Journal article

Built environmental factors and adults' travel behaviors: Role of street layout and local destinations

MJ Koohsari, N Owen, R Cole, S Mavoa, K Oka, T Hanibuchi, T Sugiyama

Preventive Medicine | ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE | Published : 2017

Abstract

Street layout is consistently associated with adults' travel behaviors, however factors influencing this association are unclear. We examined associations of street layout with travel behaviors: walking for transport (WT) and car use; and, the extent to which these relationships may be accounted for by availability of local destinations. A 24-h travel diary was completed in 2009 by 16,345 adult participants of the South-East Queensland Household Travel Survey, Australia. Three travel-behavior outcomes were derived: any home-based WT; over 30 min of home-based WT; and, over 60 min of car use. For street layout, a space syntax measure of street integration was calculated for each Statistical A..

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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council


Funding Acknowledgements

Koohsari is supported by a Postdoctoral Fellowship (#100878) from the National Heart Foundation of Australia and a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Program Grant [#569940]. Owen is supported by an NHMRC Program Grant [#569940] and a NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellowship [#1003960]. Koohsari and Owen are supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. Oka is supported by the MEXT- Supported Program for the Strategic Research Foundation at Private Universities, 20152019 the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (S1511017).