Health Impacts of Active Transportation in Rural Communities: A Case Study in Ennis, Three Forks, and Townsend, Montana

摘要: In order to expand on the limited literature rural active travel, this study conducted a transportation-health survey in three towns Montana identify factors influencing travel decisions and assess effects of Body Mass Index (BMI). Using BMI as main health indicator, addition attitude variables, research identified underlying trends relating built environment (BE), transportation, health. The studied exhibited relatively strong support for new bike/walk infrastructure facility improvements, providing transportation networks contributed higher adoption rate non-motorized modes (BMI) benefits. No substitution pattern was found between leisure-time physical activity travel: people who exercised more tended undertake travel. As safety concerns influenced choices these communities, additions improvements that make feel safer would be effective increasing Despite potential, areas do face unique challenges such long distance, solutions promote healthful living may well look quite different than those urban (e.g., flexible fee structure bike-sharing programs).