Tools- of Changes

Provides guides, reports, toolkits and videos to help build stronger municipalities, with resources covering Affordable Housing, Energy, Low Carbon, Transportation Land use, Waste, Water, Women in governmentGuide for Engaging Students to...

Is it worth targeting people with high socioeconomic status, with customized interventions? This open-access article explores how they can have a disproportionate impact on greenhouse gas emissions and potentially on climate change...

  The VTPI Online TDM Encyclopedia is a free, unique and comprehensive resource for identifying and evaluating innovative solutions to transportation problems. It provides detailed information on dozens of demand management strategies,...

Includes a guide to community-based social marketing, and sections with articles, brief case studies, graphic examples, and an archived listserv.Covers environmental topics (composting, energy efficiency, household waste disposal, litter...

The aim of ELTIS is to provide information and support a practical transfer of knowledge and exchange of experience in the field of urban and regional transport in Europe....

This site is a clearinghouse for information on active transportation resources and programs (including tools, training and outreach) and research. It includes an image library (www.pedbikeimages.org) with a searchable collection of over 3...

This site helps community leaders, parents and schools develop programs and strategies that encourage and enable more children to safely walk and bike to school. It offers news, state contacts, a 'how-to' manual, and extensive resources for...

This is the place to go for information and tools related to idling prevention programs. You'll find research, tools and findings, prepared articles, and ready-to-use graphics. A site newsletter provides news, a variety of graphics,...

This site offers extensive case studies, tools, resources and research related to workplace commuting initiatives. The Best Workplaces for Commuters program provides national recognition for qualifying employers in the United States....

This site offers information for TDM practitioners in Canada, including presentations from the association's annual TDM Summit, tools and resources for National Rideshare Week, and research into the TDM business case and ways to enhance TDM...

This site offers access to the programs and services of TRB, a division of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine that encourages transportation innovation and progress through research and information exchange....

Many climate-relevant behaviours are habitual rather than intentional. Since changing contexts can effectively break habits, interventions may be more effective when habits are disrupted - for example, when people have recently relocated,...

The purpose of the Compendium is to provide sustainable transportation practitioners, and others in related fields, with an up-to-date listing of research and findings about the key attitudes, perceptions and misperceptions of Canadians...

Includes many annotated links to other web-based resources supporting social marketing and social change...

The Social Research and Evaluation Division, Department for Transport offers a number of its research reports on behaviour change, transport choices and climate change...

As global warming continues, ambient temperatures will pose an increasingly critical barrier in more and more areas to choosing walking, cycling and other active transportation modes. Accordingly, it will be important to develop and promote...

This document provides a brief summary of options for assessing what portion of any measured behavior changes resulted from your program and what portion resulted from other influences. These options can also be used to attribute the...

If you want to influence transportation choices, this planning guide is written for you. You may be working on a very small or large program. This guide has been designed to help you focus on practical first steps and explore additional...

This open-access research article summarizes a Swiss panel study that found that car shedding (giving away a vehicle so that the household no longer has its own car) can have a positive effect on feelings of joy up to three years after the...

This site offers information for TDM practitioners, including a library of TDM plans, market research summaries (USA), and related reports. Monthly webinar recordings are available to the public six months after presentation. ...

Provides photographs, illustrations and multimedia files, with image collections for environmental health, natural disasters, anatomy, biological sciences, heart health, nutrition, chemicals and drugs, diseases (including AIDS) and...

 Practical resources for promoting walking and rolling to and from schools.  Provides summaries of relevant academic research and a newsletter. Toolkits include: Guide to Safe Routes to Schools (2021), Strategic Storytelling...

Parents and caregivers play a key role in determining if a child will walk or wheel to school. This report summarizes barriers and strategies for better engaging parents and caregivers, related to active school travel.Parents and caregivers...

This study found that employees in Atlanta GA (USA) who received a free or subsidized transit pass from their employer were 156% more likely to use transit. When they had access to free or subsidized parking, self-reported transit use fell...

Two open-access articles in Behavioral Science & Policy (7: 2) provide guidance on crafting messages to promote green behaviors. The first argues that interventions will be most effective if they not only make it easier for people to...

This site provides free access to white papers, webinar recordings and speeches about telework in North America, as well as a basic online telework savings calculator. ...

A Bike Train is an organized bike ride to and from school. It is supervised by chaperones who work with students to assure everyone's safety and fun. Students may begin riding to school from one designated location, or be picked up at...

This 2023 report provides a snapshot of the road safety situation globally, highlighting the gaps and the measures needed to best drive progress....

A good, detailed, freely accessible overview of program evaluation and attribution methods....

Effective, promising, or emerging physical activity interventions from around the world.Summary: " We searched for reviews of physical activity iterventions, published between 2000 and 2011, and identified effective, promising, or...

This open-access study identifies seven potential constructs of "automobility engagement" that might help explain consumer interest in shared, automated, and electric mobility, based on a survey of 3,658 Canadians. It also calls...

Both France and the City of Amsterdam have banned fossil fuel-related ads.In 2022, France became the first country in the world to ban adverts for fossil fuel-related products. Ads for natural gas were allowed until the new rules came into...

This literature review found eight behavioral determinants that play a role in car owners' use of shared transport.This literature review found eight behavioral determinants that play a role in car owners' use of shared transport. ...

This guide outlines research and tips on talking about airplane trips and climate change. Updated periodically.Avoiding air travel has been identified as the third most effective way for individuals to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions,...

