Citation

Yang Y. Prev. Chronic Dis. 2016; 13: E135.

Affiliation

School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152. Email: yyang15@memphis.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, (in public domain), Publisher U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

DOI

10.5888/pcd13.160181

PMID

27657507

Abstract

I examined trends from 2005 through 2014 in walking to work compared with other modes of travel. For each year, I calculated the percentage of travel to work by private vehicle, public transportation, and walking and used distance decay functions to analyze the distribution of walking by distance. I found that the percentage of travel to work by walking remained stable, with a slight increase over time, and that people tended to walk longer to get to work. The trend is positive and encouraging, although more evidence is needed to confirm my findings.

Language: en