Issues and Opportunities for Enhancing Active Transportation Among Rural and Urban Areas: Lessons from a New Brunswick Study

The Government of New Brunswick’s Wellness Strategy (2014-2021) highlights the provincial interest in developing a “culture of wellness”. The “culture of wellness” means New Brunswick will have “a natural and built environment that supports physical activity, social connectedness and active transportation for all” (New Brunswick Department of Healthy and Inclusive Communities, 2014). The connection between wellness and AT is a motivator for this work. This paper summarizes the main findings of a study “Understanding Active Transportation in New Brunswick: its role in an Age-Friendly built environment” funded by the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation and the New Brunswick Department of Healthy and Inclusive Communities. The objectives of the project were to develop a series of recommendations and considerations in terms of: access to AT in rural and urban communities; community, workplace and school engagement in and support for AT; community capacity to address AT, the built environment and age-friendly communities; and policies that support AT. The study included a literature review, profile of major design guides, types of AT monitoring and promotion initiatives, profile of AT usage behaviour in NB, a survey of community perspectives on AT, six community case studies, and an exploration of community capacity to support AT developments. This paper focuses on the major lessons, conclusions, and considerations with respect to opportunities for AT in New Brunswick developed throughout the course of this work.

• Record URL:
  • http://ctrf.ca/?page_id=3310
• Corporate Authors:

  Canadian Transportation Research Forum

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• Authors:
  • HANSON, TR
  • Allaire, F
  • MacEacheron, C
• Conference:
  • Canadian Transportation Research Forum 50th Annual Conference - Another 50 Years: Where to From Here?//Un autre 50 ans : qu'en est-il à partir de maintenant? Montreal, Quebec, May 24-26, 2015
• Publication Date: 2015

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: 1 PDF file, 277 KB, 14p.
• Monograph Title: Canadian Transportation Research Forum 50th Annual Conference - Another 50 Years: Where to From Here?//Un autre 50 ans : qu'en est-il à partir de maintenant? Montreal, Quebec, May 24-26, 2015

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycling; Commuting; Conferences; Health; Planning; Policy; Rural areas; Urban areas; Walking; Work trips
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 8525: Conference; 759: Cycling; 2144: Health; 621: Journey to work; 143: Planning; 173: Policy; 328: Rural area; 313: Urban area; 758: Walking
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01605041
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD, TAC
• Created Date: Jul 26 2016 5:05PM