Building a bridge, transport infrastructure and population characteristics: Explaining active travel into Glasgow

Gerry McCartney, Bruce Whyte, Mark Livingston and Fiona Crawford

Transport Policy, 2012, vol. 21, issue C, 119-125

Abstract: It is widely agreed that walking and cycling are good for individual and public health. There is a lack of evidence about what works to promote active travel. This paper aimed to explain the variation in active travel into Glasgow, a post industrial city in the West of Scotland.

Keywords: Active travel; Walking; Cycling; Glasgow; Scotland; Physical activity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2012.03.003

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