000126777 001__ 126777 000126777 005__ 20241125101139.0 000126777 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.jth.2023.101626 000126777 0248_ $$2sideral$$a134193 000126777 037__ $$aART-2023-134193 000126777 041__ $$aeng 000126777 100__ $$aEcheverría, L. 000126777 245__ $$aActive commuting and the health of workers 000126777 260__ $$c2023 000126777 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000126777 5203_ $$aIntroduction: Research has shown that commuting is related to the health of workers, and that mode choice may have a range of effects on this relationship. We analyze the relationship between active commuting (walking and cycling) and the health status reported by US workers. Methods: We use the 2014–2016 Eating and Health (EH) Module of the American Time Use Survey (ATUS). We estimate Ordinary Least Squares models on a measure of subjective health that is the self-reported assessment of individual general health status, and on the body mass index. Results: longer commutes by bicycle are significantly related to higher levels of subjective health and to lower body mass index, while commuting by walking is only weakly related to both health measures. We test the robustness of our results to possible measurement error in commuting times, to the exclusion of compensating factors, to the estimation method, and to the inclusion of time devoted to leisure-based physical activities. Conclusions: Our results may help policy makers in evaluating the importance of infrastructures that facilitate the use of bicycles as a means of transport, boosting investment in these infrastructures, especially in larger cities. 000126777 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S32-20R$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PID2019-108348RA-I00 000126777 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000126777 590__ $$a3.2$$b2023 000126777 592__ $$a0.889$$b2023 000126777 591__ $$aTRANSPORTATION$$b29 / 58 = 0.5$$c2023$$dQ2$$eT2 000126777 593__ $$aHealth Policy$$c2023$$dQ1 000126777 591__ $$aPUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH$$b105 / 408 = 0.257$$c2023$$dQ2$$eT1 000126777 593__ $$aPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health$$c2023$$dQ1 000126777 593__ $$aSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality$$c2023$$dQ1 000126777 593__ $$aSafety Research$$c2023$$dQ1 000126777 593__ $$aTransportation$$c2023$$dQ2 000126777 593__ $$aPollution$$c2023$$dQ2 000126777 594__ $$a6.1$$b2023 000126777 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000126777 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-1610-5451$$aGiménez-Nadal, J. I.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000126777 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-9437-4606$$aMolina, J. A.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000126777 7102_ $$14000$$2415$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Análisis Económico$$cÁrea Fund. Análisis Económico 000126777 773__ $$g31 (2023), 101626 [18 pp.]$$pJ. transp. health$$tJournal of Transport & Health$$x2214-1405 000126777 8564_ $$s881651$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/126777/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000126777 8564_ $$s1717063$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/126777/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000126777 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:126777$$particulos$$pdriver 000126777 951__ $$a2024-11-22-12:02:04 000126777 980__ $$aARTICLE