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COVID-19 impacts on mobility, environment, and health of active transportation users
Abstract Active transportation could be an effective way to promote healthy physical activity, especially during pandemics like COVID-19. A comprehensive evaluation of health outcomes derived from COVID-19 induced active transportation can assist multiple stakeholders in revisiting strategies and priorities for supporting active transportation during and beyond the pandemic. We performed a two-step reviewing process by combining a scoping review with a narrative review to summarize published literature addressing the influence of COVID-19 on mobility and the environment that can lead to various health pathways and health outcomes associated with active transportation. We summarized the COVID-19 induced changes in active transportation demand, built environment, air quality, and physical activity. The results demonstrated that, since the pandemic began, bike-sharing users dropped significantly while recreational bike trips and walking activities increased in some areas. Meanwhile, there have been favorable changes to the air quality and the built environment for active transportation users. We then discussed how these changes impact health outcomes during the pandemic and their implications for urban planning and policymaking. This review also suggests that walking and biking can make up for the reduced physical activities during the pandemic, helping people stay active and healthy.
Highlights COVID-19 pandemic had a fundamental impacts on people’s mobility and it’s health implicaitons. A methodological framework is developed to assess how these changes affect the health of vulnerable road users. Two-step literature review process combining the scoping and narrative review was performed. COVID-19 induced changes in active transportation demand, built environment, air quality, and physical activity are summarized. Bike-sharing users dropped significantly while recreational bike trips and walking activities increased. There have been favorable changes to the air quality and the built environment for active transportation users. Although traffic crashes involving vulnerable users decreased however fatalities remained or increased during the pandemic. Implications of these outcomes for urban planning and policymaking are finally discussed.
COVID-19 impacts on mobility, environment, and health of active transportation users
Abstract Active transportation could be an effective way to promote healthy physical activity, especially during pandemics like COVID-19. A comprehensive evaluation of health outcomes derived from COVID-19 induced active transportation can assist multiple stakeholders in revisiting strategies and priorities for supporting active transportation during and beyond the pandemic. We performed a two-step reviewing process by combining a scoping review with a narrative review to summarize published literature addressing the influence of COVID-19 on mobility and the environment that can lead to various health pathways and health outcomes associated with active transportation. We summarized the COVID-19 induced changes in active transportation demand, built environment, air quality, and physical activity. The results demonstrated that, since the pandemic began, bike-sharing users dropped significantly while recreational bike trips and walking activities increased in some areas. Meanwhile, there have been favorable changes to the air quality and the built environment for active transportation users. We then discussed how these changes impact health outcomes during the pandemic and their implications for urban planning and policymaking. This review also suggests that walking and biking can make up for the reduced physical activities during the pandemic, helping people stay active and healthy.
Highlights COVID-19 pandemic had a fundamental impacts on people’s mobility and it’s health implicaitons. A methodological framework is developed to assess how these changes affect the health of vulnerable road users. Two-step literature review process combining the scoping and narrative review was performed. COVID-19 induced changes in active transportation demand, built environment, air quality, and physical activity are summarized. Bike-sharing users dropped significantly while recreational bike trips and walking activities increased. There have been favorable changes to the air quality and the built environment for active transportation users. Although traffic crashes involving vulnerable users decreased however fatalities remained or increased during the pandemic. Implications of these outcomes for urban planning and policymaking are finally discussed.
COVID-19 impacts on mobility, environment, and health of active transportation users
Li, Xiao (author) / Farrukh, Minaal (author) / Lee, Chanam (author) / Khreis, Haneen (author) / Sarda, Soham (author) / Sohrabi, Soheil (author) / Zhang, Zhe (author) / Dadashova, Bahar (author)
Cities ; 131
2022-07-30
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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