@article{ref1,
title="Association of built-environment, social-environment and personal factors with bicycling as a mode of transportation among Austrian city dwellers",
journal="Preventive medicine",
year="2008",
author="Titze, Sylvia and Stronegger, Willibald J. and Janschitz, Susanne and Oja, Pekka",
volume="47",
number="3",
pages="252-259",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To determine the association of built-environment, social-environment, and personal-level factors with bicycling for transportation, among adult city dwellers. METHOD: Survey of a representative sample of 1000 inhabitants of the city of Graz, Austria, using a computer-assisted telephone interview addressing cycling behavior and associated personal, social and environmental factors. RESULTS: The prevalence of biking for transportation was 22.5%. After adjustment for gender, age, education, physical activity level and distance from home to destination, cycling was positively associated with the presence of bike lane connectivity (OR=2.09) and social support/modeling (OR=1.62), and negatively associated with the perceived barriers of&quot;physical discomfort&quot;(OR=0.49) and &quot;an impractical transport mode&quot; (OR= 0.50). Analysis of interactions indicated that the effect of the perceived benefit of &quot;rapidity&quot; was stronger in physically active persons than inactive individuals, and the effect of the perceived barrier of&quot;an impractical mode of transportation&quot;was stronger among women than men. CONCLUSION: In addition to cycling-related social support and perceived benefits and barriers, bike lane connectivity maybe an important determinant ofcycling as a means of transportation among adult city dwellers.  <p></p>  <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0091-7435",
doi="10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.02.019",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.02.019"
}