Investigating the Role of Built Environment and Lifestyle Choices in Active Travel for Weekly Home-Based Nonwork Trips

作者: Naznin Sultana Daisy , Muhammad Ahsanul Habib

DOI: 10.3141/2500-15

关键词: Activities of daily livingHome basedMarketingActive modeTRIPS architectureTravel surveyMode choiceBuilt environmentAdvertisingGeographyNova scotia

摘要: This paper examines the influence of built environment and individual lifestyle choices on weekly frequency active transportation (AT) for home-based nonwork trips in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. The growing trend auto-oriented dependency not only intensifies environmental emissions energy use but leads to decreased AT daily activities. Studies show that plays a significant role mode choice trips, which are more flexible time location. However, research investigating effect attitudes combined with built-environment attributes has been limited, particularly weeklong trips. Accordingly, this study investigated travel basis data from Household Mobility Travel Survey. Factor analysis captured effects attitudes, were categorized by individuals’ t...

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