The Contribution of Mobile Apps to the Improvement of Walking/Cycling Behavior Considering the Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Reviewing the Contribution of Mobile Apps to Physical Activity, Transportation, and Urban Planning as the Areas Related to Walking/Cycling Behavior
2.1. The Contribution of Mobile Apps to the Improvement of Physical Activity Including Walking and Cycling
2.2. The Contribution of Mobile Apps to Transportation
2.3. The Contribution of Mobile Apps to the Participatory Process in Urban Planning
3. Walking/Cycling, Its Contributing Factors, and the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic
3.1. Measuring Walking and Cycling
3.2. The Contribution of Built Environment Factors to Walking/Cycling Behavior and the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic
3.3. The Contribution of Sociodemographic, Personal, and Social Factors to Walking/Cycling Behavior and the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic
4. The Contribution of Mobile Apps to Improved Walking/Cycling Behavior and the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on This Relationship
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Paydar, M.; Kamani Fard, A. The Contribution of Mobile Apps to the Improvement of Walking/Cycling Behavior Considering the Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic. Sustainability 2021, 13, 10580. https://doi.org/10.3390/su131910580
Paydar M, Kamani Fard A. The Contribution of Mobile Apps to the Improvement of Walking/Cycling Behavior Considering the Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic. Sustainability. 2021; 13(19):10580. https://doi.org/10.3390/su131910580
Chicago/Turabian StylePaydar, Mohammad, and Asal Kamani Fard. 2021. "The Contribution of Mobile Apps to the Improvement of Walking/Cycling Behavior Considering the Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic" Sustainability 13, no. 19: 10580. https://doi.org/10.3390/su131910580