title: A Complete Street Intervention for Walking to Transit, Nontransit Walking, and Bicycling: A Quasi-Experimental Demonstration of Increased Use.
abstract: Complete streets require evaluation to determine if they encourage active transportation.
  
  
  
  Data were collected before and after a street intervention provided new light rail, bike lanes, and better sidewalks in Salt Lake City, Utah. Residents living near (<800 m) and far (≥801 to 2000 m) from the street were compared, with sensitivity tests for alternative definitions of near (<600 and <1000 m). Dependent variables were accelerometer/global positioning system (GPS) measures of transit trips, nontransit walking trips, and biking trips that included the complete street corridor.
  
  
  
  Active travel trips for Near-Time 2 residents, the group hypothesized to be the most active, were compared with the other 3 groups (Near-Time 1, Far-Time 1, and Far-Time 2), net of control variables. Near-Time 2 residents were more likely to engage in complete street transit walking trips (35%, adjusted) and nontransit walking trips (50%) than the other 3 groups (24% to 25% and 13% to 36%, respectively). Bicycling was less prevalent, with only 1 of 3 contrasts significant (10% of Near-Time 2 residents had complete street bicycle trips compared with 5% of Far-Time 1 residents).
  
  
  
  Living near the complete street intervention supported more pedestrian use and possibly bicycling, suggesting complete streets are also public health interventions.
authors.forename: Barbara B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Ken R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Doug
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tharp
authors.forename: Carol M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Werner
authors.forename: Calvin P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Tribby
authors.forename: Harvey J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Wyatt
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jensen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001642:Bicycling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D002947:Cities; D004779:Environment Design; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D014186:Transportation; D014589:Utah; D016138:Walking / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: active transportation; global positioning system (GPS); light rail