Public Policies to Promote Sustainable Transports: Lessons from Valencia

Mateu, Guillermo; Sanz, Alberto

doi:10.3390/su13031141

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“…Mateu and Sanz [25] examined a comprehensive set of cycling promotion measures implemented in the city of Valencia, Spain, from 2016 to 2020. They used data collected through sensors connected to strategic points of bicycle lanes throughout the city.…”

Section: Specific Synthesised Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effectiveness of Mobility and Urban Sustainability Measures in Improving Citizen Health: A Scoping Review

Fernández-Aguilar

Brosed-Lázaro

Carmona-Derqui

2023

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Background: The relationship between mobility and health has multiple dimensions, and the mobility model can be considered a public health intervention. Increasingly, mobility in cities is oriented towards incorporating sustainability criteria; however, there are many very diverse measures that cities carry out in terms of mobility and urban sustainability, and in many cases, these do not receive subsequent evaluation and/or study to analyse their effectiveness or impact. Currently, the literature does not offer any updated review of the measures applied in the different communities and countries. Aim: To carry out a panoramic review of the measures implemented in the last 5 years to analyse which ones report a greater effectiveness and efficiency in health. Results: After applying the exclusion criteria of the study, a total of 16 articles were obtained for evaluation. The measures applied in terms of sustainability are grouped into four subgroups and their subsequent evaluation and possible impact on public health is analysed. Conclusions: The present study found a large heterogeneous variety of sustainability measures in local settings around the world, which seem to reflect positive impacts on population health. However, subsequent evaluation of these measures is inconclusive in most cases. Further research and sharing across macro-communities are needed to establish universal criteria.

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confidence: 99%

Effectiveness of Mobility and Urban Sustainability Measures in Improving Citizen Health: A Scoping Review

Fernández-Aguilar

Brosed-Lázaro

Carmona-Derqui

2023

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“…Thirdly, we also acknowledge that psychological attributes, like social norms and attitudes, and other pro-bicycling policies, like bicycle parking and storage availability at workplaces, influence the level of bicycle commuting [8,37,73]. Future studies with such variables included are required to gain more robust insights.…”

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Bikeway Provision and Bicycle Commuting: City-Level Empirical Findings from the US

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The growing worldwide awareness of the significant benefits of bicycling as an urban transport mode has aroused great interest in exploring the role that bikeways play in promoting utilitarian bicycling. However, few studies assess the contribution of citywide bikeway provision with the inclusion of all facility types and differentiation of facility utilities. This study provides new evidence by evaluating the collective effects of bikeway kilometers per square kilometer, bikeway kilometers per 10,000 population, and low-stress bikeway proportion on the bicycle-commuting share in 28 US cities between 2005 and 2017. Using linear panel regression models, we found that the expansion of citywide bikeway infrastructure positively influences the share of commute trips by bicycle. The results also indicated that the proportion of low-stress bikeways has a stronger impact on the bicycling-to-work share than bikeway kilometers per 10,000 population, while the impact of bikeway kilometers per square kilometer ranks last. These findings may aid policy makers and planners in formulating sound city-level bikeway policies favoring sustainable urban transportation scenarios.

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“…As far as sustainable (green) tourism is concerned, not only are there emerging features, according to the literature, but cycle tourism is also the main exponent [23] and an integral part of sustainable tourism [24][25][26]. Gazzola et al (2018) identify links between sustainable tourism and groups of cycle tourists who prefer to spend their holidays discovering littleknown or remote territories [27].…”

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“…In addition, the health benefits of cycling have been shown to outweigh the risk of injury and mortality [76]. Mateo and Sanz (2021) reiterate the assertion that cycling has a positive impact on health, reducing obesity rates, improving cardiovascular health and reducing morbidity; even taking into account the potential risks caused by cyclists' accidents in traffic, the health benefits are significantly positive, being enhanced by increased cycling levels [24].…”

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Cycling Tourism: A Literature Review to Assess Implications, Multiple Impacts, Vulnerabilities, and Future Perspectives

2022

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Cycle tourists are increasingly prominent in the profile of world tourism and, in the light of the literature, it is essential, among other things, to examine more closely who they are, what their concerns and motivations are that generate the choice of a cycle tourism product, and, as a priority, the level of economic, social, and environmental impact they cause at destination. In this context, this literature review aims at identifying authors’ and publishers’ interest in cycle tourism, the positive and negative effects of this form of tourism on the economic environment (direct and indirect), as well as effects on the social environment (benefits and potential drawbacks for local communities, along with health benefits for practitioners) and, last but not least, the degree of vulnerability to economic crises generated by travel restrictions. The conclusions reported in this article, as they have been drawn from analyses and examples of best practice, based on natural and anthropogenic geographical conditions, will be prioritised as future research directions. The usefulness of this approach lies in the information with significant applied and novelty aspects, addressed to local, regional, and national authorities, cycling and cycle-tourism associations, and various private interested enterprises, with a view to promoting cycling for recreational purposes and implementing cycling/cycle-tourism infrastructure as a sustainable way of developing small towns and rural areas with tourism potential.

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Public Policies to Promote Sustainable Transports: Lessons from Valencia

Cited by 16 publications

References 45 publications

Effectiveness of Mobility and Urban Sustainability Measures in Improving Citizen Health: A Scoping Review

Effectiveness of Mobility and Urban Sustainability Measures in Improving Citizen Health: A Scoping Review

Bikeway Provision and Bicycle Commuting: City-Level Empirical Findings from the US

Cycling Tourism: A Literature Review to Assess Implications, Multiple Impacts, Vulnerabilities, and Future Perspectives

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