Table 3.
Study | Country | Setting | Intervention | Control | Study population | Study design | Period of follow-up | Sample size* |
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Cervero et al, 200254-56 | USA | Community | City CarShare caresharing club: members paid monthly fee, deposit, and fixed rate for car hire | Waiting list control group comprising people who had signed up to join but had not yet become full members | Members and aspiring members | Controlled repeat cross sectional study | 9 months† | 220 |
Hodgson et al, 199857 | England | Community | Marketing campaign, based on theory of planned behaviour, that involved leaflets, exhibitions, and talks to raise awareness of environmental effects of motor transport and of alternative modes, in the context of improvements to local transport infrastructure | Households in comparison area that received no intervention | Households | Controlled repeat cross sectional study | 2 years† | 1218 |
Shoup, 199758, 59 | USA | Workplace | Cash subsidy offered by employers to staff who did not require a parking space | One comparison workplace that did not implement the policy | Employees | Controlled repeat cross sectional study | 1-3 years† | 1807 |
*Total number of participants in intervention and control groups combined at follow-up.
†Period of follow-up after inception of intervention (period of follow-up after completion either not reported or not applicable).