Exploring bikeability in a suburban metropolitan area using the active commuting route environment scale (ACRES)

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 8276-8300

  Wahlgren, Lina ^a   Schantz, Peter ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Active transport; Bicycle commuting; Bikeability; Perception; Route environment; Suburban area

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; CYCLE TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; METROPOLITAN AREA; PERCEPTION; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN TRANSPORT;

ACTIVE COMMUTING ROUTE ENVIRONMENT SCALE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; GENDER; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RATING SCALE; ROUTE ENVIRONMENT; SUBURBAN AREA; SWEDEN; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

STOCKHOLM [STOCKHOLM (CNT)]; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

ADULT; BICYCLING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926078872     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110808276     Document Type: Article

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