免费公共汽车票价,公共汽车使用和体力活动:一项探索性横截面研究
Melanie J Sharman1, Oliver Stanesby1, Kim A Jose1
1Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
概括
公共汽车免费运行增加了塔斯马尼亚成年人使用公共汽车和体力活动 (PA). 这一举措还节省了成本和改善了福祉,这表明了未来公共卫生战略的潜力.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 运输研究 运输研究
- 行为经济学是一种行为经济学.
背景情况:
- 与私人车辆使用相比,使用公共交通工具 (PT) 与较高的体力活动 (PA) 有关.
- 财政激励,如降价,可能会鼓励更多的PT采用.
- 燃料成本上促使塔斯马尼亚州暂时推出免费公共巴士计划.
研究的目的:
- 探索免费公共汽车期间对公共汽车乘客的感知影响.
- 检查免费公共汽车对参与者的整体体力活动水平的影响.
- 为了确定与免费公交车倡议相关的额外感知好处.
主要方法:
- 在548名使用免费公共汽车的塔斯马尼亚成年人中进行了在线调查.
- 用描述性和推断性统计数据分析了公共汽车使用和PA的定量数据.
- 来自开放式问题的定性数据被分类,以了解用户体验.
主要成果:
- 公共汽车使用量显著增加,平均每周旅行量从3.0增加到4.0 (p < 0.001).
- 36%的参与者不是以前的公共汽车用户,报告说他们继续计划使用.
- 增加的公共汽车使用与报告的更高的总PA相关 (78%的人增加了公共汽车使用).
- 额外的好处包括节省成本,增加旅行机会,改善社会/心理健康.
结论:
- 免费公共汽车被认为有效地增加了公共交通使用和身体活动.
- 需要进一步的干预研究来确定经济激励的PT和PA之间的因果关系.
- 建议对免费公共交通进行个人和社会层面的健康经济分析.
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