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Over the last ten years, a growing base of scholarship has examined the impact of bicycle facilities on use. While most of these studies have found positive associations between facilities and use, the vast majority of studies have been cross-sectional in nature. This study addresses the need for more longitudinal research examining the impact of bicycle facilities on use. This study examines the impact of a major investment in new bicycle facilities, the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program in Minneapolis. Since 2005, approximately $25 million has been invested in creating a network of active transportation facilities. This study uses pre- and post-count data at locations around Minneapolis to examine the impact of the program. The study first utilizes ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analysis to investigate broad trends in the bicycle counts. The results of this analysis were then used to provide guidance for building individual growth models which account for correlation among measures taken repeatedly. Bicycle facilities emerged as the prime correlate of counts and growth in counts over time.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANF20(2) Bicycle Research.

01503729

14-1512

English

13p

2014

Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Bicycle facilities; Evaluation and assessment; Impact studies; Least squares method; Nonmotorized transportation

Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program

Pilot programs

Minneapolis (Minnesota)

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

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2014 Paper #14-1512

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 27 2014 2:34PM