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The Health and economic effects of light rail lines: design, methods, and protocol for a natural experiment.

Lawrence D Frank | Jennifer L Kuntz | James E Chapman | Eric H Fox | John F Dickerson | Richard T Meenan | Brian E Saelens | Deborah R Young | Janne Boone-Heinonen | Stephen P Fortmann
BMC public health | 2019

The health impacts of community design have been studied extensively over the past two decades. In particular, public transportation use is associated with more walking between transit stops and shops, work, home and other destinations. Change in transit access has been linked with physical activity and obesity but seldom to health outcomes and associated costs, especially within a causal framework. Health related fiscal impacts of transit investment should be a key consideration in major transit investment decisions.

Pubmed ID: 30770737

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  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 DK103385

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