Who is the typical bicyclist?

Promoting bicycling is important for individual health, environmental sustainability and transport demand management. However, very few people use a bicycle on a regular basis. This paper explores what views bicyclists and non-bicyclists in England may hold about the typical bicyclist and how such views are related to bicycling behavior and intentions. A survey was conducted among 244 bicyclists and non-bicyclists. On the basis of a range of statements on behavior, motivation and characteristics of the typical bicyclist, four different stereotypes could be distinguished: responsible, lifestyle, commuter and hippy-go-lucky. These views differed between bicyclists and non-bicyclists. Moreover, independent of past bicycling behavior, reported intentions to use a bicycle in the future were positively related to perceptions of the typical bicyclist as a commuter or hippy-go-lucky bicyclist. These findings have implications for encouraging bicycling, which may benefit from promoting bicycling as a common day-to-day activity rather than something that is only relevant for a few.

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Supplemental Notes:
- Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier
Authors:
- Gatersleben, Birgitta
- Haddad, Hebba
Publication Date: 2010-1

Language

English

Media Info

Media Type: Print
Features: References; Tables;
Pagination: pp 41-48
Serial:
- Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
- Volume: 13
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 1369-8478
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13698478

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Behavior; Bicycling; Cyclists; Motivation; Surveys
Uncontrolled Terms: Intentions; Stereotypes
Geographic Terms: England
Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 01150836
Record Type: Publication
Files: TRIS, ATRI
Created Date: Feb 19 2010 10:59AM