Curto Tirado, Ariadna, 1987-De Nazelle, AudreyDonaire González, DavidCole-Hunter, TomGarcía Aymerich, JudithMartínez Muriano, DavidAnaya, EstherRodríguez, Daniel A.Jerrett, MichaelNieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.2016-07-212016Curto A, de Nazelle A, Donaire-Gonzalez D, Cole-Hunter T, Garcia-Aymerich J, Martínez D et al. Private and public modes of bicycle commuting: a perspective on attitude and perception. European journal of public health. 2016;26(4):717-23. DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv2351101-1262http://hdl.handle.net/10230/27099BACKGROUND: Public bicycle-sharing initiatives can act as health enhancement strategies among urban populations. The aim of the study was to determine which attitudes and perceptions of behavioural control toward cycling and a bicycle-sharing system distinguish commuters with a different adherence to bicycle commuting. METHODS: The recruitment process was conducted in 40 random points in Barcelona from 2011 to 2012. Subjects completed a telephone-based questionnaire including 27 attitude and perception statements. Based on their most common one-way commute trip and willingness to commute by bicycle, subjects were classified into Private Bicycle (PB), public bicycle or Bicing Bicycle (BB), Willing Non-bicycle (WN) and Non-willing Non-bicycle (NN) commuters. After reducing the survey statements through principal component analysis, a multinomial logistic regression model was obtained to evaluate associations between attitudinal and commuter sub-groups. RESULTS: We included 814 adults in the analysis [51.6% female, mean (SD): age 36.6 (10.3) years]. BB commuters were 2.0 times [95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.1-3.7] less likely to perceive bicycle as a quick, flexible and enjoyable mode compared to PB. BB, WN and NN were 2.5 (95% CI = 1.46-4.24), 2.6 (95% CI = 1.53-4.41) and 2.3 times (95% CI = 1.30-4.10) more likely to perceive benefits of using public bicycles (bicycle maintenance and parking avoidance, low cost and no worries about theft and vandalism) than did PB. CONCLUSION: Willing non-bicycle and public-bicycle commuters had more favourable perception toward public-shared bicycles compared to private cyclists. Hence, public bicycles may be the impetus for those willing to start bicycle commuting, thereby increasing physical activity levels.application/pdfeng© Oxford University Press. This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in European journal of public health following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Curto A, de Nazelle A, Donaire-Gonzalez D, Cole-Hunter T, Garcia-Aymerich J, Martínez D et al. Private and public modes of bicycle commuting: a perspective on attitude and perception. European journal of public health. 2016; 26(4): 717-723. DOI 10.1093/eurpub/ckv235 is available online at: http://eurpub.oxfordjournals.org/content/26/4/717.longBicicletesServeis públicsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckv235info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess