Towards a Comprehensive Conceptual Framework of Active Travel Behavior: a Review and Synthesis of Published Frameworks

Purpose of ReviewThis paper reviews the use of conceptual frameworks in research on active travel, such as walking and cycling. Generic framework features and a wide range of contents are identified and synthesized into a comprehensive framework of active travel behavior, as part of the Physical Activity through Sustainable Transport Approaches project (PASTA). PASTA is a European multinational, interdisciplinary research project on active travel and health.Recent FindingsAlong with an exponential growth in active travel research, a growing number of conceptual frameworks has been published since the early 2000s. Earlier frameworks are simpler and emphasize the distinction of environmental vs. individual factors, while more recently several studies have integrated travel behavior theories more thoroughly.SummaryBased on the reviewed frameworks and various behavioral theories, we propose the comprehensive PASTA conceptual framework of active travel behavior. We discuss how it can guide future research, such as data collection, data analysis, and modeling of active travel behavior, and present some examples from the PASTA project.

Luc Int Panis | Regine Gerike | Thomas Götschi | Audrey de Nazelle | Christian Brand | B. E. I. D. I. F. F. C. J. L. G. A. M. A. T. V. P. A. Alasya Anaya Avila-Palencia Banister Bartana B | B. Alasya | E. Anaya | I. Avila-Palencia | D. Banister | I. Bartana | F. Benvenuti | F. Boschetti | C. Brand | J. Buekers | L. Carniel | G. Carrasco Turigas | A. Castro | M. Cianfano | A. Clark | T. Cole-Hunter | V. Copley | P. De Boever | A. de Nazelle | C. Dimajo | E. Dons | M. Duran | U. Eriksson | H. Franzen | M. Gaupp-Berghausen | R. Gerike | R. Girmenia | T. Götschi | F. Hartmann | F. Iacorossi | L. Int Panis | S. Kahlmeier | H. Khreis | M. Laeremans | T. Martinez | M. Meschik | P. Michelle | P. Muehlmann | N. Mueller | M. Nieuwenhuijsen | A. Nilsson | F. Nussio | J.P. Orjuela Mendoza | S. Pisanti | J. Porcel | F. Racioppi | E. Raser | S. Riegler | H. Robrecht | D. Rojas Rueda | C. Rothballer | J. Sanchez | A. Schaller | R. Schuthof | C. Schweizer | A. Sillero | L. Smidfeltrosqvist | G. Spezzano | A. Standaert | E. Stigell | M. Surace | T. Uhlmann | K. Vancluysen | S. Wegener | H. Wennberg | G. Willis | J. Witzell | V. Zeuschner | C. Brand | A. de Nazelle | E. Dons | F. Hartmann | F. Racioppi | R. Gerike | A. Castro | M. Gaupp-Berghausen | A. Standaert | M. Laeremans | A. Clark | T. Cole-Hunter | I. Avila-Palencia | E. Raser | S. Kahlmeier | T. Götschi | C. Rothballer | G. Spezzano | N. Mueller | M. Nieuwenhuijsen | E. Anaya | S. Riegler | J. Buekers | H. Khreis | C. Schweizer | E. Stigell | U. Eriksson | M. Meschik | S. Wegener | T. Uhlmann | F. Iacorossi | J. Witzell | H. Franzen | S. Pisanti | F. Benvenuti | M. Surace | D. Banister | K. Vancluysen | V. Zeuschner | A. Sillero | H. Wennberg | F. Nussio | H. Robrecht | A. Schaller | J.P. Orjuela Mendoza | B. Alasya | I. Bartana | F. Boschetti | C. Brand | L. Carniel | G. Carrasco Turigas | M. Cianfano | V. Copley | P. De Boever | C. Dimajo | M. Durán | R. Girmenia | T. Martínez | P. Michelle | P. Muehlmann | A. Nilsson | J. Porcel | D. Rojas Rueda | J. Sanchez | R. Schuthof | L. Smidfeltrosqvist | G. Willis | C. Brand

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