Walking, bicycling, and urban landscapes: Evidence from the San Francisco Bay area
Walking, bicycling, and urban landscapes: Evidence from the San Francisco Bay area
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DOI：
10.2105/ajph.93.9.1478
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发表时间：
2003-09-01
影响因子：
12.7
通讯作者：
Duncan, M
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作者：
Cervero, R;Duncan, M
一些人声称，依赖汽车的城市不鼓励步行和骑自行车，从而导致肥胖。在这篇文章中，我们使用来自旧金山弗朗西斯科地区的家庭活动数据来研究城市环境和非机动车出行之间的联系。我们使用因子分析来表示城市设计和建成环境的土地使用多样性维度。结合因子分数和控制变量，如陡峭的地形，测量步行和骑自行车的障碍，我们估计离散选择模型。建筑环境因素对步行和骑自行车的影响远弱于控制变量，但并非无关紧要，如果城市规划和公共卫生专业人士要建立一个有效的联盟，反对依赖汽车的蔓延，就需要更有力的证据来证明城市景观在塑造步行和骑自行车出行方面的重要性。
Some claim that car-dependent cities contribute to obesity by discouraging walking and bicycling. In this article, we use household activity data from the San Francisco region to study the links between urban environments and nonmotorized travel.We used factor analysis to represent the urban design and land-use diversity dimensions of built environments. Combining factor scores with control variables, like steep terrain, that gauge impediments to walking and bicycling, we estimated discrete-choice models. Built-environment factors exerted far weaker, although not inconsequential, influences on walking and bicycling than control variables.Stronger evidence on the importance of urban landscapes in shaping foot and bicycle travel is needed if the urban planning and public health professions are to forge an effective alliance against car-dependent sprawl.