Travel behavior analyses through traditional discrete choice models offer insights into the
factors that influence individual choices. However, the literature often neglects the spatial …

Introduction Assessing the contextual factors that influence walking for transportation is
important to develop more walkable environments and promote physical activity. To …

In studies of neighborhood effects on transport walking, residential preferences along with
other personal characteristics (walking attitude, factors that affect decision to walk for …

Walking increases physical activity and reduces obesity. Walking behavior is influenced by
many different factors, including urban safety. This article studies origin and destination …

Much attention has been paid to the relationship between the built environment and walking
behavior. However, the findings are mixed due to different quantitative measures based on …

Individuals choose the travel mode considering their own characteristics, those of the
journey and the transport systems. Despite the current wide availability of georeferenced …

Introduction Understanding where people walk and how the built environment influences
walking is a priority in active living research. Most previous studies were limited by self …

Numerous studies have shown that dense, well-connected, and diverse environments are
key features that promote walking. Accepting these finding as true, we hypothesized that …

Abstract Objective We examined (1) cross-sectional and prospective associations of
perceived and objectively-measured neighborhood attributes with purpose-specific …

Understanding how land use characteristics impact travel behaviors is critical for urban and
transportation planners to have a better urban design and transportation experience …