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Title:

Multimodal Travel Choices of Bicyclists: Multiday Data Analysis of Bicycle Use in Germany

Accession Number:

01151107

Record Type:

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Abstract:

Cycling demand has been growing in recent years in Germany. Today, during an average week, about 30% of the German population, including all age classes and rural as well as urban populations, use the bicycle as a means of transportation. Cyclists use their bicycles on average 3 days per week for about 30% of their trips. The bicycle, however, is a mode used for specific segments of everyday travel, particularly short distances, unlike the car, which is almost universal. Hence, cyclists exhibit multimodal travel behavior (i.e., they combine the bicycle with other modes and switch to public transport or the car when the bicycle is not suitable). The domain of the bicycle as a means of transport is a radius around home that on average is about 3 to 5 km, dependent on the urban form. Within this radius, the car with its flexibility is the only serious competitor to nonmotorized modes. For the neighborhood-oriented travel of cyclists, public transport performs well only in specific niches, such as travel at night or commuting to school or university. Here, public transport and the bicycle are competitors. Nevertheless, from a system perspective they are allies: each provides important components for a multimodal mobility tool kit that enables travelers to cultivate mobility that is less automobile oriented.

Monograph Title:

Bicycles 2010

Monograph Accession #:

01326539

Report Numbers:

10-1255

Language:

English

Authors:

Kuhnimhof, Tobias

University of Karlsruhe

Chlond, Bastian

University of Karlsruhe

Huang, Po-Chi

University of Karlsruhe

Pagination:

pp 19-27

Publication Date:

2010

Serial:

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Issue Number: 2190
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

9780309160643

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (2) ; References (16) ; Tables (5)

Geographic Terms:

Germany

Subject Areas:

Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Last Modified:

Jan 20 2011 9:44AM

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