School-travel by public transit: Rethinking active transportation

What Public Transit API Logs Tell Us about Travel Flows

In the field of smart cities, researchers need an indication of how people move in and between cities. Yet, getting statistics of travel flows within public transit systems has proven to be troublesome. In order to get an indication of public transit travel flows in Belgium, we analyzed the query logs of the iRail API, a highly expressive route planning API for the Belgian railways. We were abl...

Mind the Map! The Impact of Transit Maps on Travel Decisions in Public Transit

This paper investigates the impact of schematic transit maps on passengers’ travel decisions. It does two things: First, it proposes an analysis framework that defines four types of information conferred from a transit map: distortion, restoration, codification, and cognition, and their potential impact on three types of travel decisions: location, mode, and path choices. Second, it conducts an...

Improved Public Transit Improved Public Transit

Examining the Link Between Public Transit Use and Active Commuting

BACKGROUND An established relationship exists between public transportation (PT) use and physical activity. However, there is limited literature that examines the link between PT use and active commuting (AC) behavior. This study examines this link to determine if PT users commute more by active modes. METHODS A volunteer, convenience sample of adults (n = 748) completed an online survey abou...

Promoting active travel to school: a systematic review (2010–2016)

BACKGROUND Interventions aiming to promote active school travel (AST) are being implemented globally to reverse AST decline. This systematic literature provides an update of AST interventions assessing study quality and theory use to examine progress in the field. METHODS A systematic review was conducted to identify and analyse AST interventions published between 2010 and 2016. Seven databas...