Cycling to work and making cycling work: What makes committed utility cyclists despite perceived risks of air pollution and traffic?

Bosen, Jennifer; Fuchte, Hanna E.; Leicht-Scholten, Carmen

doi:10.1016/j.jth.2022.101519

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“…According to their analysis of university commuters carried out in Léon (France), the most important barriers to the use of bicycles are unsafety and thefts at the university. One of the most serious causes of concern is traffic risk (Bosen et al, 2023). Accident involving active travelers are frequent and have severe impacts on vulnerable users (Ma et al, 2021).…”

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Exploring the prospects and challenges of sustainable urban mobility: Potential and limits of cycling in Venice

Bircu,

Cavallaro,

Pozzer

et al. 2024

JTLU

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The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the travel behavior of commuters, with soft modes emerging as reliable options for short-distance trips. This research focuses on evaluating the bike-friendliness of Venice, Italy, a unique city for its morphological and mobility characteristics. When considering daily commuting between the mainland and the historic city center in the lagoon, the bicycle is not an adopted solution. Yet, the recent construction of a bicycle and pedestrian path that runs alongside the main bridge between the mainland and historical city could alleviate the pressure on public transport and the use of cars, especially in peak hours. This contribution evaluates the potential for using bicycles to reach the historic center of Venice from the mainland, and the appropriateness of the infrastructural equipment. The quantitative analysis examines the current supply and demand in absolute values and in terms of modal share. Projecting the number of actual users under different scenarios until 2030, in accordance with the Venice Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan and other relevant plans, the inadequate provision of parking areas for bikes emerges as an unsolved issue. A revision of the mobility layout is thus required if bicycles are expected to be a competitive alternative solution.

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confidence: 99%

Exploring the prospects and challenges of sustainable urban mobility: Potential and limits of cycling in Venice

Bircu,

Cavallaro,

Pozzer

et al. 2024

JTLU

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Software Tool for Optimizing Cycling Route by Defining Cyclist Air Pollution Exposure

Zhivkov,

Simidchiev

2024

Studies in Computational Intelligence

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Exploring the effect of perceived safety in first/last mile mode choices

Tzouras,

Pastia,

Kaparias

et al. 2024

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Micro-mobility transport modes like e-bikes and e-scooters promise higher flexibility when covering the first/last mile trip from/to the public transport stop/station to the destination point and vice-versa. However, safety concerns about riding a micro vehicle in mixed traffic limit the flexibility of shared mobility modes and make conventional ones still more attractive, e.g., private car and walking. This study investigates the effect of perceived safety in first/last mile mode choice by conducting an image-based double stated preference experiment targeted at potential micro-mobility users and developing ordinal and mixed logistic regression models. The Value-of-Safety (VoS) is introduced. It refers to the additional distance a user is willing to exchange to avoid an unsafe path. Main findings show that shared space can be a middle-ground solution, as it reports lower heterogeneity among individuals in terms of safety perceptions. The intensive use of e-scooters in mixed-traffic decreases the perceived safety of pedestrians, while e-bikers are threatened by the existence of heavy motorized traffic. Low mean VoS is also reported for e-scooters, demonstrating the unwillingness of potential micro-mobility service users to either detour or use this micro vehicle. The mean VoS of the e-bike is estimated as almost equal to that of the private car. It could be, hence, concluded that perceived safety can systematically explain the unobserved disutility of e-bikes.

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Cycling to work and making cycling work: What makes committed utility cyclists despite perceived risks of air pollution and traffic?

Cited by 3 publications

References 48 publications

Exploring the prospects and challenges of sustainable urban mobility: Potential and limits of cycling in Venice

Exploring the prospects and challenges of sustainable urban mobility: Potential and limits of cycling in Venice

Software Tool for Optimizing Cycling Route by Defining Cyclist Air Pollution Exposure

Exploring the effect of perceived safety in first/last mile mode choices

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