{"id":47718,"date":"2025-05-19T15:04:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ils-forschung.de\/2025\/05\/walking-travel-satisfaction-a-comparison-of-three-european-cities\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T09:52:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T07:52:22","slug":"walking-travel-satisfaction-a-comparison-of-three-european-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ils-forschung.de\/en\/2025\/05\/walking-travel-satisfaction-a-comparison-of-three-european-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.urbmob.2025.100109\">Walking travel satisfaction \u2013 A comparison of three European cities<\/a>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>ILS researchers Janina Welsch, Noriko Otsuka and Anna-Lena van der Vlugt have published an article in the \u201cJournal of Urban Mobility\u201d. The study examined and compared walking satisfaction in three case study cities in Europe: Dortmund, Genoa, and Gothenburg as part of the EU project \u201eWalkUrban\u201c. By analyzing household survey data, levels and determinants of walking satisfaction within and between the cities were explored, using the Satisfaction with Travel Scale to measure walking satisfaction. The results show that levels of walking satisfaction differ between the cities and also in terms of several sub-dimensions. However, the findings expand the existing body of knowledge about determinants of walking satisfaction in different urban settings and provides vital insights for urban planning and policies determined to foster walking-friendly and satisfactory local urban environments. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.urbmob.2025.100109\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.urbmob.2025.100109<\/a>. Further current selected papers can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ils-forschung.de\/en\/professional-publications\/selected-papers\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":7496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publikationen-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Walking travel satisfaction \u2013 A comparison of three European cities - ILS - Institut f\u00fcr Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ils-forschung.de\/en\/2025\/05\/walking-travel-satisfaction-a-comparison-of-three-european-cities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Walking travel satisfaction \u2013 A comparison of three European cities - ILS - Institut f\u00fcr Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ils-forschung.de\/en\/2025\/05\/walking-travel-satisfaction-a-comparison-of-three-european-cities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ILS - Institut f\u00fcr Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-19T13:04:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-06T07:52:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ils-forschung.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ils-publikationen.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ils-admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Walking travel satisfaction \u2013 A comparison of three European cities\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"ILS researchers Janina Welsch, Noriko Otsuka and Anna-Lena van der Vlugt have published an article in the \u201cJournal of Urban Mobility\u201d. 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