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Municipal investment in off-road trails and changes in bicycle commuting in Minneapolis, Minnesota over 10 years: a longitudinal repeated cross-sectional study
The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, v 14(1), pp 21-21
13 Feb 2017
PMID: 28193281
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Abstract
Background: We studied the effect of key development and expansion of an off-road multipurpose trail system in Minneapolis, Minnesota between 2000 and 2007 to understand whether infrastructure investments are associated with increases in commuting by bicycle.
Methods: We used repeated measures regression on tract-level (N = 116 tracts) data to examine changes in bicycle commuting between 2000 and 2008-2012. We investigated: 1) trail proximity measured as distance from the trail system and 2) trail potential use measured as the proportion of commuting trips to destinations that might traverse the trail system. All analyses (performed 2015-2016) adjusted for tract-level sociodemographic covariates and contemporaneous cycling infrastructure changes (e.g., bicycle lanes).
Results: Tracts that were both closer to the new trail system and had a higher proportion of trips to destinations across the trail system experienced greater 10-year increases in commuting by bicycle.
Conclusions: Proximity to off-road infrastructure and travel patterns are relevant to increased bicycle commuting, an important contributor to overall physical activity. Municipal investment in bicycle facilities, especially off-road trails that connect a city's population and its employment centers, is likely to lead to increases in commuting by bicycle.
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- Title
- Municipal investment in off-road trails and changes in bicycle commuting in Minneapolis, Minnesota over 10 years: a longitudinal repeated cross-sectional study
- Creators
- Jana A. Hirsch - University of South CarolinaKatie A. Meyer - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillMarc Peterson - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillLe Zhang - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillDaniel A. Rodriguez - University of California, BerkeleyPenny Gordon-Larsen - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Publication Details
- The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, v 14(1), pp 21-21
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- P30ES010126 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) R01-HL114091; R01HL104580 / National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI); United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) P2C-HD050924 / NICHD; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) T32HD007168 / EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) T32-HD007168 / National Institute on Child Health and Development (NICHD); United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) P30-DK56350 / Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC), University of North Carolina from the National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases [NIDDK] P30DK056350 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) P30-ES010126 / UNC Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility (CEHS), University of North Carolina from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences [NIEHS] R01HL114091 / NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000397323200001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85012960671
- Other Identifier
- 991019205814604721
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