Trip Generation of Seniors and the Geography of Walking in Montreal

Abstract

With the graying of populations across the world, the travel behavior of seniors has become a topic of growing interest in planning and research. Most attention in the field of transportation has been devoted to motorized travel. However, the use of various modes of transportation, including nonmotorized travel, remains to be fully investigated. In this paper the multimodal trip generation of seniors in Montreal Island is studied. Personal, mobility tools, neighborhood, and accessibility variables are considered in a trivariate ordered probit model of three modes: car, transit, and walking. Geographical analysis of the walking component of the model helps to identify locations within the region where walking is more or less prevalent among older adults.

Evidence synthesis - A systematized literature review on the associations between neighbourhood built characteristics and walking among Canadian adults

“…Unlike other reviews, 14,16,20 our findings suggest that the association between con nectivity and population density with walking were nonsignificant, though very few comparisons were made between these built characteristics and walking. Of the few included studies that explored the association between connectivity 40,46,52,54 or population density 46,52,56,58 with walk ing, only one study found positive associ ations between population density and connectivity with walking for any pur pose, measured by automatized pedes trian counters. 52 Future studies into these associations in the Canadian context could help determine if improving connectivity and increasing population density would enhance the ability of neighbourhoods to support physical activity.…”

“…trips by foot) reported in travel dia ries. 40,46,48,49,58,59 Three studies measured walking using selfreports and accelerom eters; 40,43,49 one study captured steps/day using pedometers; 60 and two studies audited pedestrian activity using auto mated counters. 51,52 Walking undertaken in the past seven days was most often assessed (n = 16), although walking in the previous day (n = 3), previous 14 days (n = 1) and previous three months (n = 3) were also captured.…”

“…Eleven studies 40,46,4952,54,58,6163 reported 98 comparisons between destinationrelated features and walking ( Table 3). The most common destinationrelated feature exam ined was land use (n = 38 comparisons).…”

The Neighbourhood Physical Environment and Active Travel in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…In the last decade, the health, transportation and environmental sustainability sectors have become increasingly interested in finding ways to promote AT in older adults via environmental and policy interventions [10,[67][68][69][70]. This interest has been accompanied by an eight-fold increase in the number of articles on neighbourhood physical environmental correlates of older adults' AT since the latest systematic review on this topic was published [19].…”

Synthèse des données probantes - Associations entre les caractéristiques de l’environnement bâti du quartier et la marche chez les adultes canadiens : une revue systématisée de la littérature

“…D'autres études ont utilisé des données sur la marche de l'Enquête sur la santé dans les collectivités canadiennes 44,47,53 , du recensement du Canada 41 et de l'Enquête nationale sur la santé de la population 45,53 . Six études portaient sur la marche (voyages à pied) rapportée dans des journaux de voyage 40,46,48,49,58,59 . Trois études ont mesuré la marche grâce à des autodéclarations et à des accéléromètres 40,43,49 ; une étude a mesuré le nombre de pas par jour avec un podomètre 60 et enfin deux études ont véri fié l'activité pédestre avec des compteurs automatisés 51,52 .…”