Urban Transportation and Logistics

58 Russell G. Thompson

Cycling is accessible to a wide age group, environmentally friendly,

and a fast means of transport in urban areas. Cycling is also an effective

means of undertaking physical activity. It can be undertaken by a wide

variety of ages and is affordable.

However, a number of barriers, including environmental factors and

safety concerns, have been identied that are limiting greater participa-

tion in cycling in Australian cities (Bauman et al. 2008).

3.2.2 Urban Ecology

A main premise in ecological systems theory is that “human behavior can-

not be understood without taking into consideration the context in which

a person is embedded” (Davison and Campbell 2005). An ecological model

of physical activity was recently used to identi ...