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Promoting Sustainable Mobility: A Perspective from Car and Public Transport Users

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  • Audrius Dėdelė

    (Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, 53361 Akademija, Lithuania)

  • Auksė Miškinytė

    (Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, 53361 Akademija, Lithuania)

Abstract

Sustainable mobility is becoming a key factor in improving the quality of life of the residents and increasing physical activity (PA) levels. The current situation of sustainable mobility and its analysis is a first step in understanding the factors that would encourage residents to discover and choose alternative modes of travel. The present study examined the factors that encourage the choice of active modes of travel among urban adult population. Walking and cycling were analyzed as the most sustainable forms of urban mobility from the perspective of car and public transport (PT) users. Total of 902 subjects aged 18 years or older were analyzed in the study to assess commuting habits in Kaunas city, Lithuania. The majority (61.1%) of the respondents used a passenger vehicle, 28.2% used PT, and only 13.5% used active modes of travel. The results showed that safer pedestrian crossings, and comfortable paths were the most significant factors that encourage walking. A wider cycling network, and bicycle safety were the most important incentives for the promotion of cycling. Our findings show that the main factors encouraging walking and cycling among car and PT users are similar, however, the individual characteristics that determine the choice of these factors vary significantly.

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  • Audrius Dėdelė & Auksė Miškinytė, 2021. "Promoting Sustainable Mobility: A Perspective from Car and Public Transport Users," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(9), pages 1-17, April.
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