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Title: Barriers to Walking Among College Students
Accession Number: 01658477
Record Type: Component
Abstract: Pedestrian mobility and factors affection walking are main issues that need further attention in research studies. However, detecting complex relations among many factors is a rather challenging task, which cannot be observed by traditional pedestrian volume surveys or route choice analysis. Instead, an in-depth interview study was conducted among college students at the Middle East Technical University (METU) Campus, seeking information regarding their walking behavior on-campus as well as off-campus locations. The responses of 30 students revealed 217 keywords/phrases describing different situations. Further indexing of these situations using 67 factors grouped under 10 different categories showed high frequencies for some factors. Stray dogs and cobblestone pavement related barriers were commonly stated by the students, in addition to maintenance related ones. Beyond the METU campus related ones, time limitations, walk distance and walking at night were found to be repeated factors considered as barriers to walking.
Supplemental Notes: This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANF10 Standing Committee on Pedestrians.
Report/Paper Numbers: 18-05877
Language: English
Authors: Tuydes-Yaman, HediyeOz, BaharKaratas, PinarDalkıç, GülçinPagination: 6p
Publication Date: 2018
Conference:
Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting
Location:
Washington DC, United States Media Type: Digital/other
Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables
TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting
Source Data: Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2018 Paper #18-05877
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Jan 8 2018 11:31AM
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