Urban Transformations and Health: Methods for TrUST—a Natural Experiment Evaluating the Impacts of a Mass Transit Cable Car in Bogotá, Colombia

Urban Transformations and Health: Methods for TrUST—a Natural Experiment Evaluating the Impacts of a Mass Transit Cable Car in Bogotá, Colombia

Background: Cable cars provide urban mobility benefits for vulnerable populations. However, no evaluation has assessed cable cars' impact from a health perspective. TransMiCable in Bogotá, Colombia, provides a unique opportunity to (1) assess the effects of its implementation on the environment...

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Main Authors: Olga L. Sarmiento, Diana Higuera-Mendieta, Maria A. Wilches-Mogollon, Luis A. Guzman, Daniel A. Rodríguez, Ricardo Morales, Daniela Méndez, Claudia Bedoya, Mario Linares-Vásquez, Maria Isabel Arévalo, Eliana Martínez-Herrera, Felipe Montes, Jose D. Meisel, Andrés F. Useche, Elizabeth García, Camilo A. Triana, Andrés L. Medaglia, Philipp Hessel, Julian Arellana, Carlos Moncada, Abby C. King, Ana V. Diez Roux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
cable car
impact evaluation
Latin America
urban health
transport
physical activity
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00064/full

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