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Increasing bicycle use for utilitarian trips is a common city objective for health and environmental improvement and congestion reduction, but cyclists react heterogeneously to interventions and infrastructure. Understanding cyclist types helps comprehending this diverse population. This study uses data from 2,004 surveyed Montreal cyclists to generate a multidimensional cyclist typology based on seven factors derived from 35 variables, mostly proven bicycle usage intensity determinants. The analysis revealed four distinct cyclist types: dedicated cyclists, path-using cyclists, fairweather utilitarians, and leisure cyclists. The cycling frequencies of each group respond differently to potential interventions and vary within commuting rate ranges with apparent minima and maxima. Building a network adapted to different cyclist types and emphasizing its convenience, flexibility and speed, would be an effective strategy to increase cycling mode share and frequency among the various groups. Findings from this study can be of benefit to transportation engineers, planners and policy makers as they help in better understanding the impacts of various interventions on the different groups of cyclists.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANF20 Bicycle Transportation. Alternate title: What’s Your Type? Multidimensional Cyclist Typology

01503729

14-2266

English

24p

2014

Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; Maps; References; Tables

Bicycle commuting; Classification; Cluster analysis; Cyclists; Factor analysis; Modal split; Motivation; Policy, legislation and regulation; Surveys

Multidimensional; Typology

Montreal (Canada)

Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2014 Paper #14-2266

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 27 2014 2:48PM