Cycling in Lagos: The challenges, opportunities, and prospects

Mogaji, Emmanuel

doi:10.1016/j.trip.2022.100608

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“…Lack of social acceptance of cycling acts as a significant challenge. Negative attitudes and lack of acceptance from others, such as friends, family, or colleagues, discourage individuals from embracing cycling as a mode of transportation [3]. Cycling is a transportation mode and a form of physical activity which has a range of factors act as opportunities and challenges which affect peoples' intention to adopt cycling.…”

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“…Bicycle is an inexpensive and accessible transport mode, and a viable mode for people with limited financial resources [1]. Cycling is an environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable transportation mode [2], which is affordable and easily assessable and requires little training to control [3]. As a form of micromobility, it offers economic benefits for individuals and communities.…”

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Intention to Adopt Cycling using the Modified Theory of Planned Behaviour

Jayasena,

Samarasekara

2024

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The popularity of cycling in Sri Lanka has been declining over the years, while its popularity as a form of micro-mobility is increasing in some countries. Efforts to encourage cycling should be based on a proper understanding of factors affecting the intention to cycle. This research uses modified Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to explore the extent to which four sociopsychological constructs, namely, attitude, perceived behaviour control (PBC), subjective norm (SN) and environmental perception influence the intention to cycle. Using a modified TPB-based questionnaire survey, data related to the intention to adopt cycling and four TPB constructs were collected and analysed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) analysis. PBC showed a strong positive effect while attitude and SN did not have a significant influence on the intention to cycle. Cycling supportive infrastructure availability in Sri Lanka is less and, hence, individuals’ perception on the environment was found to have a significant negative effect on the intention to adopt cycling. The findings of this research can inform policymakers and transport professionals in prioritizing strategies to enhance cycling in Sri Lanka in terms of improvements to cycling education, better cycling infrastructure and other programs of intervention.

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Intention to Adopt Cycling using the Modified Theory of Planned Behaviour

Jayasena,

Samarasekara

2024

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“…(Susan et al, 2001). According to Mogaji, 2022), commuters in Lagos worry about the costs related to cycles, costs related to buying a good new bicycle as well as repairing costs of bicycles that can be used for commuting. Also, there is an issue with the prices of safety gear to protect themselves when cycling.…”

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A Study on the Barriers and Challenges for the Usage of Active Transportation in Sri Lanka

Ranawake,

Siriwardene

2024

CINEC Acad. J.

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Active transportation includes human-powered travel like walking, cycling, and skating. Active Transportation offers various benefits for users, society, and the economy in Sri Lanka. However it is not widely recognized as a primary commuting mode for daily travelers. This study mainly focuses on identifying potential barriers and potential challenges to the usage of active transportation in Sri Lanka and identifying the relationship between them especially focusing on the Colombo district. The study is limited only into the cycling because of the availability of data. The study has a quantitative approach and its cross-sectional study. A questionnaire was distributed physically and online to daily Colombo commuters for work, education and other purposes. Using convenience sampling, 384 responses were collected. The collected data were analysed by using IBM SPSS statistical tool. Most daily travelers to Colombo are males, with females fewer due to safety concerns while cycling. The majority belong to the millennial/Gen Z generation. Their trips prioritize work, followed by leisure activities. Few come for studies. The study has found four potential barriers and three potential challenges to the usage of active transportation. Identified barriers are infrastructure barriers, safety barriers, environmental barriers, and public perception about cycling. Identified challenges are costs related to cycles, air pollution, and educational aspects. It was also identified that there are negative relationships to the usage of active transportation in Sri Lanka from the above-mentioned barriers and challenges. As recommendations to future studies, it is better to look at other types of active transportation without limiting cycling focusing on the whole Sri Lankan context as this study is based only on Colombo. It will be good for future researchers can focus on the benefits and impact of potential barriers and challenges of active transportation.This study also provides some recommendations like creating new transport policies to promote cycling in Sri Lanka.

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“…For many countries, active transport is becoming a priority in an attempt to reduce single-occupant car usage and address the long-term impact of transportation on the environment. While walking is an integral part of human life, the oldest and simplest form of human mobility, requiring no special lesson (Fonseca et al, 2021;Lyons, 2020), cycling, on the other hand, as a form of active transportation requires skills and confidence, which may deter many people (Mogaji, 2022b) From a gender perspective, studies have found that women are more likely to walk than cycle as a form of active transportation (Song et al, 2019); many women avoid risks compared to men and will not want to cycle when the infrastructures, like protected bike lanes, are insufficient or compromise their safety. Access to cycling and the willingness to cycle pose an equity challenge for planners and practitioners and this challenge is multifaceted and requires a better understanding (Lee et al, 2017;Mandic et al, 2022).…”

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“…Cycling generally has not been well adopted in many African countries, Goel et al (2022) reported that 0.1 % of females in Accra, Ghana and Cape Town, South Africa respectively and 2.1 % in Kisumu, Kenya are cycling, compared to 16.8 % of females in Munich Germany. In addition to this low adoption of cycling as a mode of transportation, female cyclists are sandwiched between different layers of inequityfrom the cultural and social norms they live with (Song et al, 2019;Iqbal et al, 2020), the gendered differences, household and childcare responsibilities, and how they travel around (Goel et al, 2022;Russell et al, 2021), to the imposing limitations and the instructional and structural challenges of their country, where there is limited investment in cycling infrastructure (Song et al, 2019;Mogaji, 2020;Mogaji, 2022b). This target group of individuals provides a justifiable background for assessing social and spatial disparities of cycling as a form of active transportation.…”

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confidence: 99%