Active travel interventions and physical activity in adults

Kushan Liyana Arachchige

Systematic review · PRISMA 2020

Active travel interventions and physical activity in adults

Kushan Liyana Arachchige 0009-0001-5321-7663University of Kelaniya

Release 1, frozen 16 Oct 2026Published 18 Oct 202640 records → 5 studiesLicence CC BY 4.0

01Questions and eligibility

Estimate the effect of active travel interventions on physical activity in working-age adults.

Q1: Do active travel interventions increase physical activity in adults?

Included if

None recorded.

Excluded if

E1: Not an active travel intervention
E2: Outcome is not physical activity
E3: Population outside scope
E4: Study design not eligible

02PRISMA flow diagram

Template: Databases and registers only

100%

Identification of studies via databases and registers
Identification
Records identified from:Databases (n = 40)Registers (n = 0)
Records removed before screening:Duplicate records removed (n = 8)Records marked as ineligible by automation tools (n = 0)Records removed for other reasons (n = 0)
Screening
Records screened (n = 32)
Records excluded (n = 20)
Reports sought for retrieval (n = 12)
Reports not retrieved (n = 2)
Reports assessed for eligibility (n = 10)
Reports excluded: (n = 4)E3 Population outside scope (n = 3)E4 Study design not eligible (n = 1)
Included
Studies included in review (n = 5)Reports of included studies (n = 6)

Counts frozen 16 Oct 2026 in Release 1.

Adapted from the PRISMA 2020 flow diagram, Page MJ et al., BMJ 2021;372:n71. CC BY 4.0.

03Searches

2 searches in 2 sources. Exact queries are not published with this review.

Source	Search	Date searched	Records
Scopus	Search 1	1 Oct 2026	24
Web of Science	Search 1	1 Oct 2026	16
Total identified			40

04Included studies

5 studies reported in 6 publications.

Study	Year	Reports
Duarte 2020Workplace cycle-to-work incentives: a controlled before-and-after study	2020	1 report
Lee 2021Active commuting and physical activity in office workers: a cluster randomised trial	2021	2 reports
Marsh 2022E-bike loan schemes and weekly minutes of moderate activity	2022	1 report
Kowalski 2023Park-and-stride programmes and daily step counts in commuters	2023	1 report
Nakamura 2024Protected cycle lanes and adult cycling uptake in three cities	2024	1 report

Included studies (RIS)

05Reporting checklist

Each PRISMA 2020 item as it stood in Release 1.

Item	Checklist item	Reported in	Status
1	Title	Title	Confirmed
2	Abstract	Abstract	Needs input
3	Rationale	Introduction	Needs input
4	Objectives	Introduction	Evidence available
5	Eligibility criteria	Methods	Evidence available
6	Information sources	Methods	Evidence available
7	Search strategy	Methods	Evidence available
8	Selection process	Methods	Evidence available
9	Data collection process	Methods	Evidence available
10a	Data items — outcomes	Methods	Needs input
10b	Data items — other variables	Methods	Needs input
11	Study risk of bias assessment	Methods	Not applicable in MVP-1
12	Effect measures	Methods	Not applicable in MVP-1
13a	Synthesis methods — eligibility for each synthesis	Methods	Not applicable in MVP-1
13b	Synthesis methods — data preparation	Methods	Not applicable in MVP-1
13c	Synthesis methods — tabulation and display	Methods	Not applicable in MVP-1
13d	Synthesis methods — methods of synthesis	Methods	Not applicable in MVP-1
13e	Synthesis methods — heterogeneity	Methods	Not applicable in MVP-1
13f	Synthesis methods — sensitivity analyses	Methods	Not applicable in MVP-1
14	Reporting bias assessment	Methods	Not applicable in MVP-1
15	Certainty assessment	Methods	Not applicable in MVP-1
16a	Study selection — search and selection results	Results	Evidence available
16b	Study selection — excluded studies that seemed eligible	Results	Evidence available
17	Study characteristics	Results	Needs input
18	Risk of bias in studies	Results	Not applicable in MVP-1
19	Results of individual studies	Results	Not applicable in MVP-1
20a	Results of syntheses — characteristics and risk of bias	Results	Not applicable in MVP-1
20b	Results of syntheses — statistical syntheses	Results	Not applicable in MVP-1
20c	Results of syntheses — heterogeneity	Results	Not applicable in MVP-1
20d	Results of syntheses — sensitivity analyses	Results	Not applicable in MVP-1
21	Reporting biases	Results	Not applicable in MVP-1
22	Certainty of evidence	Results	Not applicable in MVP-1
23a	Discussion — interpretation	Discussion	Needs input
23b	Discussion — limitations of the evidence	Discussion	Needs input
23c	Discussion — limitations of the review processes	Discussion	Needs input
23d	Discussion — implications	Discussion	Needs input
24a	Registration and protocol — registration	Other information	Evidence available
24b	Registration and protocol — protocol access	Other information	Needs input
24c	Registration and protocol — amendments	Other information	Evidence available
25	Support	Other information	Evidence available
26	Competing interests	Other information	Evidence available
27	Availability of data, code and other materials	Other information	Evidence available

06How to cite

Arachchige, K. L. (2026). Active travel interventions and physical activity in adults (Release 1) [Systematic review]. SLReviewFlow. https://www.slreviewflow.com/reviews/kushan-liyana-arachchige/active-travel-physical-activity-slr-31-release-2

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