Active Transportation on a Complete Street: Perceived and Audited Walkability Correlates.

ABSTRACT: Few studies of walkability include both perceived and audited walkability measures. We examined perceived walkability (Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale-Abbreviated, NEWS-A) and audited walkability (Irvine-Minnesota Inventory, IMI) measures for residents living within 2 km of a "complete street"-one renovated with light rail, bike lanes, and sidewalks. For perceived walkability, we found some differences but substantial similarity between our final scales and those in a prior published confirmatory factor analysis. Perceived walkability, in interaction with distance, was related to complete street active transportation. Residents were likely to have active transportation on the street when they lived nearby and perceived good aesthetics, crime safety, and traffic safety. Audited w

SUBMITTER: Jensen WA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5615551 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature