Specific objectives

• The specific objectives listed below refer to the second project phase, which has not yet been approved.
• To develop a multi-strategic intervention to promote physical activity and healthy living in different social districts using existing plans to create a new bicycle infrastructure in Düsseldorf.
• To evaluate the acceptance and use of the multistrategic intervention and its effects on physical activity and health in different social districts.
• To measure ambient air pollution on residential streets in high and low traffic areas and on different cycling routes.
• To conduct a semi-controlled crossover study investigating different health effects of air pollution by cycling in high and low traffic areas in the city of Düsseldorf.

Study design:

• Part 1: Pragmatic trial with pre/post design (estimated n=700)
• Part 2: Randomized semi-controlled crossover study (estimated n=60)

Study population:

Adult citizens of Düsseldorf

Study area:

City of Düsseldorf

Study period:

2023-2025

Current status:

Development of the main application; conceptual development phase;

Collaborators

• Prof. Dr. Konradin Weber, Fachbereich für Maschinenbau und Verfahrenstechnik Hochschule Düsseldorf
• Tobias Pohl, Fachbereich für Maschinenbau und Verfahrenstechnik Hochschule Düsseldorf
• Prof. Dr. Oliver Kuß, Institut für Biometrie und Epidemiologie, Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum

Project Team Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf

• Prof. Dr. Claudia Pischke
• Dr. Simone Weyers
• Prof. Dr. Barbara Hoffmann
• Dr. Vanessa Soppa

Cooperation Partners

• Jochen Kral, Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf, Amt für Verkehrsmanagement
• Rolf Neumann, Connected mobility GmbH
• Dr. Audrey de Nazelle, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London
• Prof. Dr. Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen, SGlobal Barcelona Institute für Global Health

External Funding

Bundeministerium für Bildung und Forschung

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