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JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY
Volume 93, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2021.103064
Keywords
Built environment; Walking choice; Developing country mobility
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- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior- Brasil (CAPES) [001]
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The study found that built environment factors play a key role in walking choices in Sao Paulo city, especially at the origin, while individual characteristics such as age, gender, and income also influence walking choices. In developing countries, some theories may have application limits, especially in contexts of greater social inequalities.
This study assesses the connection between the walking choice and built environment characteristics in Sa similar to o Paulo city, Brazil. Trips to work and school were considered because they are the most representative motives to travel in the city, corresponding to more than 70% of the trips. The traditional logit model is applied, having as the dependent variable the choice for walking and as explicative variables, the built environment and socioeconomic variables. The results indicate that, for the city of Sao Paulo, built environment variables are more relevant at the origin and the dimension most related to walking choice is diversity, probably due to socioeconomic reason. The characteristics of individuals also have significant effects, as well as age, gender and income, and this study concludes that they must be considered in the development of local public policies to encourage walking. Also, in developing countries, the D's theories might have some application limits. Apparently, the theory is applicable to a greater social equality context, and in contexts of grater social inequalities there is no influence of built environment on walking choices.
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