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https://doi.org/10.3141/2247-07

http://scholar.google.com...Neil&publication_year=2011

This study explored a methodology for assessing a neighborhood’s bicycle accessibility or “bikeability” on the basis of its mix of infrastructure and destinations, essentially the 20-min neighborhood for bicycles. Prior approaches to assessing bikeability were examined. A new method to measure bikeability that incorporates extensive bicycle infrastructure and land use destination location data is described. The assessment method compared neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon, that had significant differences in bicycle usage. On the basis of the new method, the findings confirmed that, taking into account route infrastructure and destination accessibility, East Portland locations were considerably less bikeable than Inner Portland locations. The assessment method was then rerun to incorporate potential investment and development scenarios to understand how they might affect neighborhood bikeability. The methodology provided steps toward making an objective bikeability assessment—asking if a place could be considered a 20-min neighborhood by bike—and pushed the effort to integrate transportation infrastructure and land-use factors. In its application, the process could be used to explore where planned (or hypothetical) infrastructure or development could be most helpful and which neighborhoods might not receive much added value from the planned improvements.

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11-1552

English

pp 53-63

2011

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309167673

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Accessibility; Bicycle facilities; Bicycle travel; Bicycling; Evaluation and assessment; Infrastructure; Land use; Methodology; Neighborhoods; Origin and destination; Residential location; Urban development

Bicycling distance

Portland (Oregon)

Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Feb 17 2011 5:51PM

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• Bicycle Parking Analysis with Time Series Photography
• China’s Hangzhou Public Bicycle: Understanding Early Adoption and Behavioral Response to Bikesharing
• Estimating Potential Effect of Speed Limits, Built Environment, and Other Factors on Severity of Pedestrian and Cyclist Injuries in Crashes
• Evaluation of Shared Lane Markings in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• How Do Level of Experience, Purpose for Riding, and Preference for Facilities Affect Location of Riding? Study of Adult Bicycle Riders in Queensland, Australia
• Impact of Bicycle Lane Characteristics on Exposure of Bicyclists to Traffic-Related Particulate Matter
• Intersection Crossing Times of Bicyclists: Quantitative Measurements at Diverse Intersections
• Much-Anticipated Marriage of Cycling and Transit: How Will It Work?
• Pilot Models for Estimating Bicycle Intersection Volumes
• Travel Time Competitiveness of Cycling in Sydney, Australia
• Uniform Vehicle Code and State Statutes Governing Bicycling, 2010: Analysis of Definitions and Statutes
• Weather or Not to Cycle: Temporal Trends and Impact of Weather on Cycling in an Urban Environment