Estimating the Health Effects of Adding Bicycle and Pedestrian Paths at the Census Tract Level: Multiple Model Comparison.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adding additional bicycle and pedestrian paths to an area can lead to improved health outcomes for residents over time. However, quantitatively determining which areas benefit more from bicycle and pedestrian paths, how many miles of bicycle and pedestrian paths are needed, and the health outcomes that may be most improved remain open questions.

Objective

Our work provides and evaluates a methodology that offers actionable insight for city-level planners, public health officials, and decision makers tasked with the question "To what extent will adding specified bicycle and pedestrian path mileage to a census tract improve residents' health outcomes over time?"

Methods

We conducted a factor analysis of data from the American Community Survey, Center for Dise

SUBMITTER: Gore R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9453587 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature