As municipalities are setting ambitious targets to increase non-motorized transportation
mode shares, analytic frameworks for examining how such targets will be met become …

Community is the foundation of modern cities, where urban residents spend most of their
lifetime. Effective and healthy community design plays a vital role in improving residents' …

Recent evidence underscores the importance of greenspace exposure in promoting
physical activity, and in having a positive impact on mental health and cognitive …

Planning for active mobility satisfies many fundamental tenets of good urban design and
planning. However, planning for active mobility is a complex endeavour due to numerous …

Active travel to school (ATS) is promoted due to its benefits for health, mental well-being and
the environment. Although the impact of the urban form on ATS has been extensively …

Streets are the fundamental public space where people move and socialize within cities.
Their attractiveness depends on a wide variety of factors, with solar accessibility emerging …

Walkable neighborhoods provide significant sustainability, health, and motorized user safety
benefits. Far less consideration is given to the potential pedestrian/bicyclist safety-related …

Among a number of variables shown to affect pedestrian route choice, path length and turns
have stood out as the most consequential. Turns have been considered the superior …

In this paper, we attempt to compare space syntax with spatial interaction. At one level, these
two approaches to urban spatial structure are non-comparable. Space syntax is largely a …

The walking experience is impacted by solar radiation exposure of pedestrian paths; this is a
critical consideration for walkability assessment. The presented systematic methodology …