Study: Cyclists more caring than drivers on community issues
A new study has found that cyclists are more caring than drivers, with the authors saying that the findings suggest that “the benefits of cycling over driving are more profound and sustainable than previously thought.
“Cycling was the only variable that was a significant positive predictor for all four facets of orientation towards the common good after controlling for possibly confounding variables .” “It is likely that the different ways in which people use and interact with their environment lead to differences in the perception of orientation towards the common good,” the study suggested.
In conclusion, the authors said that “this research demonstrated that mobility behaviour is associated with the orientation towards the common good. And while that underlines that very often, drivers and cyclists are one and the same person, differentiiated only by the mode of transport they happen to be using at the time, that certainly doesn’t mean that their experience of the world while using a car or a bike is identical.
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