Active-transport walking behavior: destinations, durations, distances

Hugh Millward, Jamie Spinney and Darren Scott

Journal of Transport Geography, 2013, vol. 28, issue C, 101-110

Abstract: This paper fills a gap in our knowledge of active-transport (AT) walking, by presenting detailed aspects of walking behavior for a medium-sized North American city. It analyzes the frequency and length of walking episodes, categorized by origins, purposes, and destinations, and also investigates distance-decay functions for major destinations. The study employs day-after recall time diary and questionnaire data from the 2007–8 Space–Time Activity Research (STAR) survey conducted in Halifax, Canada. GPS co-ordinate data enhanced the accuracy of location information, start times, and end times of the 1790 AT walking episodes, while GIS software was used to compute a shortest-path distance between the origin and destination of each episode.

Keywords: Walking; Walkability; Active transport; Destinations; Durations; Distances (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.11.012

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