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Title:

If We Clear Them, Will They Come? Study to Identify Determinants of Winter Bicycling in Two Cold Canadian Cities
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Accession Number:

01473221

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

This paper investigates the determinants of winter cycling in cold North American cities. For this purpose, two online surveys were implemented in the City of Ottawa and Montreal Canada during the winter season 2012. The main outcome of interest is whether the respondent cycles during winter. The variables collected in the survey included socio-demographics (age, gender, occupation, income, etc), as well as perceptions of winter maintenance and weather conditions with regards to willingness to cycle. Using a logistic regression method, the effects of adverse weather conditions, snow/ice on ground and winter maintenance are determined after controlling for socio-demographic factors and trip distance in both cities. From the results in the two cities, it is clear that the improvement of winter maintenance operations on bicycle infrastructure has a positive and significant impact on winter cycling. After controlling for other factors, increased maintenance of bike facilities in the winter months is expected to increase in 20% to 30% the propensity to bike in the winter in the study cities. Operations to produce facilities clear of ice and snow seems to be effective to encourage winter cycling rates in Ottawa and Montreal. Biking on facilities that are not completely free of ice and snow has a negative effect of 20% to 40% (Ottawa) and 30% to 50% (Montreal) in the likelihood to bike in winter. The probability of cycling during the winter is also associated to age, gender, cycling habits and adverse weather conditions.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AHD65 Winter Maintenance.

Monograph Accession #:

01470560

Report/Paper Numbers:

13-3153

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Miranda-Moreno, Luis Fernando
Nosal, Thomas
Kho, Christopher

Pagination:

16p

Publication Date:

2013

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2013-1-13 to 2013-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Montreal (Canada); Ottawa (Canada)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; I62: Winter Maintenance

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2013 Paper #13-3153

Files:

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Feb 5 2013 12:38PM