{"id":173115,"date":"2019-04-04T09:59:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T09:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=173115"},"modified":"2019-04-04T09:59:16","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T09:59:16","slug":"cycling-is-the-happiest-mode-of-transportation-new-study-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2019\/04\/04\/cycling-is-the-happiest-mode-of-transportation-new-study-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycling Is the Happiest Mode of Transportation, New Study Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A recent study at the University of Minnesota looked at various modes of transportation and concluded that, clearly, \u201cbiking is the happiest\u201d. The researchers set out to better understand the connections between daily travel behaviour and emotional wellbeing, and their findings are very interesting. Let\u2019s look at them in more detail.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n\u201cTransportation plays an important role in our daily lives and Americans spend a significant amount of time per day on daily trips,\u201d said Yingling Fan, Ph.D., a professor in the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. \u201cIt is important to know whether some trip types are more likely to induce positive emotions after controlling for personal factors.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_173118\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173118\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/04\/cycling-smiling-pexels-1479584.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-173118 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/04\/cycling-smiling-pexels-1479584-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-173118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cycling is the happiest mode of transport.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The researchers examined how a trip\u2019s mode, duration, purpose, and companionship characteristics shape six different emotion-based conditions during the trip, including happy, meaningful, tired, stressful, sad, and pain. After controlling for personal demographics, health conditions, and residential locations they found the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cycling is the happiest mode of transport.<\/li>\n<li>Public transport is the least happy and least meaningful mode of transport of all.<\/li>\n<li>Utilitarian walking for transportation is associated with all four negative emotions.<\/li>\n<li>Driving a car is much more painful than riding in it.<\/li>\n<li>Bus trips are less happy than both train and car trips.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Based on these findings, Yingling Fan recommends transportation planners promote cycling among their citizens and improve transit user experiences. Without making public transit more emotionally pleasant, it may be difficult to encourage people to use it. She also suggests planners create strategies leading to an urban environment that is more conducive to shorter trips and more joint trips with family and friends. The following findings on other aspects of transport explain why.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_173120\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173120\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/04\/cycling-smiling-2-977962.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-173120 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/04\/cycling-smiling-2-977962-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-173120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Travel with family, especially children, or travel with friends is happier and more meaningful than travel alone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Trip duration has a negative association with happiness and a positive one with stress.<\/li>\n<li>Travel for exercise or community activities is generally associated with higher levels of positive emotions and lower levels of negative emotions than travel for work or household maintenance.<\/li>\n<li>Trips with eating and drinking purposes appear to be the happiest.<\/li>\n<li>Travel with family, especially children, or travel with friends is happier and more meaningful than travel alone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, are you using your bike for transport? 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