Q2. Who would like to thank Sandra Ham at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for her comments?
Improvements to the built environment, such as ncreased access to public transit, may provide a viable nd effective option to promote and maintain active ifestyles.he authors would like to thank Sandra Ham at the Centers or Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Nutrition nd Physical Activity for her comments and suggestions.
Q3. What is the likely reason for people to walk 30 minutes to and from transit?
22easons for more walking among low-income populaions could be that they are more likely to live in urban reas with better access to transit or are less likely to wn a personal automobile.
Q4. How many people walk to and from transit?
This study also suggests that 29% of ransit walkers achieve 30 minutes of daily physical ctivity solely by walking to and from transit.
Q5. How many minutes of walking did the researchers use to stimate the amount of transit-related?
For xample, results from this report are being used to stimate the amount of transit-related walking that ould result from a proposed 22-mile, urban light-rail oop in Atlanta.30 HIA studies may influence choices ade by transportation planners and other communityecision makers.
Q6. How many people were more likely to walk 30 minutes to and from transit?
People walking 30 minutes to and from transit were significantly ore likely to be African American, Hispanic, Asian/ acific Islander, or from another race/ethnic category han to be white, and were somewhat (borderline ignificant association) more likely to live in an area ith 4000 to 9999 people per square mile than in an rea with 4000 people per square mile (OR 1.63, 5% CI 0.99–2.68).
Q7. How many minutes of physical activity can a person get from a ransit?
This study rovides some evidence that walking to and from ransit can help physically inactive populations (espeially minority groups and people of lower socioecoomic status) attain 30 minutes of daily physical activty.