Bicycling and the Life Course: The Start-Stop-Start Experiences of Women Cycling

Bonham, Jennifer; Wilson, Anne

doi:10.1080/15568318.2011.585219

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“…There are various explanations for the gender gap in cycling uptake for low-cycling environments. Detailed qualitative studies have related motivations around cycling amongst women and men to particular personal circumstances and life stages (Bonham and Wilson 2012). Larger survey-based research suggests that these differences between menÕs and womenÕs uptake might relate to preference: men are more likely than women to agree that they enjoy cycling (Emond, Tang, and Handy 2009).…”

Section: Related Work: Gender and Cycling Behaviourmentioning

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Exploring gendered cycling behaviours within a large-scale behavioural data-set

Beecham

Wood

2013

Transportation Planning and Technology

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Exploring gendered cycling behaviours within a large-scale behavioural datasetAnalysing over 10 million journeys made by members of LondonÕs Cycle Hire Scheme, we find that female customersÕ usage characteristics are demonstrably different from those of male customers. Usage at weekends and within LondonÕs parks characterises womenÕs journeys, whereas for men, a commuting function is more clearly identified. Some of this variation is explained by geodemographic differences and by an atypical period of usage during the first 3 months after the schemeÕs launch. Controlling for each of these variables brings some convergence between men and women. However, many differences are preserved. Studying the spatio-temporal context under which journeys are made, we find that womenÕs journeys are highly spatially structured. Even when making utilitarian cycle trips, routes that involve large, multi-lane roads are comparatively rare, and instead female cyclists preferentially select areas of the city associated with slower traffic streets and with cycle routes slightly offset from major roads.

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Section: Related Work: Gender and Cycling Behaviourmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring gendered cycling behaviours within a large-scale behavioural data-set

Beecham

Wood

2013

Transportation Planning and Technology

134

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“…Here, researchers have identified distinct cycling behaviours related to factors such as gender and social demographics (Anable et al 2010, Heesch et al 2012, individuals' life stages (Bonham & Wilson 2012, Pooley et al 2011), more obvious weather-related variables (Thomas et al 2008) and the nature and provision of cycling infrastructure (Garrard et al 2008, Dill & Gliebe 2008, Tilahun et al 2007). Relatively little research, either observational or attitudinal, has been published on the subject of group cycling' -cycling involving more than one person within a limited space and time.…”

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Characterising group-cycling journeys using interactive graphics

Beecham

Wood

2014

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

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This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent repository link AbstractThe group-cycling behaviours of over 16,000 members of the London Cycle Hire Scheme (LCHS), a large public bikeshare system, are identified and analysed. Group journeys are defined as trips made by two or more cyclists together in space and time. Detailed insights into group-cycling behaviour are generated using specifically designed visualization software. We find that in many respects group-cycle journeys fit an expected pattern of discretionary activity: group journeys are more likely at weekends, late evenings and lunchtimes; they generally take place within more pleasant parts of the city; and between individuals apparently known to each other. A separate set of group activity is found, however, that coincides with commuting peaks and that appears to be imposed onto LCHS users by the scheme's design. Studying the characteristics of individuals making group journeys, we identify a group of less experienced LCHS cyclists that appear to make more spatially extensive journeys than they would do normally while cycling with others; and that female cyclists are more likely to make late evening journeys when cycling in groups. For 20% of group cyclists, the first journey ever made through the LCHS was a group journey; this is particularly surprising since just 9% of all group cyclists' journeys are group journeys. Moreover, we find that women are very significantly (p<0.001) overrepresented amongst these 'first time group cyclists'. Studying the bikeshare cyclists, or bikeshare 'friends', that individuals make 'first time group journeys' with, we find a significantly high incidence (p<0.001) of group journeys being made with friends of the opposite gender, and for a very large proportion (55%) of members these first ever journeys are made with a friend that shares the same postcode. A substantial insight, then, is that group cycling appears to be a means through which early LCHS usage is initiated.

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“…They investigated the modal-share of bicycle by comparing bicycle facilities of different locations and at different times for the same location. In a qualitative analysis, Bonham and Wilson (2012) investigated women's stopping and returning to cycling through the life course. They found that changes in women's cycling patterns were related to changes in housing, employment, health, and family status.…”

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Bicycle commuting in the Netherlands: An analysis of modal shift and its dependence on life cycle and mobility events

Oakil

Ettema

Arentze

et al. 2014

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

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This article investigates the influence of both mobility events and household events on modal shift decision for bicycle commuting using data collected from a retrospective survey in the Netherlands. The results from a mixed-logit analysis illustrate the influence of several life events on commute modal shifts in addition to changes in commute time and sociodemographic variables. Job characteristics such as changes in work status and employer, mobility resource, long-term mobility events, and household events are seen to influence commuting decision by bicycle.

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Bicycling and the Life Course: The Start-Stop-Start Experiences of Women Cycling

Cited by 100 publications

References 21 publications

Exploring gendered cycling behaviours within a large-scale behavioural data-set

Exploring gendered cycling behaviours within a large-scale behavioural data-set

Characterising group-cycling journeys using interactive graphics

Bicycle commuting in the Netherlands: An analysis of modal shift and its dependence on life cycle and mobility events

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