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National Geographic Cities Issue
Just a quick note: The April 2019 issue of National Geographic focuses on Cities and how to redesign them to support health, sustainability and community. The issue covers transit oriented design, China’s new urban design regulations, walking through Tokyo, the … Continue reading
Free-floating Bike Share in Seattle
BEH member Steve Mooney recently led two studies regarding the use of the free-floating bike share system in Seattle. (Free-floating bike share systems are systems that allow users to pick up and leave bikes anywhere within a service area rather … Continue reading
Webinar – Urban Informatics: Studying How Urban Design Influences Health in New York City
On Thursday March 2nd at 3pm EST, Dr. Rundle will give a webinar entitled “Urban Informatics: Studying How Urban Design Influences Health in New York City” for the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. You can register for … Continue reading
Posted in Accelerometers, Active Transport, GPS, Physical Activity, Walkability
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Neighborhood Physical Disorder and Physical Activity Among Older Adults in NYC
Through the years, we have done a fair amount of work to collect and validate measures of neighborhood physical disorder – urban deterioration – using our CANVAS/Google Street View system. Neighborhood disorder is controversial construct and measure, not only because … Continue reading
Measuring Pedestrian Activity Using GPS Logger Data
It has been suggested that GPS monitoring data can be used to estimate distances traveled and speeds of travel during active and non-active travel journeys and, that when combined with accelerometer monitoring, GPS data can be used to identify travel … Continue reading
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The CDC and DoT’s Transportation and Health Tool
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Department of Transportation just released the new Transportation and Health Tool, which provides easy access to data that examines the health impacts of transportation systems. The Transportation and Health Tool provides data … Continue reading
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DOHMH releases Data Brief on Neighborhood Walkability and Physical Activity
The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene just released a Data Brief describing our collaborative research using data from the Physical Activity and Transit (PAT) Survey to study neighborhood walkability and physical activity in NYC. This survey used GPS … Continue reading
Posted in Active Transport, Urban Design, Walkability
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New Book on Urban Design
A new book by Reid Ewing and Otto Clemente, Measuring Urban Design: Metrics for Livable Places (Island Press, 2013) includes a chapter by BEH researchers. The chapter, by Kathryn Neckerman, Marnie Purciel, James Quinn, and Andrew Rundle, reports on a … Continue reading
Posted in Active Transport, Aesthetics, Urban Design
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Recent Research Papers
Several new papers from the group have come out in the past several months. In the Journal of Urban Health we published a paper showing that New Yorker’s engagement in active transport, either walking or cycling, is positively associated with … Continue reading
Posted in Active Transport, Methods, Safety, Socioeconomic status, Walkability
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Neighborhood Aesthetics, Safety and Active Transport
As you’d expect in a city like NYC, many people walk or bike to get around. This active transportation can be an important component of physical activity, particularly in neighborhoods that make active transportation an attractive and safe option. Our … Continue reading
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