Cycling for transport and recreation: Associations with the socio-economic, natural and built environment

Heesch, Kristiann C.; Giles-Corti, Billie; Turrell, Gavin

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.10.004

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“…We focus our review on studies of utilitarian cycling (i.e. cycling for transportation, including commuting), as past research has demonstrated that utilitarian and recreational cycling are characterized by different patterns of behavior (Heesch et al, 2015;Heinen et al, 2010;Hoehner et al, 2005;Vernez-Moudon et al, 2005).…”

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Short-term planning and policy interventions to promote cycling in urban centers: Findings from a commute mode choice analysis in Barcelona, Spain

Braun

Rodrı́guez

Cole‐Hunter

et al. 2016

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

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a b s t r a c tBackground: Cycling for transportation has become an increasingly important component of strategies to address public health, climate change, and air quality concerns in urban centers. Within this context, planners and policy makers would benefit from an improved understanding of available interventions and their relative effectiveness for cycling promotion. We examined predictors of bicycle commuting that are relevant to planning and policy intervention, particularly those amenable to short-and medium-term action. Methods: We estimated a travel mode choice model using data from a survey of 765 commuters who live and work within the municipality of Barcelona. We considered how the decision to commute by bicycle was associated with cycling infrastructure, bike share availability, travel demand incentives, and other environmental attributes (e.g., public transport availability). Self-reported and objective (GIS-based) measures were compared. Point elasticities and marginal effects were calculated to assess the relative explanatory power of the independent variables considered. Results: While both self-reported and objective measures of access to cycling infrastructure were associated with bicycle commuting, self-reported measures had stronger associations. Bicycle commuting had positive associations with access to bike share stations but inverse associations with access to public transport stops. Point elasticities suggested that bicycle commuting has a mild negative correlation with public transport availability (À0.136), bike share availability is more important at the work location (0.077) than at home (0.034), and bicycle lane presence has a relatively small association with bicycle commuting (0.039). Marginal effects suggested that provision of an employer-based incentive not to commute by private vehicle would be associated with an 11.3% decrease in the probability of commuting by bicycle, likely reflecting the typical emphasis of such incentives on public transport. Contents lists available at ScienceDirectTransportation Research Part A j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w . e l s e v i e r . c o m / l o c a t e / t r a public transport, through the presence of public transport stops and the provision of public transport-oriented travel demand incentives. Education and awareness campaigns that influence perceptions of cycling infrastructure availability, travel demand incentives that encourage cycling, and policies that integrate public transport and cycling may be promising and cost-effective strategies to promote cycling in the short to medium term.

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Short-term planning and policy interventions to promote cycling in urban centers: Findings from a commute mode choice analysis in Barcelona, Spain

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Rodrı́guez

Cole‐Hunter

et al. 2016

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

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“…Research exploring the influence of the environment on physical activity has emerged in the past decade 6–10 . Environmental factors explored include: the built environment, such as proximity to parks, playgrounds and sports facilities; access characteristics, such as transport, footpaths, traffic lights and crossings; the natural environment such as climate and weather; and perceptions of safety 6,7 .…”

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“…A review of environmental characteristics relevant to young people's use of sports facilities found consistent and positive associations between physical activity and the presence of sport facilities, open parks and play‐recreational facilities 6 . However, these findings were often limited to individuals’ perceptions of the environment, with few studies using objective measures 8–10 …”

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“…5 Research exploring the influence of the environment on physical activity has emerged in the past decade. [6][7][8][9][10] Environmental factors explored include: the built environment, such as proximity to parks, playgrounds and sports facilities; access characteristics, such as transport, footpaths, traffic lights and crossings; the natural environment such as climate and weather; and perceptions of safety. 6,7 A review of environmental characteristics relevant to young people's use of sports facilities found consistent and positive associations between physical activity and the presence of sport facilities, open parks and play-recreational facilities.…”

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The relationship of sport participation to provision of sports facilities and socioeconomic status: a geographical analysis

Eime

Harvey

Charity

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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Objective: Ecological models have been applied to investigate multiple domains influencing physical activity behaviour, including individual, social, organisational, community, environmental and policy factors. With regard to the built environment, research to date has been limited to small geographical areas and/or small samples of participants. This study examined the geographical association between provision of sport facilities and participation in sport across an entire Australian state, using objective total enumerations of both, for a group of sports, with adjustment for the effect of socioeconomic status (SES). Methods:De-identified membership registration data were obtained from state sport governing bodies of four popular team sports. Associations between participation rate, facility provision rate and SES were investigated using correlation and regression methods.Results: Participation rate was positively associated with provision of facilities, although this was complicated by SES and region effects. The non-metropolitan region generally had higher participation rates and better provision of facilities than the metropolitan region. Conclusions:Better provision of sports facilities is generally associated with increased sport participation, but SES and region are also contributing factors. Implications for public health:Community-level analysis of the population, sport participation and provision of facilities should be used to inform decisions of investments in sports facilities.

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“…For the studies that only examined walking for transport, 13 out of 28 studies were of strong quality. For the studies that only studied cycling for transport, only one [59] out of ten studies was of strong quality. Regarding the studies that examined general AT, five out of six were of strong quality.…”

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The Relationship between the Neighborhood Built Environment and Active Transportation among Adults: A Systematic Literature Review

Wang

Chen

2017

Urban Science

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Active transportation (AT) has aroused great interest in recent years as it may benefit public health and reduce the dependency on cars. This article aims to summarize recent findings on the relationship between the objectively measured built environment and AT among adults, to examine if different study designs may generate different results, and to provide directions for future research. A systematic literature review of journal articles from different databases was conducted. Fifty-one articles published between 2005 and 2017 were identified, and twelve built environment factors were extracted. The results showed that residential density, land use mix, street connectivity, retail land use, walkability, sidewalk, and access to destinations had a convincing positive relationship with walking for transport. Regarding cycling for transport, while street connectivity and bike lane showed a convincing positive relationship, neighborhood aesthetics and access to destinations showed a convincing negative relationship. Studies that use different analyzed geographic units and different measurements of AT may generate different results, so choosing suitable geographic units and measurement of AT is necessary to reduce the mismatch in the relationships. In addition, we need more longitudinal studies, more studies on cycling for transport, and more studies in countries outside North America and Australasia.

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Cycling for transport and recreation: Associations with the socio-economic, natural and built environment

Cited by 76 publications

References 40 publications

Short-term planning and policy interventions to promote cycling in urban centers: Findings from a commute mode choice analysis in Barcelona, Spain

Short-term planning and policy interventions to promote cycling in urban centers: Findings from a commute mode choice analysis in Barcelona, Spain

The relationship of sport participation to provision of sports facilities and socioeconomic status: a geographical analysis

The Relationship between the Neighborhood Built Environment and Active Transportation among Adults: A Systematic Literature Review

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