eprintid: 64596 rev_number: 13 eprint_status: archive userid: 1903 dir: disk0/00/06/45/96 datestamp: 2020-11-11 09:42:19 lastmod: 2020-11-11 09:42:19 status_changed: 2020-11-11 09:42:19 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Martin Ramos, Belen creators_name: Paez, Antonio creators_id: apaezd@repsol.com title: Individual and geographic variations in the propensity to travel by active modes in Vitoria Gasteiz, Spain publisher: Elsevier rights: by-nc-nd ispublished: pub subjects: transporte full_text_status: public keywords: Active transport mode; Spatially-varying coefficients; Geographic profiles; Land use mix; Age; Gender abstract: The transportation impacts of an increasingly urban population have led planners and policy makers to consider ways to encourage the use of active travel in urban areas. Active travel is attractive from a planning perspective because its environmental impact is considerably lower than the alternatives, and in addition is known to have a number of population health and social benefits. Not surprisingly, there has been a growth in interest in the factors associated with the use of active modes of transportation. The objective of this study is to investigate the individual (demographic and socio-economic) and contextual (geography and land use type) factors that correlate with the propensity to travel by active modes in Vitoria-Gasteiz. This is a medium sized city in the north of Spain, and a case study that has hitherto not been reported. Data obtained from a household travel survey (HTS) conducted in 2014 allow us to estimate a multinomial logit model of the propensity to travel by different modes of transportation. Furthermore, since the data are geocoded, we can estimate a model with spatially-varying coefficients to assess the geographical variations in the probability to use active modes. The results of the study provide valuable information concerning differences in active travel by gender and age, including significant and quite substantial variations by location. In addition, the effect of different urban fabrics indicates the relevance of density and mix of uses for active travel. In this way, the present research helps to increase our global knowledge-base regarding active travel in a medium-sized city. date_type: published date: 2019 publication: Journal of Transport Geography volume: 76 pagerange: 103-113 id_number: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2019.03.005 institution: ETSI_Mon_fos department: Ingenieria_gestion_2014 refereed: TRUE issn: 0966-6923 official_url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692318306021?via%3Dihub comprojects_type: UPM comprojects_type: MINECO comprojects_type: MINECO comprojects_code: RP151320028 comprojects_code: TRA2017-88058-R comprojects_code: TRA2010-17035 comprojects_acronym: DESPACIO comprojects_acronym: TRANSBICI comprojects_title: Desarrollo de Aplicaciones SIG para la Implementación de Indicadores de Fragmentación Urbana y Mejora de la Movilidad comprojects_title: Efectos de la configuración urbana sobre la movilidad a pie y la Contaminación en las ciudades comprojects_title: Comportamiento y modelización de la demanda ciclista: transición hacia una ciudad ciclable citation: Martin Ramos, Belen and Paez, Antonio (2019). Individual and geographic variations in the propensity to travel by active modes in Vitoria Gasteiz, Spain. "Journal of Transport Geography", v. 76 ; pp. 103-113. ISSN 0966-6923. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2019.03.005 . document_url: https://oa.upm.es/64596/1/INVE_MEM_2019_326942.pdf