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Millennials Not Driving as Much as Previous Generations

Source: State Smart Transportation Initiative
Reports on a study that found millennials (those born between 1981 and 1996) prefer to drive about 8-9% less than Generation X and Baby Boomers.
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Radar Sensors for Intelligent Multimodal Intersection Traffic Monitoring

Source: National Institute for Transportation and Communities
Reports on the development of a high-resolution radar sensor that can reliably distinguish between cars and pedestrians and capture counts, speed, and direction of each moving target, despite lighting and weather conditions.
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Modeling the Demand for Shared E-Scooter Services

Source: Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
Presents the findings on modeling demand for shared e-scooter services.
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Differences between Shared and Personal Micromobility

Source: Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment)
Finds that trip distance, precipitation, and access are fundamental to mode choice and that personal e-scooters and e-bikes emit less CO2 than the transport modes they replace, while shared e-scooters and e-
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High Bike Use Scenarios in 17 Countries: Impacts on Public Health

Source: Streetsblog USA
Finds that the benefits of biking outweigh the risks, and that replacing car trips with bike trips could prevent premature deaths from disease as well as from traffic violence.
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Incorporating Distributional Impacts in Equitable Transport Planning

Source: Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Provides guidance for considering several types of transportation equity, describes various perspectives and impacts, and offers practical ways to incorporate transportation equity goals into policy and planning analysis.
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Using Cycling as an Indicator for Urban Quality of Life

Source: Streetsblog USA
Considers whether supporting cycling as a key mode of travel contributes to improving quality of life for everyone and reports on research in Turkey to better understand the state of cycling infrastructure in Turkish cities and the correlation with quality of life levels.
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Estimated Number of Deaths Prevented Through Increased Physical Activity Among US Adults

Source: JAMA Internal Medicine
The findings support implementing evidence-based strategies to improve physical activity to potentially reduce deaths.
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COVID Hospitalizations and Mortality Related to Built Environment, Active and Sedentary Travel

Source: Health & Place
Presents neighborhood level results linking census tract-level built environment and active/sedentary travel measures with COVID hospitalization and mortality rates in King County, Washington.
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Factors Associated with Pedestrian Route Choice

Source: Transport Reviews
Reviews published studies of pedestrian route choice to identify 105 factors and categorizes them by pedestrian sociodemographic and built environment factors and trip characteristics to identify research gaps.
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