Does the effect of micro-environmental factors on a street's appeal for adults' bicycle transport vary across different macro-environments? An experimental study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Mertens, Lieze ^a   Van Cauwenberg, Jelle ^a,b,c   Ghekiere, Ariane ^a,b,c   Van Holle, Veerle ^a,c   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a   Deforche, Benedicte ^a,b   Nasar, Jack ^d   Van De Weghe, Nico ^e   Van Dyck, Delfien ^a,c   Matisziw, Timothy C ^f  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CITY PLANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLE PATH SURFACE EVENNESS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACROENVIRONMENT; MALE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORIZED TRANSPORT; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEED LIMIT; TASK PERFORMANCE; URBANIZATION; CITY; CYCLING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

BICYCLING; CITIES; CITY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84943329354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136715     Document Type: Article

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