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The Association of Trail Use With Weather-Related Factors on an Urban Greenway.
- Source :
- Journal of Physical Activity & Health; Feb2012, Vol. 9 Issue 2, p188-197, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Purpose: To study the association between weather-related measures and objectively measured trail use across 3 seasons. Background: Weather has been reported as a barrier to outdoor physical activity (PA), but previous studies have explained only a small amount of the variance in PA using weather-related measures. Methods: The dependent variable of this study was trail use measured as mean hourly trail counts by an infrared trail counter located on a greenway. Each trail count represents 1 person breaking the infrared beam of the trail counter. Two sources of weather-related measures were obtained by a site-specific weather station and a public domain weather source. Results: Temperature, relative humidity, and precipitation were significantly correlated with trail counts recorded during daylight hours. More precise hourly weather-related measures explained 42% of the variance in trail counts, regardless of the weather data source with temperature alone explaining 18% of the variance in trail counts. After controlling for all seasonal and weekly factors, every 1°F increase in temperature was associated with an increase of 1.1 trail counts/hr up to 76°F, at which point trail use began to slightly decrease. Conclusion: Weather-related factors have a moderate association with trail use along an urban greenway. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15433080
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Physical Activity & Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 73951900
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.9.2.188