The authors studied two anti-idling campaigns in Salt Lake County, Utah to understand if reduced engine idling leads to behavioral change and subsequent reduction in traffic-related air pollution exposure of the related school. They found a...

Bike share use increases exponentially with station density, according to this 2015 NACTO analysis of U.S. bike share system data. Systems that are designed with stations a five minute walk apart provide more convenient, reliable service...

More bicycle trips mean fewer car trips, which can mean less congestion for people in cars and buses. But when bicycle use rises but cities don't add bike lanes, traffic congestion actually gets worse.  Efforts to reduce the environmental...

This report covers telephone and web-based coaching interventions for increasing physical activity, improving nutrition and reducing weight.This report covers personal health promotion interventions using telephone and web-based...

This second-order meta-analysis found that the studied interventions increased associated environmental behaviors by 2% to 12%. Social comparisons and financial approaches, followed closely by appeals and commitment strategies, were the...

Explores a wide range of literature and conducts an initial summary of evidence on co-benefits of activity-friendly environments.To reverse the global epidemic of physical inactivity that is responsible for more than 5 million deaths per...

This toolkit for school safety committees provides a step-by-step guide for school communities seeking to improve safety on their campuses during student arrival and departure times.This is a step-by-step guide for school communities...

Since this 2017 report, bicycle-sharing schemes (BSSs) have been experiencing a major breakthrough in cities at a global scale. Of the estimated 1,600 schemes in operation in 2017, approximately 95 percent were launched since 2007, with...

New evidence claiming to be the first of its kind suggests that people who walk or ride a bike to work also become behaviorally attached to their travel type and may even form stronger habits than drivers do.The work comes from...

Being physically active is one of the most important steps that Americans of all ages can take to improve their health. But only half of adults and about a quarter of high school students get the amount of physical activity recommended in...

This open-access articles in Behavioral Science & Policy (7:2), found that "employees who were given transportation benefits by their employers were 9 times more likely to use transit rather than driving alone. Employees with bike...

This resource contains guidance on creating accessible and inclusive recreation and sport opportunities for those with disabilities.For 20 years The Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability (ALACD) promoted, supported and...

This Danish barriers and benefits report is available in English. It summarizes the research findings and recommendations based on the research.The goal of this project was to find out what motivates people to make cycling their primary...

This 2015 peer reviewed study finds that individuals who walk at a brisk or fast pace are more likely to have a lower weight when compared to individuals doing other activities.In Britain, it is recommended that, to stay healthy, adults...

When consensus about a risk or mitigating behavior is newly developed and/or not clearly understood, communicating that consensus through teachers / instructors can be critical. While this blog entry focuses on climate change, it may also...

Why are men less likely than women to embrace environmentally friendly products and behaviors? Building on prior findings that men tend to be more concerned than women with gender-identity maintenance, this article argues that this green...

The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health publishes highly credible reports documenting the impacts of climate change on health.Eleven of the United States's leading medical societies formed the Medical Society Consortium on...

This 2017 study compares two modes of visually presenting information  - one using photographs and the other using cartoons - on audience's knowledge, attitudes and behavioural intentions.This study compares two modes of visually presenting...

This 2018 paper links climate science and behavioural science, estimates the potential impact of behavioural programs, and predicts the three types of behavioural programs with the largest impact.The authors of this paper link the C-ROADS...

According to this 2017 study, increasing the number of benchmark criteria used in an intervention to at least four increases the chances of achieving positive behavioural outcomes.A significant proportion of the world's adult population is...

An earlier systematic review found large heterogeneity in the effectiveness of interventions in increasing AST and highlighted several limitations of previous research. This 2018 study provides a comprehensive update of that review....

Longer commute times and distances are correlated with negative attitudes toward waiting, while commuters with pro-transit, pro-density, and pro-active transportation attitudes tend to have positive attitudes toward waiting. Additionally,...

People are most physically active when their environments are both highly walkable and very green, according to a study by Marquet et al (2022), published in Environment International. This study contributes evidence that higher levels of...

This 2017 review found that technology-based delivery of interventions seems to be more effective than usual care in promoting physical activity, particularly in interventions targeting health care patients. INTRODUCTION: Technology has...

This 2020 study investigated the relationships between three types of nature contact, psychological connectedness, health, subjective wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviours. It suggests that interventions increasing both contact with,...

This study indicates that high-profile public advocates like Greta Thunberg can shape collective efficacy beliefs and motivate collective action, but their effect is likely stronger among those with a shared political ideology.Despite Greta...

This field experiment with 7,680 low-income homeowners boosted referral rates, new participant numbers, and progam cost-effectiveness. It achieved this with two changes to a program that was already running. (1) It offered, in addition to...

Both short-term and long-term studies show that upon starting exercise training, many people decrease their non-exercise physical activity in compensation. This can reduce intended outcomes related to active living, heart health, physical...

The city of Pontevedra, Spain has been restricting car use since 1999. This article outlines transferable lessons the city has learned along the way. The city of Pontevedra, Spain has been restricting car use since 1999. This article...

One of the broadest and most comprehensive global message testing studies conducted on climate change provides guidance for effective climate change related messaging.Potential Energy is a global, nonprofit marketing firm creating public...

Contains reviews of research evidence on interventions related to active transportation (walking and cycling), rod safety, physical activity, heart health (cardiovascular disease), HIV / AIDS, nutrition, obesity, tobacco (smoking), conflict...

A free, searchable online registry of systematic reviews on the effectiveness of public health and health promotion interventions. The content has been quality rated. Bilingual (English and French). Topics include: AIDS, environmental...