Interventions in Bicycle Infrastructure, Lessons from Dutch and Danish Cases

Goeverden, K Van; Nielsen, Thomas Alexander Sick; Harder, Henrik; Nes, Rob van

doi:10.1016/j.trpro.2015.09.090

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“…When the travel time by bike is shorter relative to time travelled by car, more people are likely to cycle. This is in accordance with findings from British cities and towns [16] and other interventions on bicycle infrastructure [29]. The present ratio is based on distance between home and work, and the route is estimated by the GIS-tool routes, choosing the most likely route for bike and car.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…In the UK, walking is twice as common as cycling [28]. Interestingly, short distances have been reported to be of greater importance than safety when it comes to choices of route among cyclists [29]. This may be why we observed that longer distances were associated with lower perceived safety, as the cyclist may choose a more unsafe route to reduce the travel distance.…”

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confidence: 73%

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Correlates of Commuter Cycling in Three Norwegian Counties

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Rüther

Riiser

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Globally, there is an increasing challenge of physical inactivity and associated diseases. Commuter cycling is an everyday physical activity with great potential to increase the health status in a population. We aimed to evaluate the association of self-reported factors and objectively measured environmental factors in residence and along commuter routes and assessed the probability of being a commuter cyclist in Norway. Our study included respondents from a web-based survey in three Norwegian counties and we used a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to evaluate the natural and built environment. Of the 1196 respondents, 488 were classified as commuter cyclists. Self-reported factors as having access to an e-bike (OR 5.99 [CI: 3.71–9.69]), being physically active (OR 2.56 [CI: 1.42–4.60]) and good self-rated health (OR 1.92 [CI: 1.20–3.07]) increased the probability of being a cyclist, while being overweight or obese (OR 0.71 [CI: 0.54–0.94]) reduced the probability. Environmental factors, such as high population density (OR 1.49 [CI: 1.05–2.12]) increased the probability, while higher slope (trend p = 0.020), total elevation along commuter route (trend p = 0.001), and >5 km between home and work (OR 0.17 [CI: 0.13–0.23]) decreased the probability of being a cyclist. In the present study, both self-reported and environmental factors were associated with being a cyclist. With the exception of being in good health, the characteristics of cyclists in Norway, a country with a low share of cyclists, seem to be similar to countries with a higher share of cyclists. With better knowledge about characteristics of cyclists, we may design better interventions and campaigns to increase the share of commuter cyclists.

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confidence: 87%

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Correlates of Commuter Cycling in Three Norwegian Counties

Nordengen

Rüther

Riiser

et al. 2019

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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.…”

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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

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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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“…Van Goeverden [38] reviewed studies that had assessed bicycle infrastructural interventions in the Netherlands and Denmark. One of the aspects that was considered was mode choice, for which seven studies that had used travel behavior surveys were found and summarized.…”

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“…The results indicated that the shifts from driving to cycling had been minimal. Van Goeverden et al [38] noted that in some of the referenced studies from Denmark, the changes from public transport were significantly larger than the shift from car-use. These findings collaborate the results about mode shift from the current study.…”

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Trialing a Road Lane to Bicycle Path Redesign—Changes in Travel Behavior with a Focus on Users’ Route and Mode Choice

2018

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Redistribution of space from private motorized vehicles to sustainable modes of transport is gaining popularity as an approach to alleviate transport problems in many cities around the world. This article investigates the impact of a trial Complete Streets project, in which road space is reallocated to bicyclists and pedestrians in Trondheim, Norway. The paper focuses on changes in the travel behavior of users of the street, with a focus on route and mode choice. In total, 719 people responded to a web-based travel survey, which also encompassed an integrated mapping Application Programming Interface (API). Amongst the findings of the survey is that the average length of the trial project that was utilized by cyclists on their most common journey through the neighborhood nearly doubled from 550 m to 929 m (p < 0.0005), suggesting that the intervention was highly attractive to bicyclists. Respondents were also asked whether they believe the trial project was positive for the local community, with the majority (87%) being positive or highly positive to the change. The intervention had a considerable impact on users’ travel behavior in terms of both frequency and choice of active transportation modes, together with leading to a change in route preferences.

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Interventions in Bicycle Infrastructure, Lessons from Dutch and Danish Cases

Cited by 35 publications

References 2 publications

Correlates of Commuter Cycling in Three Norwegian Counties

Correlates of Commuter Cycling in Three Norwegian Counties

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

Trialing a Road Lane to Bicycle Path Redesign—Changes in Travel Behavior with a Focus on Users’ Route and Mode Choice

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