Motivations and Barriers to Bicycle Commuting: Lessons from Poland
The authors make use of a nation-wide survey, “Bicycle use in everyday commuting” (n = 1159 + 300) to identify the motivations and barriers to commuting by bicycle in Poland. Only 10.9% of adult Poles commute this way, and 7.6% do so frequently. Bicycle is also rarely considered a dominant mode of transport. In many cases, it is the choice of the worse-off individuals (poorly educated, less wealthy, rural areas dwellers etc.). Based on factor and cluster analysis of declared motivations, the authors identified 4 segments of commuters: conscious, forced, pro-health, and lifestyle cyclists. The first group rates existing road infrastructure, cycling facilities and safety issues differently than non-cyclists. The availability of basic facilities (parking place, cloakrooms, showers) is declared significantly more often by cyclists, while car drivers’ behavior on the roads is evaluated more negatively, comparing to non-cyclists.
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- © 2018 Elzbieta Biernat, Sonia Buchholtz, and Piotr Bartkiewicz. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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Authors:
- Biernat, Elzbieta
- Buchholtz, Sonia
- Bartkiewicz, Piotr
- Publication Date: 2018-5
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: References;
- Pagination: pp 492-502
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
- Volume: 55
- Issue Number: 0
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 1369-8478
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13698478
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bicycle commuting; Bicycle lanes; Infrastructure; Mode choice; Socioeconomic factors; Travel behavior
- Geographic Terms: Poland
- Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01670035
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: May 22 2018 5:22PM