Choosing between stairs and escalators in China: The impact of location, height and pedestrian volume

Objective: This research examines whether Beijing residents are more or less likely than Montréal residents to avoid stair climbing, by replicating a study in Montréal, Canada that measured the impacts of distance between stairs and escalator, height between floors and pedestrian volume on stair cli...

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Main Authors: John Zacharias, Boshen Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Preventive Medicine Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335515000753