Foot-based audit of streets adjacent to new light rail stations in Houston, Texas: measurement of health-related characteristics of the built environment for physical activity research

• Main Authors: Abiodun O. Oluyomi (Author), Gregory Knell (Author), Casey P. Durand (Author), Clara Mercader (Author), Deborah Salvo (Author), Ipek N. Sener (Author), Kelley Pettee Gabriel (Author), Deanna M. Hoelscher (Author), Harold W. Kohl (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Active travel to and from a transit station may provide significant amounts of physical activity and improve health. The ease with which people can traverse the distance to the transit station may impede or support active travel. Therefore, transit stations that have features tha...