We examined the influence of the built environment on pedestrian route selection among adolescent girls. Portable global positioning system units, accelerometers, and travel diaries were used to identify the origin, destination, and walking routes of girls in San Diego, California, and Minneapolis, Minnesota. We completed an inventory of the built environment on every street segment to measure the characteristics of routes taken and not taken. Route-level variables covering four key conceptual built environment domains (Aesthetics, Destinations, Functionality, and Safety) were used in the analysis of route choice. Shorter distance had the strongest positive association with route choice, whereas the presence of a greenway or trail, higher safety, presence of sidewalks, and availability of destinations along a route were also consistently positively associated with route choice at both sites. The results suggest that it may be possible to encourage pedestrians to walk farther by providing high-quality and stimulating routes.

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建成环境对少女行人路线选择的影响

我们研究了建筑环境对青春期女孩行人路线选择的影响。便携式全球定位系统单元、加速度计和旅行日记被用来识别加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥和明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯的女孩的出发地、目的地和步行路线。我们完成了每个街道段的建筑环境清单，以衡量已采用和未采用的路线的特征。在路线选择的分析中使用了涵盖四个关键概念性建筑环境域（美学、目的地、功能和安全）的路线级变量。较短的距离与路线选择有最强的正相关，而绿道或小径的存在、更高的安全性、人行道的存在、路线沿线目的地的可用性也始终与两个站点的路线选择呈正相关。结果表明，可以通过提供高质量和刺激的路线来鼓励行人走得更远。