ABSTRACT The present study delves into the explanatory factors of the walking patterns of residents in metropolitan regions, who tend to be pressed for time when travelling to their daily destinations or activities. We particularly focus on the effects of the commuting distance on the amount of walking that can be achieved, which has health, socioeconomic and environmental implications. This study confirms the potential benefits of using smartphone tracking data to examine walking patterns. To enable this, a smartphone tracking application was developed to obtain accurate mobility data from a group of adults (n = 93) residing in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region (Spain) and have to commute to a suburban university campus that can only be reached by using motorized transport modes. The results highlight the commuting distance and employment status as strong determinants of the amount of walking time achieved by this study group. Moreover, it was determined that among transit users, the commuting distance of male commuters was negatively associated with walking when compared with female transit users, whereas explanatory factors for private transport users bore insignificant results. Smartphone devices proved their potential as an effective and useful source of data in transportation and health research.

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“还有时间散步吗？” 巴塞罗那大都市区郊区通勤对体育活动的影响

摘要 本研究深入探讨了大都市地区居民的步行模式的解释因素，他们在前往日常目的地或活动时往往时间紧迫。我们特别关注通勤距离对可以实现的步行量的影响，这会对健康、社会经济和环境产生影响。这项研究证实了使用智能手机跟踪数据检查步行模式的潜在好处。为了实现这一点，开发了智能手机跟踪应用程序来从居住在巴塞罗那大都会区（西班牙）的一群成年人（n = 93）那里获取准确的移动数据，他们必须通勤到郊区的大学校园，该校园只能通过使用机动交通方式。结果强调通勤距离和就业状况是本研究组步行时间量的重要决定因素。此外，确定在公交用户中，与女性公交用户相比，男性通勤者的通勤距离与步行呈负相关，而对私人交通用户的解释因素则不显着。智能手机设备证明了它们作为交通和健康研究中有效且有用的数据来源的潜力。而对私人交通用户的解释性因素则没有显着的结果。智能手机设备证明了它们作为交通和健康研究中有效且有用的数据来源的潜力。而对私人交通用户的解释性因素则没有显着的结果。智能手机设备证明了它们作为交通和健康研究中有效且有用的数据来源的潜力。