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Davis, California and Boulder, Colorado have some of the highest levels of bicycling of all U.S. cities. Although the two cities share many characteristics that are conducive to bicycling, they also differ in ways that could affect the nature of bicycling. Using data from an online survey conducted in 2006, this study examines differences in bicycling between the two cities, and explores differences in attitudes toward bicycling and perceptions of the physical and social environments. A binary logistic model using market segmentation method is developed to identify differences in the effects of these factors in explaining utilitarian-oriented bicycling between the two cities. The survey shows that overall bicycling levels of Davis and Boulder are not significantly different, but the share of transportation-oriented bicycling is significantly higher in Davis than in Boulder. Descriptive analysis suggests that bicycle infrastructure, land use patterns, and the social environment differ in important ways across the cities, while the binary logistic model shows that these factors have different effects in the two cities.

01147878

10-1671

English

17p

2010

Transportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting

DVD

Appendices (1) ; Figures (1) ; References (21) ; Tables (5)

Alternatives analysis; Bicycle travel; Cyclists; Transportation policy; Travel surveys; Websites (Information retrieval)

Boulder (Colorado); Davis (California)

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

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2010 Paper #10-1671

TRIS, TRB

Jan 25 2010 10:44AM