Promoting walking for the work commute is a potential strategy for increasing physical activity. Understanding the factors influencing commuter walking is important for identifying target groups and designing effective interventions. This study examined individual, employment-related and psychosocial factors associated with commuter walking, and how this impacts the future design of interventions.

It was observed that factors such as not owning a car, not having free car parking at work and having support from colleagues encouraged regular commuter walking. In comparison, those who perceived that they lived too far from work, viewed walking as less convenient than driving, did not have time for walking, needed a car for work or had always travelled the same way were less likely to engage in commuter walking. As such, multilevel intervention targeting individual behaviour change, social support within the workplace and organisational level travel policies may be required to promote commuter walking.

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