Does Bus Rapid Transit promote walking? An examination of New York City's Select Bus Service

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1512-1516

  Day, Kristen ^a   Loh, Lawrence ^b   Ruff, Ryan Richard ^c   Rosenblum, Randi ^c   Fischer, Sean ^c   Lee, Karen K ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Physical activity; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROCEDURES; SCHOOL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; WALKING; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OBESITY; SCHOOLS; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES; WALKING; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922677194     PISSN: 15433080     EISSN: 15435474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2012-0382     Document Type: Article

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