Investigating what makes people walk or cycle using a socio-ecological approach in seven European cities

Large efforts and investments have been made into public transport, walking, cycling in cities around Europe. Yet, cars remain the most ubiquitous mode of travel urban areas. Often, research barriers facing active evaluates only one part problem, such as a person’s surrounding environment (the macro level), socially embedded practices that define activity (meso or own beliefs sense identity (micro level). However, enablers to exist on multiple levels, interventions increase walking and/or are less likely work when implemented isolation. Hence, multilevel socio-ecological model is developed demonstrate test importance assessing these together, identify interrelationships among them. Using Physical Activity Through Sustainable Transportation Approaches (PASTA) dataset behaviour people seven different European cities, this paper identifies constructs correlate with most. Within PASTA, psychosocial influence decision take trip by bicycle walk more than built variables. In addition, purpose meso level attitudinal variables explaining travel. These relationships do not vary significantly between cities. This further supports use multi-faceted cycling, rather focussing single policy.