Patterns and predictors of changes in active commuting over 12 months.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the predictors of uptake and maintenance of walking and cycling, and of switching to the car as the usual mode of travel, for commuting.

Methods

655 commuters in Cambridge, UK reported all commuting trips using a seven-day recall instrument in 2009 and 2010. Individual and household characteristics, psychological measures relating to car use and environmental conditions on the route to work were self-reported in 2009. Objective environmental characteristics were assessed using Geographical Information Systems. Associations between uptake and maintenance of commuting behaviours and potential predictors were modelled using multivariable logistic regression.

Results

Mean within-participant changes in commuting were relatively small (walking: +3.0 min/

SUBMITTER: Panter J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3842498 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature