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João Monteiro, Marvin Para, Nuno Sousa, Eduardo Natividade-Jesus, Carlo Ostorero and João Coutinho-Rodrigues
Compactification of cities, i.e., the opposite of urban sprawl, has been increasingly presented in the literature as a possible solution to reduce the carbon footprint and promote the sustainability of current urban environments. Compact environments hav...
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João Monteiro, Nuno Sousa, Eduardo Natividade-Jesus and João Coutinho-Rodrigues
This article presents a methodology to estimate the maximum potential impact of a well-built and conserved cycling infrastructure, measured as modal share for accessibility trips, as well as the associated transport energy that can be saved in those trip...
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Yifan Dong, Bing Zhang, Zhenqi Zhou and Zhen Xu
Frequent severe heat waves have caused a series of health problems for urban dwellers. Swimming, an exercise that combines both cooling off and moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA), is one solution for alleviating the conflict between urban heat...
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Eva Van Eenoo, Koos Fransen, Kobe Boussauw
Pág. 117?136
In June 2019, the government of the Flemish Region (Belgium) launched the ?mobility score,? a standardized built environment indicator that informs citizens in Flanders about the walking or cycling accessibility from their dwelling to a range of basic am...
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Miguel Costa, Manuel Marques and Filipe Moura
Urban street networks impact urban space usage and movement across a city. Circuity, the ratio of network distances to straight-line distances, is considered a critical measurement in urban network morphology and transportation efficiency as it can measu...
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Alessandro Emilio Capodici, Gabriele D?Orso and Marco Migliore
Background: In a world where every municipality is pursuing the goals of more sustainable mobility, bicycles play a fundamental role in getting rid of private cars and travelling by an eco-friendly mode of transport. Additionally, private and shared bike...
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Till Koglin and Lucas Glasare
This paper evaluates the history and cycling accessibility of Nova, a shopping centre established in Lund, Sweden, in 2002. The current situation was also analysed through observation and a literature review. Moreover, the study conducted a closer analys...
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Mohammad Lutfur Rahman, Antoni Moore, Melody Smith, John Lieswyn and Sandra Mandic
Active transport to or from school presents an opportunity for adolescents to engage in daily physical activity. Multiple factors influence whether adolescents actively travel to/from school. Creating safe walking and cycling routes to school is a promis...
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As more cities adopt bike share systems, questions regarding equity, accessibility, expansion, and bikability arise. Baltimore City implemented bike share in 2016 with plans to expand it up to 57 stations. This paper introduces a new methodology for an e...
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Michael Olitsky, Yoav Lerman, Erel Avineri
Pág. 1001 - 1008
Walkable neighborhoods allow a variety of activities and opportunities for social encounters, through improved accessibility to commerce, public services and other facilities. Non-motorized mode choices (walking and cycling) have been promoted by governm...
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