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Table 2 Median distance (IQR) and proportion of motorised trips within walkable and cyclable thresholds (row percentage) by trip destinations, trip time of day and day of week

From: From motorised to active travel: using GPS data to explore potential physical activity gains among adolescents

Trip (n = 4116)

 

Median distance in km (IQR)

Trips within walkable threshold (≤ 1.3 km)

n = 701 (17%)

Trips within cyclable threshold (≤ 4.2 km)

n = 2489 (60.5%)

 

n trips (%)

 

n (row %)

n (row %)

Trip destinations

 School trip

487 (11.8)

3.4 (1.7, 5.6)

69 (14.2)

293 (60.2)

  Home to school

229 (5.6)

3.3 (1.6, 6.1)

29 (12.7)

143 (62.5)

  Elsewhere to school

237 (5.8)

3.9 (2.0, 5.6)

26 (11.0)

129 (54.4)

  School to school

21 (0.5)

0.8 (0.5, 1.4)

14 (66.7)

21 (100)

 Home trip

739 (17.9)

2.8 (1.5, 6.1)

122 (16.5)

464 (62.8)

  School to home

72 (1.7)

3.9 (1.6, 6.5)

4 (5.6)

39 (54.2)

  Elsewhere to home

590 (14.3)

3.0 (1.6, 6.5)

89 (15.1)

362 (61.4)

  Home to home

77 (1.9)

1.4 (0.9, 2.8)

29 (37.7)

63 (81.8)

Trip to elsewhere

2890 (70.2)

3.2 (1.7, 6.5)

510 (17.6)

1732 (60.0)

 Elsewhere to elsewhere

1898 (46.1)

3.4 (1.7, 6.9)

327 (17.2)

1105 (58.2)

 Home to elsewhere

704 (17.1)

3.1 (1.4, 6.3)

150 (21.3)

440 (62.5)

 School to elsewhere

288 (7.0)

3.0 (1.7, 5.5)

33 (11.5)

187 (64.9)

Trip time of day

 Non-daylight

819 (19.9)

3.4 (1.6–6.7)

155 (18.9)

480 (58.6)

 Daylight

3297 (80.1)

3.2 (1.6–6.3)

546 (16.6)

2009 (60.9)

Day of week

 Weekday

3044 (74.0)

3.0 (1.6–5.9)

533 (17.5)

1920 (63.1)

 Weekend day

1072 (26.0)

3.9 (1.7, 7.9)

168 (15.7)

569 (53.1)