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

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Barbara B. Brown¹  Ken R. Smith¹  Wyatt A. Jensen²  Simon C. Brewer³  Jonathan W. Amburgey⁴  Brett McIff⁵ 

[1] Department of Family & Consumer Studies and Cancer Control & Population Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, 225 S 1400 E RM 228, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA;Department of Family & Consumer Studies, University of Utah, 225 S 1400 E RM 228, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA;Department of Geography, University of Utah, 332 S 1400 E RM 217, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA;Department of Psychology, Westminster College, 1840 S 1300 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84105, USA;Utah Department of Health, 288 N 1460 W, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, USA;

关键词: audited walkability;    perceived walkability;    complete street;    physical activity;    active travel;    accelerometer;    global positioning system;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph14091014

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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 walkability, analyzed with decision trees, showed three general clusters of walkability areas, with 12 specific subtypes. A subset of walkability items (n = 11), including sidewalks, zebra-striped crosswalks, decorative sidewalks, pedestrian signals, and blank walls combined to cluster street segments. The 12 subtypes yielded 81% correct classification of residents’ active transportation. Both perceived and audited walkability were important predictors of active transportation. For audited walkability, we recommend more exploration of decision tree approaches, given their predictive utility and ease of translation into walkability interventions.

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