National and metropolitan trends in public transit use, transit-related walking, and ridesharing between 2009 and 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Walking is a common form of physical activity and is the most frequent way to access public transit. On-going changes in the US transportation system are occurring, notably increases in smartphone application-based ridesharing. The goal of this research is to assess whether increasing use of ridesharing was associated with a change in transit-related walking. This is important to both public health and transportation, as it can inform changes in active transportation which promotes both physical activity and transit use.

Methods

We examined the association between change in transit use, transit-related walking, and ridesharing nationally and for selected metropolitan areas using the 2009 and 2017 National Household Travel Survey (≥18 years; n = 263,572 and n = 2

SUBMITTER: Tribby CP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11415270 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature