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Walking for transportation in large Latin American cities: walking-only trips and total walking events and their sociodemographic correlates
Transport reviews, v 42(3)
04 May 2022
PMID: 35431369
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Abstract
Walking for transportation is a common and accessible means of achieving recommended physical activity levels, while providing important social and environmental co-benefits. Even though walking in rapidly growing urban areas has become especially challenging given the increasing dependence on motorised transportation, walking remains a major mode of transportation in Latin American cities. In this paper we aimed to quantify self-reported walking for transportation in Mexico City, Bogota, Santiago de Chile, Sao Paulo, and Buenos Aires, by identifying both walking trips that are conducted entirely on foot and walking events involved in trips mainly conducted on other means of transportation (e.g. private vehicle, public transit) among individuals ≥5-years old. We show how walking-only trips account for approximately 30% trips in the analysed cities, and we evidence how the pedestrian dimension of mobility is largely underestimated if walking that is incidental to other transportation modes is not accounted for: when considering all walking events, we observed an increase between 73% and 217% in daily walking time. As a result, we estimated that between 19% and 25% of residents in these cities meet the WHO physical activity guidelines solely from walking for transportation. The results of the study also suggest that the promotion of public transportation in large Latin American cities can especially help certain population groups achieve the daily recommended levels of physical activity, while among low-income groups accessibility and safety seem to be the key challenges to be addressed.
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- Title
- Walking for transportation in large Latin American cities: walking-only trips and total walking events and their sociodemographic correlates
- Creators
- Xavier Delclòs-Alió - University of California, BerkeleyDaniel A. Rodríguez - Department of City and Regional Planning & Institute for Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.Catalina Medina - National Institute of Public HealthJ. Jaime Miranda - Cayetano Heredia UniversityIone Avila-Palencia - Drexel UniversityFelipe Targa - World BankMika R. Moran - University of California, BerkeleyOlga Lucía Sarmiento - Universidad de Los AndesD. Alex Quistberg - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Transport reviews, v 42(3)
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000685037900001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85112524563
- Other Identifier
- 991019168188904721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Transportation