MontrealSmoke advisories cut bikeshare trips just 5.8%.
Recreational running, the activity warnings target most, showed no statistically significant change.
McGill researchers compared actual trips on 27 advisory days with a model forecast of travel without advisories.
“Advisories may need to be paired with practical measures that make compliance easier,” said Daniel Romm, the study’s co-author.
The team plans similar analyses in other cities and will compare the results.
How each outlet framed it
- Phys.org
- reports the Strava-based finding that recreational running showed no significant change, with data limits flagged
Sources: Phys.org