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While most of the literature on children bicycling to school focuses on the influence of infrastructure interventions, relatively few studies have robustly evaluated the influence of encouragement efforts. The authors analyze bicycle rack count data collected in the city of Davis, CA, where the city and local volunteers have recently undertaken three encouragement efforts: the Active4.me scanning program, the Monkey Money incentive system, and the national Bike-to-School Day celebration.After accounting for the schools’physical environment and characteristics, as well as the influence of weather and the natural environment, the authors find that all three of the encouragement efforts increase levels of bicycling to school. The authors conclude by suggesting that these encouragement programs have the potential for lasting influence by providing children with the skills and confidence to bicycle now and later in life and note the potential for further state support for the parent volunteers who operate these encouragement programs.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANB10 Standing Committee on Transportation Safety Management.

01618707

17-01759

English

18p

2017

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

References; Tables

Bicycle facilities; Bicycling; Motivation; Outreach; School trips

Bicycle racks

Davis (California)

Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-01759

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 8 2016 10:36AM