The Health and economic effects of light rail lines: design, methods, and protocol for a natural experiment

• Main Authors: Lawrence D. Frank (Author), Jennifer L. Kuntz (Author), James E. Chapman (Author), Eric H. Fox (Author), John F. Dickerson (Author), Richard T. Meenan (Author), Brian E. Saelens (Author), Deborah R. Young (Author), Janne Boone-Heinonen (Author), Stephen P. Fortmann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The health impacts of community design have been studied extensively over the past two decades. In particular, public transportation use is associated with more walking between transit stops and shops, work, home and other destinations. Change in transit access has been linked wi...