Private and public modes of bicycle commuting: a perspective on attitude and perception

European Journal of Public Health, Aug 2016

Curto, A., de Nazelle, A., Donaire-Gonzalez, D., Cole-Hunter, T., Garcia-Aymerich, J., Martínez, D., Anaya, E., Rodríguez, D., Jerrett, M., Nieuwenhuijsen, M.J.

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Private and public modes of bicycle commuting: a perspective on attitude and perception

Cancer Epidemiol Private and public modes of bicycle commuting: a perspective on attitude and perception A. Curto 0 1 2 A. de Nazelle 6 D. Donaire-Gonzalez 0 1 2 5 T. Cole-Hunter 0 1 2 J. Garcia-Aymerich 0 1 2 D. Martı´nez 0 1 2 E. Anaya 6 D. Rodrı´guez 4 M. Jerrett 3 M.J. Nieuwenhuijsen 0 1 2 0 CIBER Epidemiolog ́ıa y Salud P u ́blica (CIBERESP) , Barcelona , Spain 1 Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) , Barcelona , Spain 2 ISGlobal, Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL) , Barcelona , Spain 3 Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California , Berkeley, CA , USA 4 Department of City & Regional Planning and Institute for the Environment, University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill, NC , USA 5 Physical Activity and Sports Sciences Department, Fundacio ́ Blanquerna, Ramon Llull University , Barcelona , Spain 6 Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London , London , UK 21 Ministero della Difesa. Progetto di sorveglianza epidemiologica dei tumori nella popolazione militare impegnata in Bosnia-Herzegovina e nel Kosovo. Available at: http://www.difesa.it/SMD_/approfondimenti/sorv_epidemiologica/Pagine/default. aspx (3 September 2014, last accessed). 22 Scanu M. Metodi statistici per il record linkage, Metodi e norme n.16, ISTAT 2003. 26 Lagorio S, Grande E, Martina L. Review of epidemiological studies of cancer risk among Gulf War and Balkans veterans Review of epidemiological studies of cancer risk among Gulf War and Balkans veterans. Epidemiol Prev 2008;32(3):145-55. - 24 Cibella N, Fernandez GL, Fortini M, et al. Sharing solutions for record linkage: the RELAIS software and the Italian and Spanish experiences. In Atti della conferenza NTTS (New Techniques and Technologies for Statistics), Eurostat, Brussels, 18–20 febbraio 2009. 25 Peragallo MS, Urbano F, Lista F, et al. Evaluation of cancer surveillance completeness among the Italian army personnel, by capture-recapture methodology. Cancer Epidemiol 2011;35:132–8. Introduction utomobile dependence is a global phenomenon in modern Asocieties, even for short trip distances. Almost 50% of trips made in automobiles in Europe cover distances less than five kilometres ( 1 ). This despite the fact that commuting to work/ school by car has been shown as positively associated with weight gain and obesity ( 2–4 ) due to its contribution to a sedentary lifestyle. Hence, the progressive substitution of private motor vehicles to active forms of transport for everyday commuting has become increasingly the focus of current urban transport and public health policies ( 5,6 ). Commuting actively by bicycle provides improvements in cardio-respiratory fitness and decreases the incidence of cardiovascular risk factors by intensifying the daily amount of cycling ( 7,8 ). Public bicycle-sharing programs have been presented as one means to address concerns of automobile dependency cultures due to their population-level promotion of regular physical activity ( 9,10 ). Such systems can also reduce automobile use ( 11,12 ) and ownership ( 11 ), although in European cities vehicle trips replaced by bicycle sharing may not exceed 10% ( 12,13 ). Although many studies have focused on elements of the built environment as determinants of bicycle commuting, it has been reported that attitude and perception can be greater determining factors for an individual to commute actively than environmental variables ( 14–17 ), even though environmental factors facilitate the propensity to cycle and can also shape perceptions, especially those related to safety, convenience and speed of cycling ( 16–18 ). The theory of planned behaviour (TPB) (19) is a useful conceptual framework when evaluating cognitive approaches toward bicycle commuting ( 15,17 ). TPB states that attitude, subjective norm (defined as the perceived social pressure to perform or not a behaviour) and perceived behavioural control independently influence an individual’s intention to perform a given behaviour (19). The TPB also states that this intention is the immediate antecedent of behaviour and that attitudes and perceived behavioural control influences behaviour indirectly by its effect on intention ( 19 ). In this study, attitude and perception of behavioural control toward the general performance of cycling and toward Bicing were evaluated. Several European studies have assessed attitudes toward the bicycle as a mode of transport in working-age populations ( 20–22 ) and university settings ( 23–25 ). In-depth interviews comparing bicycle commuting attitudes between European and American commuters were also conducted ( 26 ). Attitudes toward public transport and environmental issues among ‘members’, ‘prospective members’ and ‘persistent non-members’ of a Chinese bicyclesharing system have also been studied ( 27 ). To date, one study assessed motivations to increase the attractiveness of a bicyclesharing service using focus groups ( 28 (...truncated)


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Curto, A., de Nazelle, A., Donaire-Gonzalez, D., Cole-Hunter, T., Garcia-Aymerich, J., Martínez, D., Anaya, E., Rodríguez, D., Jerrett, M., Nieuwenhuijsen, M.J.. Private and public modes of bicycle commuting: a perspective on attitude and perception, European Journal of Public Health, 2016, pp. 717-723, Volume 26, Issue 4, DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv235