Pedestrian-oriented zoning is associated with reduced income and poverty disparities in adult active travel to work, United States.

ABSTRACT: Active travel to work can provide additional minutes of daily physical activity. While the literature points to the relationship between zoning, equity and socioeconomic status, and physical activity, no study has quantitatively explored these connections. This study examined whether zoning may help to moderate any income and poverty inequities in active travel and taking public transit to work. Research was conducted between May 2012 and June 2015. Zoning data were compiled for 3914 jurisdictions covering 45.45% of the U.S. population located in 471 of the most populous U.S. counties and 2 consolidated cities located in 48 states and the District of Columbia. (Sensitivity analyses also captured unincorporated areas which, with the municipalities, collectively covered ~72% of the U.S.

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SUBMITTER: Chriqui JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6457451 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature