Demystifying residents' walking behaviors: Active transport in South East Queensland, Australia

This study investigates the correlates of a resident's walking behaviors and aims to shed light on mechanisms through which walking may be encouraged. The results of this investigation paint a complex and nuanced picture of the residents’ walking behaviors in South East Queensland, Australia. The results suggest that sociodemographic characteristics separately may contribute greatly to whether or not one engages in walking behaviors. Further, cumulatively these differences might be greater for some groups of residents compared to others. One of the most prominent findings of the study is that the purpose, the characteristics of the origin, and the characteristics of the destination of a trip tended to be similar in the heterogeneity they exhibit over the distribution of time spent walking. For example, pick something up, undertake work, or engage in personal business, move to or from a workplace, shop, or social place are activities that tend to be associated with walking as a main mode of transport and a higher number of walking episodes. However, these trips tended to be short.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2018.1434577
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/15568318
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Taylor & Francis.
• Authors:
  • Ambrey, Christopher
  • Bitzios, Matthew
• Publication Date: 2018-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 737-752
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Sustainable Transportation
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 1556-8318
  • EISSN: 1556-8334
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ujst20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Demographics; Nonmotorized transportation; Social factors; Travel surveys; Walking
• Uncontrolled Terms: Sociodemographics
• Geographic Terms: Queensland
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01679766
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 30 2018 5:28PM