Influences on bicycle use |
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Authors: | J D Hunt J E Abraham |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, T2N 1N4 Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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Abstract: | A stated preference experiment was performed in Edmonton in Canada to both examine the nature of various influences on bicycle
use and obtain ratios among parameter values to be used in the development of a larger simulation of household travel behaviour.
A total of 1128 questionnaires were completed and returned by current cyclists. Each questionnaire presented a pair of possible
bicycle use alternatives and asked which was preferred for travel to a hypothetical all-day meeting or gathering (business
or social). Alternatives were described by specifying the amounts of time spent on three different types of cycling facility
and whether or not showers and/or secure bicycle parking were available at the destination. Indications of socio-economic
character and levels of experience and comfort regarding cycling were also collected. The observations thus obtained were
used to estimate the parameter values for a range of different utility functions in logit models representing this choice
behaviour. The results indicate, among other things, that time spent cycling in mixed traffic is more onerous than time spent
cycling on bike lanes or bike paths; that secure parking is more important than showers at the destination; and that cycling
times on roadways tend to become less onerous as level of experience increases. Some of these results are novel and others
are consistent with findings regarding bicycle use in work done by others, which is seen to add credence to this work. A review
of previous findings concerning influences on cycling behaviour is also included. |
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Keywords: | Cycling Bicycle route choice Stated preference Logit choice modelling |
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