Understanding cyclists’ perceptions, keys for a successful bicycle promotion

Fernández-Heredia, Álvaro; Monzón, Andrés; Jara-Dı́az, Sergio

doi:10.1016/j.tra.2014.02.013

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“…This finding further supports that not only young drivers are at elevated risk [37][38][39] but also young cyclists tend to present a higher crash risk when riding [40,41]. In addition, intentions, attitudes and perceptions of users have also been correlated to the age, experience and other human factors of cyclists and may play a crucial role for the design of cyclist-related policies [42]. Finally, behavioural factors such as avoidance and problematic interaction with environmental elements of the road correlated with cyclists' age and hours spent cycling per week.…”

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Infrastructural and Human Factors Affecting Safety Outcomes of Cyclists

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Abstract:The increasing number of registered road crashes involving cyclists during the last decade and the high proportion of road crashes resulting in severe injuries and fatalities among cyclists constitutes a global issue for community health, urban development and sustainability. Nowadays, the incidence of many risk factors for road crashes of cyclists remains largely unexplained. Given the importance of this issue, the present study has been conducted with the aim of determining relationships between infrastructural, human factors and safety outcomes of cyclists. Objectives: This study aimed, first, to examine the relationship between key infrastructural and human factors present in cycling, bicycle-user characteristics and their self-reported experience with road crashes. And second, to determine whether a set of key infrastructural and human factors may predict their self-reported road crashes. Methods: For this cross-sectional study, a total of 1064 cyclists (38.8% women, 61.2% men; M = 32.8 years of age) from 20 different countries across Europe, South America and North America, participated in an online survey composed of four sections: demographic data and cycling-related factors, human factors, perceptions on infrastructural factors and road crashes suffered. Results: The results of this study showed significant associations between human factors, infrastructural conditions and self-reported road crashes. Also, a logistic regression model found that self-reported road crashes of cyclists could be predicted through variables such as age, riding intensity, risky behaviours and problematic user/infrastructure interactions. Conclusions:The results of this study suggest that self-reported road crashes of cyclists are influenced by features related to the user and their interaction with infrastructural characteristics of the road.

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“…This belief is shared by all (especially by non-users) but it can be considered as what is desirable or socially prescriptive: people "should" ride bicycles. Nevertheless, it does not seem to be a central belief that helps to increase the short-term intention of using this mode, coinciding with Heinen and Handy (2012), Van Bekkum et al (2011) andFernández-Heredia et al (2013). However, from our viewpoint, in cities with a public policy that favors cycling, its ecological benefit may activate personal, ecological norms or norms related to environmental concerns.…”

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“…This methodology seemed particularly useful, taking into account the scarcity of investigations on bicycle usage in Spain from a psychosocial perspective (Fernández-Heredia, Monzón, & Jara-Díaz, 2013). The content analysis of the participants' observations can serve to create or adapt questionnaires to perform quantitative studies of the beliefs about cycling.…”

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Qualitative analysis on cycle commuting in two cities with different cycling environments and policies

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a b s t r a c tThis work presents the results of a qualitative study of the rating of the bicycle as the transport mode to travel to the workplace. Twenty-one semistructured interviews were performed in two Spanish cities, Vitoria-Gasteiz and Madrid, with different cycling infrastructures and percentages of bicycle usage. The results were categorized and interpreted within the framework of the theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 1991). The results indicate that the bicycle is considered a reliable and flexible transport mode in instrumental terms, and that providing objective information about its advantages could increase its attraction for non-cyclists. Other intrinsic benefits, such as its effects on physical fitness, are highly valued. The benefits of bicycle usage on the environment do not seem to be aspects that directly motivate its use. These symbolic beliefs contribute to its revaluation as a transport mode, and may increase the acceptance of public policies favoring it. The analysis also shows a prototypical image of the cyclist as a young, active, and socially aware person. The perception of risk of accidents is the main obstacle for non-cyclists, but not among riders. The latter make internal attributions about their personal safety, choosing routes with less traffic, riding the bicycle in a safer way. Control beliefs distinguish between beliefs associated with external factors (like infrastructure and other measures provided by public bodies to increase cycling) and those attributed to internal factors (perception of self-efficacy in the face of drawbacks, clothing, climatology, or insecurity). Presenting these coping strategies to people contemplating the possibility of cycling can increase their motivation. These results may be particularly useful when designing measurement instruments that take these differences of perception of control into account.

