European cyclists' travel behavior: differences and similarities between seven European (PASTA) cities

While the annual number of trips of the average urban inhabitant has grown steadily in recent years, people are becoming less active while doing so. This lack of physical activity causes major health problems for individuals and great economic costs for society as a whole. Replacing short motorized...

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Autores: Raser, Elisabeth, Gaupp-Berghausen, Mailin, Dons, Evi, Anaya Boig, Esther, Avila-Palencia, Ione, 1985-, Brand, Christian, Castro, Alberto, Clark, Anna, Eriksson, Ulf, Götschi, Thomas, Int Panis, Luc, Kahlmeier, Sonja, Laeremans, Michelle, Mueller, Natalie, 1988-, Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J., Orjuela, Juan Pablo, Rojas Rueda, David, 1979-, Standaert, Arnout, Stigell, Erik, Gerike, Regine
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/43692
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/43692
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2018.02.006
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Active mobility
Physical activity
Walking
Cycling
Travel diary
Physical activity recommendations
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spelling European cyclists' travel behavior: differences and similarities between seven European (PASTA) citiesRaser, ElisabethGaupp-Berghausen, MailinDons, EviAnaya Boig, EstherAvila-Palencia, Ione, 1985-Brand, ChristianCastro, AlbertoClark, AnnaEriksson, UlfGötschi, ThomasInt Panis, LucKahlmeier, SonjaLaeremans, MichelleMueller, Natalie, 1988-Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.Orjuela, Juan PabloRojas Rueda, David, 1979-Standaert, ArnoutStigell, ErikGerike, RegineActive mobilityPhysical activityWalkingCyclingTravel diaryPhysical activity recommendationsWhile the annual number of trips of the average urban inhabitant has grown steadily in recent years, people are becoming less active while doing so. This lack of physical activity causes major health problems for individuals and great economic costs for society as a whole. Replacing short motorized trips by walking and cycling has been shown to increase physical activity in everyday life. The PASTA “Physical Activity through Sustainable Transport Approaches” project collected data in a longitudinal web-based survey with a cohort design to study the effects of active mobility on overall physical activity and health. An opportunistic sampling approach focusing on cyclists was applied to recruit more than 10000 participants in seven European cities, with half of them completing valid 1-day travel diaries at various time points. For this study, we compared ‘cyclists’ and ‘non-cyclists’ in terms of their overall travel behavior, physical activity and health. More than 2400 participants were identified as regular cyclists, 90% of which reached at least 30 min of active travel per day (the WHO´s recommended level) only by routine trips. When compared to non-cyclists, the share of women cycling regularly was lower; however, the share of people who had a driver's license and had at least sometimes access to a car was higher for regular cyclists. There were significant differences between cities in terms of cycling mode share, trip rates, trip duration and length, trip purpose and total physical activity, reflecting different geographical, economic, climatic and socio-cultural contexts. Our results indicate that cycling as a means of transport can help reach the WHO's physical activity recommendations.This work was supported by the European project Physical Activity through Sustainable Transportation Approaches (PASTA). PASTA (http://www.pastaproject.eu/) is a four-year project funded by the European Union's Seventh Framework Program (EU FP7) under European Commission ‐ Grant Agreement No. 602624. Evi Dons is supported by a postdoctoral scholarship from FWO – Research Foundation Flanders.Elsevier202020202018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/43692http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2018.02.006reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésJournal of Transport & Health. 2018; 9:244-52info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/602624© 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-NC-ND/4.0/).http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-NC-ND/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/436922026-06-12T07:21:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv European cyclists' travel behavior: differences and similarities between seven European (PASTA) cities
title European cyclists' travel behavior: differences and similarities between seven European (PASTA) cities
spellingShingle European cyclists' travel behavior: differences and similarities between seven European (PASTA) cities
Raser, Elisabeth
Active mobility
Physical activity
Walking
Cycling
Travel diary
Physical activity recommendations
title_short European cyclists' travel behavior: differences and similarities between seven European (PASTA) cities
title_full European cyclists' travel behavior: differences and similarities between seven European (PASTA) cities
title_fullStr European cyclists' travel behavior: differences and similarities between seven European (PASTA) cities
title_full_unstemmed European cyclists' travel behavior: differences and similarities between seven European (PASTA) cities
title_sort European cyclists' travel behavior: differences and similarities between seven European (PASTA) cities
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Raser, Elisabeth
Gaupp-Berghausen, Mailin
Dons, Evi
Anaya Boig, Esther
Avila-Palencia, Ione, 1985-
Brand, Christian
Castro, Alberto
Clark, Anna
Eriksson, Ulf
Götschi, Thomas
Int Panis, Luc
Kahlmeier, Sonja
Laeremans, Michelle
Mueller, Natalie, 1988-
Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.
Orjuela, Juan Pablo
Rojas Rueda, David, 1979-
Standaert, Arnout
Stigell, Erik
Gerike, Regine
author Raser, Elisabeth
author_facet Raser, Elisabeth
Gaupp-Berghausen, Mailin
Dons, Evi
Anaya Boig, Esther
Avila-Palencia, Ione, 1985-
Brand, Christian
Castro, Alberto
Clark, Anna
Eriksson, Ulf
Götschi, Thomas
Int Panis, Luc
Kahlmeier, Sonja
Laeremans, Michelle
Mueller, Natalie, 1988-
Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.
Orjuela, Juan Pablo
Rojas Rueda, David, 1979-
Standaert, Arnout
Stigell, Erik
Gerike, Regine
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author2 Gaupp-Berghausen, Mailin
Dons, Evi
Anaya Boig, Esther
Avila-Palencia, Ione, 1985-
Brand, Christian
Castro, Alberto
Clark, Anna
Eriksson, Ulf
Götschi, Thomas
Int Panis, Luc
Kahlmeier, Sonja
Laeremans, Michelle
Mueller, Natalie, 1988-
Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.
Orjuela, Juan Pablo
Rojas Rueda, David, 1979-
Standaert, Arnout
Stigell, Erik
Gerike, Regine
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author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
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author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Active mobility
Physical activity
Walking
Cycling
Travel diary
Physical activity recommendations
topic Active mobility
Physical activity
Walking
Cycling
Travel diary
Physical activity recommendations
description While the annual number of trips of the average urban inhabitant has grown steadily in recent years, people are becoming less active while doing so. This lack of physical activity causes major health problems for individuals and great economic costs for society as a whole. Replacing short motorized trips by walking and cycling has been shown to increase physical activity in everyday life. The PASTA “Physical Activity through Sustainable Transport Approaches” project collected data in a longitudinal web-based survey with a cohort design to study the effects of active mobility on overall physical activity and health. An opportunistic sampling approach focusing on cyclists was applied to recruit more than 10000 participants in seven European cities, with half of them completing valid 1-day travel diaries at various time points. For this study, we compared ‘cyclists’ and ‘non-cyclists’ in terms of their overall travel behavior, physical activity and health. More than 2400 participants were identified as regular cyclists, 90% of which reached at least 30 min of active travel per day (the WHO´s recommended level) only by routine trips. When compared to non-cyclists, the share of women cycling regularly was lower; however, the share of people who had a driver's license and had at least sometimes access to a car was higher for regular cyclists. There were significant differences between cities in terms of cycling mode share, trip rates, trip duration and length, trip purpose and total physical activity, reflecting different geographical, economic, climatic and socio-cultural contexts. Our results indicate that cycling as a means of transport can help reach the WHO's physical activity recommendations.
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