Does cycling infrastructure reduce stress biomarkers in commuting cyclists? A comparison of five European cities

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dc.contributor.authorTeixeira, Inaian Pignatti
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues da Silva, Antonio Nelson
dc.contributor.authorSchwanen, Tim
dc.contributor.authorManzato, Gustavo Garcia [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorDorrzapf, Linda
dc.contributor.authorZeile, Peter
dc.contributor.authorDekoninck, Luc
dc.contributor.authorBotteldooren, Dick
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniv Oxford
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionTU Wien
dc.contributor.institutionKarlsruhe Inst Technol
dc.contributor.institutionUniv Ghent
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-25T11:24:09Z
dc.date.available2021-06-25T11:24:09Z
dc.date.issued2020-10-01
dc.description.abstractThere is substantial evidence that the environment has an important impact on the use of bicycles. Changes in the built environment, such as cycling infrastructure provision, usually aim at improving the efficiency, enjoyability and safety of cycling. They can also shape affective responses, for instance by triggering or preventing stress situations during cycling. The repeated occurrence of intensely stressful events may make actual cyclists more likely to abandon cycling and deter prospective cyclists from actually taking up this form of mobility. Therefore, using a novel approach, based on stress biomarker measurements obtained directly from cyclists, the objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between urban environment and cyclists' stress. It also investigates if different types of cycling infrastructures in the contexts of two different countries and in five different cities have different relationships with stress. Using a stress sensor, 70 young adults were invited to cycle along a standard route in Oxford, London (the United Kingdom), Amsterdam, Houten and Groningen (the Netherlands). These routes were around 6 km long and had a wide range of characteristics. Multilevel logistic regression analysis indicates that the probability of stressful events occurring is significantly lower on physically segregated cycle paths than on cycle paths on streets, with cycling on general use streets falling in-between these extremes. We also find higher probabilities of stress for primary roads compared to tertiary roads, at intersections than on straight roads, on cobbled and off-road surfaces compared to asphalt, and in noisier places. Models for the individual cities suggested that the relationship between cycling infrastructure and the likelihood of stressful events occurring may depend on the local context. Only for noise conditions, intersection types and cycling infrastructures were the effects consistent across the cities. These findings may be useful for urban infrastructure planning and management, indicating specific attributes that should be adjusted to make cycling less stressful.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos Sch Engn, Sao Carlos, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Oxford, Transport Studies Unit, Oxford, England
dc.description.affiliationSao Paulo State Univ, Sch Engn, Bauru, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationTU Wien, Inst Spatial Planning, Vienna, Austria
dc.description.affiliationKarlsruhe Inst Technol, Inst Urban & Landscape Design, Karlsruhe, Germany
dc.description.affiliationUniv Ghent, Acoust Grp, Informat Technol, Ghent, Belgium
dc.description.affiliationUnespSao Paulo State Univ, Sch Engn, Bauru, SP, Brazil
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipEconomic and Social Research Council
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 2015/50129-5
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 2017/26280-0
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 2017/04460-7
dc.description.sponsorshipIdEconomic and Social Research Council: ES/N011538/1
dc.format.extent16
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2020.102830
dc.identifier.citationJournal Of Transport Geography. Oxford: Elsevier Sci Ltd, v. 88, 16 p., 2020.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2020.102830
dc.identifier.issn0966-6923
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/208896
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000582208900021
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.relation.ispartofJournal Of Transport Geography
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectStress
dc.subjectCycling
dc.subjectCycling infrastructure
dc.subjectCycle lane
dc.subjectCycle path
dc.titleDoes cycling infrastructure reduce stress biomarkers in commuting cyclists? A comparison of five European citiesen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://www.elsevier.com/about/open-access/open-access-policies/article-posting-policy
dcterms.rightsHolderElsevier B.V.
unesp.author.orcid0000-0003-0996-8600[2]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-7756-7238[8]

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