Active transportation and physical activity: opportunities for collaboration on transportation and public health research |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Human Potential Centre, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand;2. School of Nursing, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand;1. Centre for Research Excellence in Obesity Policy and Food Systems, Centre for Population Health Research, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia;2. Deakin Health Economics, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia;3. School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Physically inactive lifestyles are a major public health challenge, and research in the transportation field on influences on the choice to walk and bike may provide guidance toward solutions. In the interests of promoting effective collaboration among the transportation, planning, and health fields, the current paper was written to fulfill three purposes. The first purpose was to summarize the transportation and planning studies on the relation between community design and non-motorized (“active”) transport and to interpret these studies from a health perspective. The second purpose was to summarize studies from the health literature that examine the relation between physical environmental variables and leisure-time physical activity that have relevance for transportation research. The third purpose was to promote more collaboration among transportation, planning, and health investigators by identifying opportunities for transdisciplinary research. |
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