Workplace active travel
This page lists research on the benefits of active commuting for health.
See our new Active travel and healthy workplaces information sheet for a review of research and guidance on the benefits of active commuting for health.
Latest papers
NEW - Comparison of cyclists' and motorists' utilitarian physical activity at an urban university
Susan B. Sisson
Preventive Medicine 46 (2008) 77-79
Commuter cycling: effect on physical performance in untrained men and women in Flanders: minimum dose to improve indexes of fitness
B. de Geus et al
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports (2009) 19: 179-187
Inverse associations between cycling to work, public transport and overweight and obesity: Findings from a population based study in Australia
Li Ming Wen et al
Preventive Medicine 46 (2008) 29-32
Recommended reading
Active commuting in a university setting: Assessing commuting habits and potential for modal change
T Shannon et al.
Transport Policy, 2006, Volume 13, pages 240-253
Driving to work and overweight and obesity: findings from the 2003 New South Wales Health Survey, Australia
LM Wen et al.
International Journal of Obesity, 2006, Volume 30, Pages 782-786
"Walk in to Work Out": a randomised controlled trial of a self help intervention to promote active commuting
N Mutrie et al.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, June 2002, Volume 56, pages 407-412
Other key papers
Walking towards health in a university community: A feasibility study
N Gilson et al
Preventive Medicine, 2007, Volume 44, pages 167-169
Occupational, commuting and leisure-time physical activity in relation to coronary heart disease among middle-aged Finnish men and women
G Hu et al.
Atherosclerosis 194 (2007) 490-497
Means of transportation to work and overweight and obesity: A population-based study in southern Sweden
M Lindstrom
Preventive Medicine (2007), doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.07.012
Active commuting and cardiovascular risk: A meta-analytic review
M Hamer, Y Chida
Preventive Medicine (2007), doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.03.006
Factors influencing the propensity to cycle to work
M Wardman et al.
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Volume 41, Issue 4, May 2007, Pages 339-350
Changing travel to work patterns in South East England
H Titheridge, P Hall
Journal of Transport Geography, January 2006, Volume 14, Issue 1, pages 60-75
Determining the intensity and energy expenditure during commuter cycling
B de Geus et al.
British Journal of Sports Medicine, October 2006, Volume 41, pages 8-12
Assessing the walkability of the workplace: a new audit tool
A L Dannenberg et al.
American Journal of Health Promotion, September/October 2005, Volume 20, Number 1
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Audit Tool)
Promoting active transport in a workplace setting: evaluation of a pilot study in Australia
Li Ming Wen et al.
Health Promotion International, February 2005, Volume 20, Issue 2, Pages 123-133
Employer travel plans, cycling and gender: will travel plan measures improve the outlook for cycling to work in the UK?
Janet E. Dickinson et al.
Transportation Research Part D, January 2003, Volume 8, Issue 1, pages 53-97