The impact of the car restrictions implemented in the city centre on the public space quality

Neighborhood features and depression in Mexican older adults: A longitudinal analysis based on the study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE), waves 1 and 2 (2009-2014)

“…There are multiple potential mechanisms for the found association and they come from the benefits of pedestrianization, which refers to impede the access of motor vehicles to a determined area [46]. For example, the space restricted to vehicles promotes physical activity (reflected in the increasing number of journeys on foot), which in turn has been shown to alleviate depressive symptoms [47–49]. Additionally, the pedestrianization of streets stimulates the practice of other activities since different land-use other than for traffic can be implemented, so it becomes an opportunity to personally interact and communicate with other people, thereby increasing social interaction [46,47,50,51].…”

“…For example, the space restricted to vehicles promotes physical activity (reflected in the increasing number of journeys on foot), which in turn has been shown to alleviate depressive symptoms [47–49]. Additionally, the pedestrianization of streets stimulates the practice of other activities since different land-use other than for traffic can be implemented, so it becomes an opportunity to personally interact and communicate with other people, thereby increasing social interaction [46,47,50,51]. It has to be reminded that social networks and social contact are important factors that influence the onset of depression [52,53].…”

“…It has to be reminded that social networks and social contact are important factors that influence the onset of depression [52,53]. As to the personal safety perception, restriction of vehicles improves it because it reduces the rates of crime and of traffic accidents involving pedestrians, so the elderly can comfortably and safely walk, which derives in the reduction of stress levels while walking [46,47]. Finally, other pathways by which the vehicle restriction might improve mental health (and depression) is through the reduction of air pollution and noise, since these factors are associated with cardiovascular diseases, which at the same time are highly associated with depression [47,51,52,54].…”

Clustering Megacity Districts upon Customer Satisfaction on Parking Services

“…In their study, Szarata, Nosal, Duda-Wiertel, and Franek (2017) examined the practical use of satisfaction surveys in the context of the parking system in the city of Krakow (Poland). Its research results can be adopted to make decisions on parking restrictions, as this is one of the most controversial aspects of urban transport policy.…”

“…Researchers studied satisfaction with individual parking lots or their types without considering them in the context of the districts of the city as a whole. (Hensher and King, 2001;de Oña, de Oña, and López, 2016;Szarata, Nosal, Duda-Wiertel, and Franek, 2017;Thus, Fan, and Guan, 2019) The results of the research show that the largest average share of the drivers that spend less than five minutes on parking search is in SEAO (38%), the smallest one is in ZelAO (27%).As this indicator has a direct impact on the parking space provision, SEAO is ranked the 1 st place and ZelAO is assigned as the 10 th . At the same time the largest average share of the drivers that spend more than ten minutes on parking search is in CAO (40%), the smallest one is in SEAO (29%).…”