ATTITUDES TOWARDS WALKING AND CYCLING INSTEAD OF USING A CAR

This report is written as a part of the EU project WALCYNG. The topic is attitudes towards walking and cycling instead of using a car in different countries in Europe. The report is based on data from interview surveys in Norway, Finland, Austria, Italy and Spain. Health aspects are important benefits of walking as well as of cycling. All trips are not suitable for walking and cycling, and in many areas the conditions for walking and cycling are not satisfactory. Walkers as well as drivers find infrastructural as well as political measures as the most important to improve walking and cycling conditions,