Promoting active travel is a public health priority. However, existing studies on active travel tend to focus on major cities: little is known about travel in regional cities. This study examined differences in the prevalence of walking, cycling, public transport use, and car use among adult residents of major, satellite, and regional cities in Queensland, Australia. Logistic regression analyses were used to examine the odds of travel behaviors according to city type. Overall, 14.8% of participants reported any walking, 7.3% walking at least 30 min/d, 1.9% cycling, 4.7% using public transport, and 42.3% using cars over 1 h/d. Compared with residents of major city, residents of satellite and regional cities had significantly lower odds of participating in any walking, walking ≥30 min/d, and using public transport; and residents of regional cities had a significantly higher odds of cycling and lower odds of using a car ≥1 h/d. Differences in travel behaviors between city type were more pronounced for working-age adults (18–64 years) than older adults (65–84 years). Our findings suggest that working-age residents of satellite cities are the least active for transport. Initiatives to promote active travel in Australia may need to prioritize areas outside of major cities.

促进积极旅行是公共卫生的重点。但是，现有的关于主动出行的研究往往集中在主要城市：对区域城市的出行知之甚少。这项研究调查了澳大利亚昆士兰州主要城市，卫星城市和区域城市的成年居民在步行，骑自行车，使用公共交通工具和使用汽车方面的流行率差异。Logistic回归分析用于根据城市类型检查出行行为的几率。总体而言，有14.8％的参与者报告了任何步行，每天至少30分钟每天步行的7.3％，骑自行车的比例为1.9％，使用公共交通工具的比例为4.7％，超过1小时/天使用汽车的比例为42.3％。与主要城市的居民相比，卫星城市和区域城市的居民参加任何步行，≥30分钟/天的步行以及使用公共交通工具的几率大大降低；区域城市的居民骑自行车的几率更高，而使用≥1 h / d的汽车的几率更低。工作年龄的成年人（18-64岁）比老年人（65-84岁）在城市类型之间的出行行为差异更为明显。我们的发现表明，卫星城市的工作年龄居民从事运输活动最少。促进澳大利亚积极旅行的举措可能需要优先考虑大城市以外的地区。