. 2024 Apr 17;14(4):e085850.

doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085850.

Building CapaCITY/É for sustainable transportation: protocol for an implementation science research program in healthy cities

Meghan Winters¹, Daniel Fuller², Marie-Soleil Cloutier³, M Anne Harris⁴, Andrew Howard⁵, Yan Kestens⁶, Sara Kirk⁷, Alison Macpherson⁸, Sarah Moore⁹, Linda Rothman⁴, Martine Shareck¹⁰, Jennifer R Tomasone¹¹, Karen Laberee¹², Zoé Poirier Stephens⁶, Meridith Sones¹², Darshini Ayton¹³, Brice Batomen¹⁴, Scott Bell¹⁵, Patricia Collins¹⁶, Ehab Diab¹⁵, Audrey R Giles¹⁷, Brent E Hagel¹⁸, Mike S Harris¹⁹, Patrick Harris²⁰, Ugo Lachapelle²¹, Kevin Manaugh²², Raktim Mitra²³, Nazeem Muhajarine², Tiffany Muller Myrdahl²⁴, Christopher J Pettit¹⁹, Ian Pike²⁵, Helen Skouteris²⁶, David Wachsmuth²⁷, David Whitehurst¹², Ben Beck²⁸

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada mwinters@sfu.ca.
² Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
³ Centre Urbanisation Culture Société, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
⁴ School of Occupational and Public Health, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ École de santé publique, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
⁷ Healthy Populations Institute and Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
⁸ School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁹ School of Health and Human Performance, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
¹⁰ Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Département des sciences de la santé communautaire, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
¹¹ School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
¹² Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
¹³ Health and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
¹⁴ University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁵ Department of Geography and Planning, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
¹⁶ Department of Geography and Planning, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁷ School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁸ Departments of Pediatrics and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
¹⁹ City Futures Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
²⁰ Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
²¹ Département d'études urbaines et touristiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
²² Department of Geography and Bieler School of Environment, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
²³ School of Urban and Regional Planning, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
²⁴ Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies and Urban Studies Program, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
²⁵ Department of Pediatrics, The University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
²⁶ Health and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
²⁷ School of Urban Planning, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
²⁸ School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 38631827
PMCID: PMC11029507
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085850

Building CapaCITY/É for sustainable transportation: protocol for an implementation science research program in healthy cities

Meghan Winters et al. BMJ Open. 2024.

. 2024 Apr 17;14(4):e085850.

doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085850.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada mwinters@sfu.ca.
² Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
³ Centre Urbanisation Culture Société, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
⁴ School of Occupational and Public Health, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ École de santé publique, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
⁷ Healthy Populations Institute and Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
⁸ School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁹ School of Health and Human Performance, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
¹⁰ Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Département des sciences de la santé communautaire, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
¹¹ School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
¹² Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
¹³ Health and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
¹⁴ University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁵ Department of Geography and Planning, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
¹⁶ Department of Geography and Planning, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁷ School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁸ Departments of Pediatrics and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
¹⁹ City Futures Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
²⁰ Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
²¹ Département d'études urbaines et touristiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
²² Department of Geography and Bieler School of Environment, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
²³ School of Urban and Regional Planning, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
²⁴ Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies and Urban Studies Program, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
²⁵ Department of Pediatrics, The University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
²⁶ Health and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
²⁷ School of Urban Planning, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
²⁸ School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 38631827
PMCID: PMC11029507
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085850

Abstract

Introduction: Improving sustainable transportation options will help cities tackle growing challenges related to population health, congestion, climate change and inequity. Interventions supporting active transportation face many practical and political hurdles. Implementation science aims to understand how interventions or policies arise, how they can be translated to new contexts or scales and who benefits. Sustainable transportation interventions are complex, and existing implementation science frameworks may not be suitable. To apply and adapt implementation science for healthy cities, we have launched our mixed-methods research programme, CapaCITY/É. We aim to understand how, why and for whom sustainable transportation interventions are successful and when they are not.

Methods and analysis: Across nine Canadian municipalities and the State of Victoria (Australia), our research will focus on two types of sustainable transportation interventions: all ages and abilities bicycle networks and motor vehicle speed management interventions. We will (1) document the implementation process and outcomes of both types of sustainable transportation interventions; (2) examine equity, health and mobility impacts of these interventions; (3) advance implementation science by developing a novel sustainable transportation implementation science framework and (4) develop tools for scaling up and scaling out sustainable transportation interventions. Training activities will develop interdisciplinary scholars and practitioners able to work at the nexus of academia and sustainable cities.

Ethics and dissemination: This study received approval from the Simon Fraser University Office of Ethics Research (H22-03469). A Knowledge Mobilization Hub will coordinate dissemination of findings via a website; presentations to academic, community organisations and practitioner audiences; and through peer-reviewed articles.

Keywords: Health Equity; Implementation Science; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; Safety; Surveys and Questionnaires.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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