Walking to Work: Trends in the United States, 2005–2014

I examined trends from 2005 through 2014 in walking to work compared with other modes of travel. For each year, I calculated the percentage of travel to work by private vehicle, public transportation, and walking and used distance decay functions to analyze the distribution of walking by distance. I...

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Autor principal: Yang, Yong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5034555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27657507
http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd13.160181
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description I examined trends from 2005 through 2014 in walking to work compared with other modes of travel. For each year, I calculated the percentage of travel to work by private vehicle, public transportation, and walking and used distance decay functions to analyze the distribution of walking by distance. I found that the percentage of travel to work by walking remained stable, with a slight increase over time, and that people tended to walk longer to get to work. The trend is positive and encouraging, although more evidence is needed to confirm my findings.
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spelling pubmed-50345552016-10-11 Walking to Work: Trends in the United States, 2005–2014 Yang, Yong Prev Chronic Dis Brief I examined trends from 2005 through 2014 in walking to work compared with other modes of travel. For each year, I calculated the percentage of travel to work by private vehicle, public transportation, and walking and used distance decay functions to analyze the distribution of walking by distance. I found that the percentage of travel to work by walking remained stable, with a slight increase over time, and that people tended to walk longer to get to work. The trend is positive and encouraging, although more evidence is needed to confirm my findings. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC5034555/ /pubmed/27657507 http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd13.160181 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Walking to Work: Trends in the United States, 2005–2014
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title_full Walking to Work: Trends in the United States, 2005–2014
title_fullStr Walking to Work: Trends in the United States, 2005–2014
title_full_unstemmed Walking to Work: Trends in the United States, 2005–2014
title_short Walking to Work: Trends in the United States, 2005–2014
title_sort walking to work: trends in the united states, 2005–2014
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5034555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27657507
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