Background

Skateboarding as a mode of transport is not often considered when planning the built environment. Skateboarders are vulnerable road users and are often made to feel unwelcome no matter where they ride. In New Zealand (NZ), skateboarders can legally travel on the road but are often ostracized and feel obligated to use the footpath, where they can threaten the safety of other users, and skateboarding bylaws vary by city.

Methods

A comprehensive online survey, querying teenagers about their transport habits and subjective well-being, was disseminated to secondary schools in Southland, NZ in 2015 (n = 775).

Results

Overall, 7% of adolescents (n = 50; 72% male) used skateboarding for transport. Those who skateboarded reported more physical activity during the previous week (μ = 5.2 days/week) than their counterparts who used other modes of transport (μ = 4.3 days/week). Skateboard users also accessed more activities during the previous month than their counterparts (μ = 17.4 and μ = 15.7, respectively), and exhibited higher self-perceived strengths than those who used other modes on a validated subjective well-being scale (μ = 14.4 and μ = 11.3, respectively). However, skateboarders also reported more screen time use (μ = 5.9 h/day) than the rest of the sample (μ = 4.7) and 52% reported feeling unsafe while travelling.

Conclusions

Skateboarding for transport is a valid form of active transportation with perceived benefits for the user, and more research is needed to assess the potential bidirectional relationship between skateboarding and well-being. Skateboarding should be included as a transport mode in household transport surveys, to provide a more comprehensive understanding of both teenage well-being and transport modal split to inform research and policy endeavours.

中文翻译：

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在新西兰滑板运输的青少年的特长和弱点

背景

在规划建筑环境时，通常不考虑将滑板作为一种交通工具。滑板手是脆弱的道路使用者，并且无论他们在哪里骑行，常常都会感到不受欢迎。在新西兰（NZ），滑板手可以在道路上合法行驶，但经常被排斥，并有义务使用人行道，以威胁其他使用者的安全，滑板规则因城市而异。

方法

2015年，一项全面的在线调查向青少年询问了他们的交通习惯和主观幸福感，并分发给了新西兰南兰的中学（n = 775）。

结果

总体而言，7％的青少年（n = 50； 72％的男性）使用滑板进行运输。与使用其他运输方式的同伴（μ= 4.3天/周）相比，那些滑板人在前一周（μ= 5.2天/周）报告了更多的体育锻炼。滑板用户在上个月也进行了比其他用户更多的活动（分别为μ= 17.4和μ= 15.7），并且他们的自觉强度比在经过验证的主观幸福感量表上使用其他模式的用户高（μ= 14.4）。和μ分别为11.3）。但是，滑板运动员还报告称使用屏幕时间（μ= 5.9小时/天）比其余样本（μ= 4.7）更多，有52％的人报告旅行时感到不安全。

结论

滑板运输是一种积极的有效运输形式，可为用户带来好处，因此，需要进行更多的研究来评估滑板与幸福感之间的潜在双向关系。滑板应作为家庭运输调查中的一种运输方式，以提供对青少年福利和运输方式划分的更全面的了解，从而为研究和政策工作提供依据。