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Green spaces may serve as population level interventions encouraging active travel. We examined the associations between exposure to useable green space (CORINE Land Cover categories) and physical activity during active travel (GPS and accelerometer) among late middle-aged participants from the Finnish Retirement and Aging study (n = 102). Greater proportion of useable green space was associated with higher physical activity during active travel on days off (+11 min/day per 1 SD increase in exposure) and on retirement days (+12 min/day), but not on workdays. Thus, it appears that in leisure time, people prefer to engage into active travel in green spaces. • Active travel contributes to physical activity among late middle-aged adults. • Transition to retirement can modify active travel behavior. • GPS and accelerometer data collected before and after retirement were used. • Active travel in green space associated with physical activity on non-working days. • People seem to prefer to engage into active travel in green spaces in leisure time.
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