TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of travel mode shift and trip distance on active and non-active transportation in the São Paulo Metropolitan Area in Brazil
AU - de Sá, Thiago Hérick
AU - Parra, Diana C.
AU - Monteiro, Carlos Augusto
N1 - Funding Information:
The study was funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation as part of THS PhD (Process number: 2012/08565-4). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. No financial disclosures were reported by the authors of this paper.
Funding Information:
THS acknowledges funding from the São Paulo Research Foundation for his PhD (process number: 2012/08565-4 ). The authors would like to thank Dr. Emilia Mayumi Hiroi (Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo, Brazil) for assisting in technical issues related to the São Paulo Household Travel Survey. The authors would also like to thank Dr. Marko Tainio and Dr. James Woodcock (both Centre for Diet and Physical Activity Research, Cambridge, UK) for their valuable comments on the manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Authors.
PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - Changes in urban mobility play a major role in transforming metropolitan areas into healthier places. This study quantified the impact of changes in travel mode shift and trip distance on active and non-active transportation of working age adult population of São Paulo. Methods and findings: Through different scenarios, we estimated the daily time spent in transportation per inhabitant (divided in active and non-active transportation time) and the proportion of inhabitants accumulating 30. min or more of daily active transportation. The replacement of individual for collective motorized modes in long distance trips (>. 1000. m) in combination with the substitution of long for short trips positively impacted all outcomes. Compared to the current situation, there was an increase in the active transportation time (from 19.4 to 26.7. min/inhabitant), which also increased the proportion of adults active for transportation (from 27.6% to 35.4%). Additionally, the non-active transportation time decreased (from 67.0 to 26.2. min/inhabitant), which helped to reduce the total time spent in transportation (from 86.4 to 52.9. min/inhabitant). Conclusion: Transport and urban planning policies to reduce individual motorized trips and the number of long trips might produce important health benefits, both by increasing population levels of active transportation and reducing the non-active and the total time of daily trips.
AB - Changes in urban mobility play a major role in transforming metropolitan areas into healthier places. This study quantified the impact of changes in travel mode shift and trip distance on active and non-active transportation of working age adult population of São Paulo. Methods and findings: Through different scenarios, we estimated the daily time spent in transportation per inhabitant (divided in active and non-active transportation time) and the proportion of inhabitants accumulating 30. min or more of daily active transportation. The replacement of individual for collective motorized modes in long distance trips (>. 1000. m) in combination with the substitution of long for short trips positively impacted all outcomes. Compared to the current situation, there was an increase in the active transportation time (from 19.4 to 26.7. min/inhabitant), which also increased the proportion of adults active for transportation (from 27.6% to 35.4%). Additionally, the non-active transportation time decreased (from 67.0 to 26.2. min/inhabitant), which helped to reduce the total time spent in transportation (from 86.4 to 52.9. min/inhabitant). Conclusion: Transport and urban planning policies to reduce individual motorized trips and the number of long trips might produce important health benefits, both by increasing population levels of active transportation and reducing the non-active and the total time of daily trips.
KW - Latin America
KW - Physical activity
KW - Sao Paulo
KW - Transportation
KW - Travel mode
KW - Travel surveys
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.02.011
DO - 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.02.011
M3 - Article
C2 - 26844071
AN - SCOPUS:84925409358
SN - 2211-3355
VL - 2
SP - 183
EP - 188
JO - Preventive Medicine Reports
JF - Preventive Medicine Reports
ER -