Sociospatial patterning of the use of new transport infrastructure: Walking, cycling and bus travel on the Cambridgeshire guided busway
| Autor: | Andrew Jones, Jenna Panter, Alice M. Dalton, Ethan Heinen, David Ogilvie |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Socioeconomic characteristics
Engineering Poison control Transportation Intervention Population health Walking Article Occupational safety and health Odds Transport engineering 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Kilometer 11. Sustainability 0502 economics and business 030212 general & internal medicine Safety Risk Reliability and Quality Socioeconomic status 050210 logistics & transportation Transport infrastructure business.industry Health Policy 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Bus use Human factors and ergonomics Cycling Pollution business Safety Research human activities |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Transport & Health |
| ISSN: | 2214-1405 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jth.2014.10.006 |
| Popis: | Background New transport infrastructure may help promote active travel, thereby contributing to increasing overall physical activity and population health gain. In 2011 a guided busway with a path for walking and cycling was opened in Cambridgeshire, UK. This paper investigates the predictors of walking, cycling and bus use on the busway. Methods Cross-sectional analyses of the final questionnaire wave (2012) of the Commuting and Health in Cambridge cohort study following the opening of the busway. Participants were 453 adult commuters who had not moved home or workplace. Busway use was self-reported and proximity calculated using GIS. Separate multivariable logistic regression models were used to assess predictors of walking, cycling and bus use on the busway. Results Exposure to the intervention (proximity: the negative square root of the distance from home to busway in kilometres) increased the odds of use for cycling (OR 2.18; 95% CI 1.58 to 3.00), bus travel (OR 1.53, 95% CI 1.15 to 2.02) and walking (OR 1.34; 95% CI 1.05 to 1.70). The effect of exposure was strengthened in towns for bus use, and in towns and villages for walking, compared with urban areas. Men were more likely than women to have cycled on the busway, whereas individual socioeconomic characteristics did not predict bus use or walking. Conclusion New high-quality transport infrastructure attracts users, determined by geographical exposure and spatial contextual factors such as settlement size and availability of parking at work. Future longitudinal analyses will determine effects on overall travel and physical activity behaviour change. Highlights • New infrastructure may promote active travel and thereby contribute to health gain. • A new guided busway and service path attracted walkers, cyclists and bus users. • Use was determined by residential proximity to the intervention. • Proximity was a stronger predictor of use for cycling than for walking or bus use. • The effect of proximity was stronger in the population living outside urban areas. |
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