Bicyclist commuters’ choice of on-street versus off-street route segments
In this study, the authors examine factors influencing bicyclist's choice to use either off-street (sidewalk and bicycle path) or on-street (bicycle lane and roadway) bicycle facilities. Bicyclists headed to Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, USA were surveyed on campus at the end of their trips to determine their facility choices along their routes. A mixed logit model was developed to analyze facility preferences and capture unobserved heterogeneity across the sample. A number of variables were found to be statistically significant, including effective sidewalk width, traffic signals, segment length, road functional class, street pavement condition, and one-way street configuration. Also, bicycle paths were found to be more attractive choices to the bicyclists than bicycle lanes. The authors concluded that their model's predictions can help determine where invsetments in particular bicycle facilities would generate the most positive response from bicyclists.
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Authors:
- Kang, Lei
- Fricker, Jon D
- Publication Date: 2013-9
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 887-902
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Serial:
- Transportation
- Volume: 40
- Issue Number: 5
- Publisher: Springer
- ISSN: 0049-4488
- EISSN: 1572-9435
- Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/11116
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bicycle facilities; Bicycle lanes; Bikeways; Commuters; Cyclists; Logits; Route choice
- Identifier Terms: Purdue University
- Uncontrolled Terms: Road segments
- Geographic Terms: West Lafayette (Indiana)
- Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01494703
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 30 2013 10:37AM