countries. This study examines mode and duration of travel to wo...

Problem, research strategy, and findings Although the physical health benefits of utilitarian bicycling are well documented, there is little empirical evidence to demonstrate mental benefits. We investigated a) association between behavior wellbeing b) role built environment in promoting improving wellbeing. used data from a large, representative survey (N = 30,105) conducted Victoria (Australi...

ing from leisure trips that serve no purpose of transportation, getting from A to B conveys disutility to people in the form of money, time, effort, fear of accidents and other costs, the sum of which are usually referred to as generalized costs. In the context of bicycling, the generalized costs are almost exclusively nonmonetary and thus internal to cyclists. The existence of internal costs f...

To retire from work has potential consequences for patterns of everyday mobility in numerous ways. People born during the 1940s and are now retiring are more heterogeneous than earlier cohorts of retirees. They experience more years with good health after retirement, engage more in leisure-time activities and make more trips and errands. Therefore, their transportation behavior and mobility pat...

In the special issue on bicycling of WTPP (Volume 7, Number 3), Heath Maddox questions the potential of public policies to encourage bicycling. This response to the Maddox critique argues that he seriously misinterpreted the concept of public policy, considering only a small subset of the many policies that can facilitate bicycling. He does not adequately examine the impacts of special cycling ...

The number of bicycling fatalities was 19 450 between 2010 and 2018 in Europe. bicyclists killed when intoxicated by alcohol is harder to establish given the lack reliable data. In Sweden, drunk socially acceptable legal (unless reckless). This experiment aimed investigate how intoxication affect stability performance, executive functions, self-rated ability. completed on a wide treadmill that ...

OBJECTIVES To compare the nature of injuries from all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) to those from bicycling, dirtbikes/motocross, and motor vehicle crashes. DESIGN Data on injuries from the mechanisms outlined above were obtained through CHIRPP (the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program) and hospital records. SETTING A Canadian tertiary pediatric center. SUBJECTS Cases pres...

BACKGROUND Promoting bicycling has great potential to increase overall physical activity; however, significant uncertainty exists with regard to the amount and effectiveness of investment needed for infrastructure. The objective of this study is to assess how costs of Portland's past and planned investments in bicycling relate to health and other benefits. METHODS Costs of investment plans ar...