TY - JOUR AU - Pesola, Arto J. AU - Hakala, Pirjo AU - Berg, Päivi AU - Ramezani, Samira AU - Villanueva, Karen AU - Tuuva-Hongisto, Sari AU - Ronkainen, Jussi AU - Laatikainen, Tiina E. PY - 2020 DA - 2020/03/17 TI - Does free public transit increase physical activity and independent mobility in children? Study protocol for comparing children’s activity between two Finnish towns with and without free public transit JO - BMC Public Health SP - 342 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - Children’s habitual physical activity, including active travel and catching public transit (walking and cycling to and from destinations), and independent mobility (mobility without an adult) have decreased. Public transit trips are physically active and can provide access to hobbies independent of parents, but there is no device-measured data about children’s total physical activity time following the introduction of free public transit. Our aim is to compare physical activity and independent mobility between children living in two Finnish towns, one with a recently introduced free public transit system, and the other without free public transit. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8385-6 DO - 10.1186/s12889-020-8385-6 ID - Pesola2020 ER -