title: Active commuting patterns at a large, midwestern college campus.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand patterns and influences on active commuting (AC) behavior.
  
  
  METHODS
  Students and faculty/staff at a university campus.
  
  
  METHODS
  In April-May 2008, respondents answered an online survey about mode of travel to campus and influences on commuting decisions. Hierarchical regression analyses predicted variance in walking and biking using sets of demographic, psychological, and environmental variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 898 respondents, 55.7% were female, 457 were students (50.4%). Students reported more AC than faculty/staff. For students, the models explained 36.2% and 29.1% of the variance in walking and biking, respectively. Among faculty/staff, the models explained 45% and 25.8% of the variance in walking and biking. For all models, the psychological set explained the greatest amount of variance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With current economic and ecological concerns, AC should be considered a behavior to target for campus health promotion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA. mjb73@psu.edu
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bopp
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaczynski
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wittman
mesh_terms: D001642:Bicycling / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004779:Environment Design; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult