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Title:

The Influence of Urban Form Perceived Characteristics and Attitudinal Values on Walking: A Case Study of Porto Alegre, Brazil

Accession Number:

01516234

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

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Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

This paper analyzes the influence of urban form characteristics and attitudinal values on walking, in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil. The study consisted of two main stages. On the first stage, a qualitative research was developed to identify respondent’s motivations and values, and the way they relate physical surroundings and modal choice. The second stage was based on a quantitative analysis. The objective of this stage was to analyze the relationship between walking and different factors, including the urban form perceived characteristics, and the individuals’ attributes and travel attitudes. This work improves on previous studies performed on developing cities by incorporating travel attitudes and the perception of urban characteristics into the analysis, and by analyzing both the frequency and the proportion of walking trips. The authors propose the use of beta regression models to analyze proportion of walking trips in order to attempt an improved adjustment to the expected distribution of this variable. The Proportion models demonstrated a better adjustment to the data than the Frequency models. The results show that, in Porto Alegre, the urban form has an impact on walking trips even after accounting for travel attitudes. However, the relationship is primarily a function of attitudinal and socioeconomic characteristics of travelers and secondarily a function of urban form. The results indicated that travel attitudes and car availability are the most important factors affecting walking.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANF10 Pedestrians. Alternate title: Influence of Urban Form Perceived Characteristics and Attitudinal Values on Walking: Case Study of Porto Alegre, Brazil

Monograph Accession #:

01503729

Report/Paper Numbers:

14-5262

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Cybis, Helena Beatriz Bettella
Larranaga, Ana Margarita
Strambi, Orlando

Pagination:

14p

Publication Date:

2014

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC
Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Porto Alegre (Brazil)

Subject Areas:

Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2014 Paper #14-5262

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 27 2014 3:50PM