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Title:

Capturing the Interdependencies Between Bicycle Usage and Activity Patterns: Case Study of Bengbu, China

Accession Number:

01365985

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

The choice of bicycle as the travel mode is closely associated with the pattern of daily travel activity. However, it is unclear whether the usage of bicycle is determined by the activity pattern or the choice of bicycle is prior to the planning of an activity. This study aims to investigate the interdependency between bicycle usage and activity patterns, and capture the decision order between them. To achieve the research objective, data was extracted from the household travel survey in urban area of Bengbu, China. The co-evolutionary approach combined with multinomial logit (MNL) model was used to capture the interrelationship between bicycle usage and activity patterns. The analytical procedure included five steps: sort of bicycle usage and activity patterns, statistical analysis, MNL model specification, co-evolutionary modeling process and the final model evaluation. It turned out that on average 4.25 cycles were needed to reach a final decision for both bicycle usage and activity pattern choice facets. The higher number of iterations implied the interactions in the order of the two choice facets. The model estimation results showed that in the majority of the cases, activity pattern is made in prior to mode choice. In other words, travelers made the decision on bicycling or not according to the pattern of their daily activities. Furthermore, this study also found that the patterns of subsistence activities had larger impacts on the choice of bicycle compared to the maintenance and recreational activities. The findings of this study can help better understand travelers' determination on bicycle choice and make policies to promote the use of bicycle.

Monograph Accession #:

01362476

Report/Paper Numbers:

12-2224

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Jiang, Guojun
Yuan, Zhenzhou
Yang, Chen
Li, Zhibin

Pagination:

18p

Publication Date:

2012

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2012-1-22 to 2012-1-26
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Bengbu (China)

Subject Areas:

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

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2012 Paper #12-2224

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 8 2012 5:08PM