{"id":2292,"date":"2018-02-20T18:29:23","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T18:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canue.ca\/?p=2292"},"modified":"2018-02-20T18:29:23","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T18:29:23","slug":"february-19-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canue.ca\/fr\/february-19-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"February 19 | 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Impacts of Bicycle Infrastructure in Mid-Sized Cities (IBIMS): protocol for a natural experiment study in three Canadian cities<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Meghan Winters<\/a>, Michael Branion-Calles<\/a>, Suzanne Therrien<\/a>, Daniel Fuller<\/a>, Lise Gauvin<\/a>, David G T Whitehurst<\/a>, and Trisalyn Nelson<\/a><\/p>\n

BMJ Open<\/a>. 2018; 8(1): e019130. Published online 2018 Jan 21. doi:\u00a0 10.1136\/bmjopen-2017-019130\u00a0 <\/a>PMCID: PMC5781157<\/p>\n

Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bicycling is promoted as a transportation and population health strategy globally. Yet bicycling has low uptake in North America (1%\u20132% of trips) compared with European bicycling cities (15%\u201340% of trips) and shows marked sex and age trends. Safety concerns due to collisions with motor vehicles are primary barriers.<\/p>\n

To attract the broader population to bicycling, many cities are making investments in bicycle infrastructure. These interventions hold promise for improving population health given the potential for increased physical activity and improved safety, but such outcomes have been largely unstudied. In 2016, the City of Victoria, Canada, committed to build a connected network of infrastructure that separates bicycles from motor vehicles, designed to attract people of \u2018all ages and abilities\u2019 to bicycling.<\/p>\n

This natural experiment study examines the impacts of the City of Victoria\u2019s investment in a bicycle network on active travel and safety outcomes. The specific objectives are to (1) estimate changes in active travel, perceived safety and bicycle safety incidents; (2) analyse spatial inequities in access to bicycle infrastructure and safety incidents; and (3) assess health-related economic benefits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Impacts of Bicycle Infrastructure in Mid-Sized Cities (IBIMS): protocol for a natural experiment study in three Canadian cities Meghan Winters, Michael Branion-Calles, Suzanne Therrien, Daniel Fuller, Lise Gauvin, David G T Whitehurst, and Trisalyn Nelson BMJ Open. 2018; 8(1): e019130. Published online 2018 Jan 21. doi:\u00a0 10.1136\/bmjopen-2017-019130\u00a0 PMCID: PMC5781157 Abstract Introduction Bicycling is promoted as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-de-la-semaine"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canue.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canue.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canue.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canue.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canue.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canue.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canue.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canue.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canue.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}