Are you an ambitious cyclist? Results of the cyclist profile questionnaire in Germany

A Typology of Attitudes towards the E-Bike against the Background of the Traditional Bicycle and the Car

“…This subgroup also shows similarities to the Leisure cyclists proposed by Damant-Sirois et al [75], for whom electric bikes primarily have a recreational potential. A similarity to the subgroup of Functional cyclists identified by Francke et al [76] is also apparent here, as indicated by the lower motivation for frequent cycling among these individuals. The Opponents subgroup, due to its negative attitude towards electric bikes, can be likened to the No Way.…”

“…There are also typologies relating to bicycle-sharing system use [77] as well as bicycle use in multimodal transport [78]. As part of our study, we verified the similarities between our delineated respondent types and three typologies frequently cited in the literature-those of Geller [71], Damant-Sirois et al [75], and Francke et al [76]. In putting together the characteristics of the different groups, we kept in mind that only to a certain extent can they correspond to the typologies set out in earlier studies (cf.…”

“…This is mainly due to their conviction that the bicycle should be used as the main means of transport. For the same reasons, this subgroup also shows similar characteristics to the Dedicated cyclists group designated by Damant-Sirois et al [75] and the Ambitious cyclists group of Francke et al [76], due to their high level of commitment to participate in this transport type. As in Geller's typology [71], our subgroup is not the largest one.…”

“…Another typology was proposed by Damant-Sirois et al, 2014 [75], referring to cyclists' attitudes in the context of cycling conditions. In turn, Francke et al [76] applied their typology to the safety levels of infrastructure. There are also typologies relating to bicycle-sharing system use [77] as well as bicycle use in multimodal transport [78].…”

Facing the needs for clean bicycle data – a bicycle-specific approach of GPS data processing

“…The second data set was recorded by 187 volunteer cyclists, which participated in a bicycle research project covering the city area of Dresden (Germany). The participants were selected out of 10,000 people taking part in an online survey to determine types of cyclists [11]. The data set has also been collected in 2018 (June/July).…”