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Depending on the purpose of their trip, cyclists can be broadly categorized as two types: commuter and non-commuter. Given the spatial and temporal constraints, commuter bicycling behavior is likely to be different from non-commuter bicycling behavior. The authors drew on a survey of cyclists to gain important insights into the characteristics, habits, motivations, and perceptions of both commuter and non-commuter cyclists. Towards that end, the authors conducted univariate analyses of socio-demographics and cycling habits. Acknowledging that exploratory analysis does not control for other exogenous variables simultaneously to draw conclusions at a multivariate level, the authors also performed a multivariate analysis of cyclists’ perceptions about their usually traveled route. The authors observe a high similarity between the two types of cyclists. For instance, the use of the bicycle for both commute and non-commute related purposes was prevalent amongst highly educated and high-income individuals. However, some differences, particularly in gender distribution, vehicle ownership, primary motivations, frequency, and perceptions, were discernible. Interestingly, women comprised the majority of non-commuter cyclists and recreation was their primary purpose while being be more concerned about cycling in mixed traffic environment and sharing the roadway with heavy vehicles.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANF20 Standing Committee on Bicycle Transportation.

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17-03435

English

18p

2017

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Attitudes; Behavior; Bicycle commuting; Bicycling; Cyclists; Demographics; Human characteristics; Social factors; Vehicle mix

Habits; Univariate analysis

Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-03435

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 8 2016 11:17AM