Exploring the link between the neighborhood typologies, bicycle infrastructure and commuting cycling over time and the potential impact on commuter GHG emissions

Zahabi, Seyed Amir H; Chang, Andrew S.; Miranda-Moreno, Luis F.; Patterson, Zachary

doi:10.1016/j.trd.2016.05.008

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“…Some authors argue that the main factor to promote cycling is the existence of an adequate, safe, comfortable, and connected infrastructure [14,[30][31][32] in order to guarantee that a city transforms itself and creates the necessary conditions to offer the possibility of making a modal shift from the car to other sustainable means of transport on people's daily trips, especially to the bicycle. Thus, it is necessary to create a cycling network that really allows people to move around the city without the need for polluting vehicles.…”

Section: Planning Cycling For a Sustainable Mobilitymentioning

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Digital Platform/Mobile App to Boost Cycling for the Promotion of Sustainable Mobility in Mid-Sized Starter Cycling Cities

Meireles

Ribeiro

2020

Sustainability

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According to the United Nations, cities will represent two-thirds of the world's population in 2050, which presents some challenges, especially to the transportation sector. To improve the population's quality of life and the sustainability of cities, mobility must be sustainable, and cycling will play an important role in achieving this. Literature shows that we can promote cycling with better infrastructures, through multimodality, and through behavioral changes. Promoting the use of bicycles through behavior can involve a number of aspects, but in this work, we explore what a digital platform should have in order to promote and increase bicycle usage, as well as to improve cycling conditions in a city. To evaluate what is needed, we conducted an analysis on different types of digital platforms that are available on the market in order to assess the main characteristics and outputs that they provide to cyclists, as well as the type of information that can and should be added to promote the use of bicycles in cities. Moreover, we also carried out a survey in a Portuguese mid-sized "starter cycling city", which showed, among other data, the relevance and type of information that a digital platform dedicated to cyclists should have in such types of cities.

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Section: Planning Cycling For a Sustainable Mobilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Digital Platform/Mobile App to Boost Cycling for the Promotion of Sustainable Mobility in Mid-Sized Starter Cycling Cities

Meireles

Ribeiro

2020

Sustainability

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“…Clearly, leading a healthy lifestyle (i.e., regular exercise with cycling) by giving up driving for short trips can simultaneously reduce oil consumption and protect the environment. Zahabi et al (2016) emphasized that the accessibility of cycling infrastructure is positively linked to the shift from driving to cycling. Rojas-Rueda et al (2016) assessed the health impacts of replacing car trips with cycling and confirmed that reducing car usage and increasing cycling in cities can bring health benefits for travelers and general citizens in the city.…”

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Contribution of shared bikes to carbon dioxide emission reduction and the economy in Beijing

Cao

Shen

2019

Sustainable Cities and Society

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“…In a similar manner, emissions for suggested travel behavior is calculated as well to get a reduction rate. The following equation, also used in other studies [37], is adopted for the measurement of GHG (CO 2 ) emissions.…”

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Estimating pro-environmental potential for the development of mobility-based informational intervention: a data-driven algorithm

Ahmed

Adnan

Janssens

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Informational interventions are important to bring positive changes in attitudes and perception among individuals. In relation to the individual's mobility behavior, habits, attitudes, and perceptions are difficult to change. Therefore, it is vital to identify relatively soft aspects of travel behavior with a potential to reduce the negative impacts of mobility on the environment and individual health. This paper provides a methodological framework and describes the development of a computational algorithm that helps to identify soft changes in the travel behavior. The algorithm is based on a variety of different data sources such as activity-travel diaries and related constraint information, meteorological conditions, bicycle and public transport supply data, and emissions and air pollutant concentrations data. A variety of rules that are part of the algorithm are derived from the transport modeling literature, where constraints and factors were examined for activity-travel decisions. Three major aspects of activitytravel behavior, such as reduced car use, cold start of car engines, and participation in non-mandatory outdoor activities are considered in assessing pro-environmental potential. The algorithm is applied to collected small datasets from citizens of Hasselt (Belgium), Bologna (Italy), and Guildford (UK). A significant replaceable potential for car trips within 3 km to cycling and car trips to public transport has been found. The replaceable potential of excessive cold starts and participation in non-mandatory outdoor activities were also found, to some extent, to bring positive changes in the environment. In future research, these identified potentials are reported back to individuals with their consequence as part of a mobility-based informational intervention.

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Exploring the link between the neighborhood typologies, bicycle infrastructure and commuting cycling over time and the potential impact on commuter GHG emissions

Cited by 74 publications

References 27 publications

Digital Platform/Mobile App to Boost Cycling for the Promotion of Sustainable Mobility in Mid-Sized Starter Cycling Cities

Digital Platform/Mobile App to Boost Cycling for the Promotion of Sustainable Mobility in Mid-Sized Starter Cycling Cities

Contribution of shared bikes to carbon dioxide emission reduction and the economy in Beijing

Estimating pro-environmental potential for the development of mobility-based informational intervention: a data-driven algorithm

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