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“…Too dangerous, lack of sufficient fitness, lack of motivation, lack of facilities at work (showers, bike racks, etc. ), no bike lanes, personal safety during journey, bad weather, lack of proper lighting, distance, topography, lack of safe parking at destination, lack of cycling knowledge or experience, too much traffic, uncomfortable, difficulties with trip chaining, need to carry things, air pollution, free car parking at work, lack of time, and bad road conditions (3,4,6,9,16,(18)(19)(20)(21)(22).…”

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Cycling Habits and Other Psychological Variables Affecting Commuting by Bicycle in Madrid, Spain

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Monzón

Lois

2013

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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for daily mobility. Traditional discrete choice models are mainly based on variables such as time and cost. These variables do not sufficiently explain the choice of the bicycle as a mode of transportation. Some researchers have noted a significant influence of psychological factors-such as attitudes, social norms, perceived behavioral control and habits-in the decision to commute by bicycle. Bicycle commuters show more positive attitudes toward bicycle use (2-5), more perceived social norms or psychological support for using the bicycle (2,3,6), more positive perceived behavioral control toward bicycle use (2), and less perception of barriers (4, 6). However, habits reduce the influence of these constructs in the decision to use the bicycle (7). Habits of using other modes have a negative impact on bicycle use (8), while the habit of using the bicycle for noncommuting mobility increases the frequency of bicycle use for commuting trips (7,9). In view of the limited research on the relationship between attitudes, other psychological constructs, and cycling (10), this research project aims to continue analyzing the relationship between psychological factors and bicycle commuting by following the research work of Heinen et al. (5).The paper is organized as follows. The theoretical framework is presented in the next section. That is followed by descriptions of the case study, data collection, and variables. Next come the results, which determine the differences between various types of users in their perceptions of cycling factors. On the basis of those factors, the main structures underlying attitudinal and other psychological variables are identified and defined. The analysis continues with an examination of the psychological factors influencing bicycle commuting through a binary logit model. The final section contains some policy recommendations and conclusions. FRAMEWORKThe framework of this paper is the theory of planned behavior (TPB) (11), which is the best-known and most widely supported attitudinal psychological theory in most studies relating to behavioral decisions. This theory has been used in various studies on cycling (2,5,12) and in the field of active travel behavior (7,13). TPB states that attitudes toward a behavior, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control combine to shape an individual's behavioral intention and final behavior, which in the case of the current research is commuting by bicycle. These components are described by Ajzen as follows: the attitude toward a behavior is "the degree to which performance of the behavior is positively or negatively valued"; the subjective norm is "the perceived social pressure to engage or not to engage in a behavior"; and the perceived behavioral control (PBC) refers to "people's people's decision to cycle to work-place of study is tested by using a logit model. In the case study of Madrid, Spain, the decision to cycle to workplace of study is heavily influenced by cycling habits (for noncommuting trips). Because bicycle commuting is not common, a...

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Understanding cyclists’ perceptions, keys for a successful bicycle promotion

Cited by 126 publications

References 38 publications

Infrastructural and Human Factors Affecting Safety Outcomes of Cyclists

Infrastructural and Human Factors Affecting Safety Outcomes of Cyclists

Qualitative analysis on cycle commuting in two cities with different cycling environments and policies

Cycling Habits and Other Psychological Variables Affecting Commuting by Bicycle in Madrid, Spain

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