Built environment impacts on walking for transport in Brisbane, Australia

• Published in: Transportation (Dordrecht) Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 53 - 77
• Main Authors: Kamruzzaman, Md, Washington, Simon, Baker, Douglas, Brown, Wendy, Giles-Corti, Billie, Turrell, Gavin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.01.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Accessibility; Attitudes; Australia; Brisbane Queensland Australia; Built environment; Causality; Cross sections; Economic Geography; Economics; Economics and Finance; Engineering Economics; Innovation/Technology Management; Land use; Literature reviews; Logistics; Longitudinal studies; Marketing; Neighborhoods; Organization; Panel data; Panels; Public transportation; Regional/Spatial Science; Social norms; Studies; Transport; Transportation; Transportation planning; Transportation research; Urban areas; Urban environments; Urban planning; Walking; Brisbane Queensland Australia; Australia; Australia, Queensland, Brisbane; Urban form; Travel attitudes; Walking for transport; Residential self-selection
• ISSN: 0049-4488; 1572-9435
• DOI: 10.1007/s11116-014-9563-0

This study examines the association between urban form and walking for transport in Brisbane, Australia based on both panel and cross-sectional data. Cross-sectional data are used to determine whether urban form was associated with walking for transport in 2011. Panel data are used to evaluate whether changes in the built environment altered walking behaviour between 2009 and 2011. Results from the cross-sectional data suggest that individuals are significantly more likely to be walkers if they live in an area with a well-connected street network and an accessible train station. The longitudinal analysis confirms these relationships; there also was however, a significant impact of travel attitudes and perceptions on walking behaviour. The findings suggest that the built environment continues to be an important factor to encourage walking; however, interventions are also required to change social norms in order to increase the receptiveness for and participation in walking.