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Measuring walking behaviour in commuting to work: investigating the role of subjective, environmental and socioeconomic factors in a structural model

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  • Yaser Hatamzadeh
  • Meeghat Habibian
  • Ali Khodaii

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Most walking-related travel behaviour studies have defined walking behaviour using a single measure of travel and have almost focused on single trips actually taken rather than entire tour. These studies usually neglect the mediating role and the indirect effect of explanatory factors on walking behaviour. This paper tries to understand the walking behaviour in work-tour(s) instead of work trips and presents a definition of walking behaviour using total time of walking and having at least one walking trip in work-tour(s) as two measures of travel simultaneously. Using data collected in the city of Rasht, Iran in 2015 from 432 working commuters, a structural equation model (SEM) was calibrated. Our findings indicate the necessity of addressing subjective factors in walking-related studies in addition to built environment characteristics and the importance of not ignoring the indirect effect of factors which can be quite misleading in interpreting the walking behaviour of commuters.

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  • Yaser Hatamzadeh & Meeghat Habibian & Ali Khodaii, 2020. "Measuring walking behaviour in commuting to work: investigating the role of subjective, environmental and socioeconomic factors in a structural model," International Journal of Urban Sciences, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(2), pages 173-188, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjusxx:v:24:y:2020:i:2:p:173-188
    DOI: 10.1080/12265934.2019.1661273
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    1. Mahdi Rashidi & Seyed-Mohammad Seyedhosseini & Ali Naderan, 2023. "Defining Psychological Factors of Cycling in Tehran City," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-17, February.
    2. Fernando Fonseca & Elisa Conticelli & George Papageorgiou & Paulo Ribeiro & Mona Jabbari & Simona Tondelli & Rui Ramos, 2021. "Levels and Characteristics of Utilitarian Walking in the Central Areas of the Cities of Bologna and Porto," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(6), pages 1-22, March.
    3. Hatamzadeh, Yaser, 2021. "Working commuters’ tendency toward a travel pattern with potentially more walking: Examining the relative influence of personal and environmental measures," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    4. Sugie Lee & Chisun Yoo & Kyung Wook Seo, 2020. "Determinant Factors of Pedestrian Volume in Different Land-Use Zones: Combining Space Syntax Metrics with GIS-Based Built-Environment Measures," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(20), pages 1-15, October.
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