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Making Bicycling Comfortable: Identifying Minimum Infrastructure Needs by Population Segment using a Video Survey

Principal Investigator Susan Handy, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

The researchers will evaluate results from video surveys in order to determine individuals' perceptions of safe, comfortable bicycle infrastructure.

Project Status

Complete

Making Bicycling Comfortable: Identifying Minimum Infrastructure Needs by Population Segments Using a Video Survey

Research Product Type

Research Report

In this study, researchers use survey data to analyze bicycling comfort and its relationship with socio-demographics, bicycling attitudes, and bicycling behavior.

Mitigate “Bikeshare Desert” in Underserved Communities

Principal Investigator Xiaodong Qian, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

This project studies obstacles to implementing bike-sharing programs in underserved communities. Results could inform better bike-share access for such communities.

Project Status

Complete

Modeling Framework for Socially Inclusive Bikesharing Services

Research Product Type

Dissertation / Thesis

This dissertation work addresses three fundamental bikeshare equity problems.

NCST's 2019 Outstanding Student of the Year

by Anna Espitallier
November 20, 2019

Education

The National Center for Sustainable Transportation is excited to announce our 2019 UTC Outstanding Student of the Year - Calvin Clark!

Riverside Bicycle Route Planning Tool

Research Product Type

Planning Tool

This ArcGIS tool lets planners, engineers, and other users map out potential bike routes in Riverside, California.

Sacramento Area Bicycle Survey

Principal Investigator Susan Handy, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

This project documents how the 2018 bike-share program in the Sacramento region impacted local travel behavior. Researchers conducted a before-and-after analysis on bicycling, transit use, and vehicle miles of travel.

Project Status

Complete

The Reciprocal Relationship between Children and Young Adults’ Travel Behavior and Their Travel Attitudes, Skills, and Norms

Research Product Type

Dissertation / Thesis

This dissertation examines the relationship between "motility," or mobility skills & attitudes, and travel behavior. Specifically, the researcher examines bicycling among schoolchildren and college-aged students and drivers license delays among teenagers.

The Road Environment and Urban Bicycling: Psychophysiological and Behavioral Responses

Research Product Type

Dissertation / Thesis

This dissertation is about bicycling as a mode of transportation, specifically about how road environments influence perceptions of safety and attitudes about bicycling, and how policies aimed at changing the road environment might influence travel behavior more broadly.

The Road Environment and Urban Bicycling: Psychophysiological and Behavioral Responses and their Implications for Transportation Planning

Principal Investigator Dillon Fitch-Polse, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

The three-part research study focuses specifically on the relationship between the road environment and bicycling behaviors. Results demonstrate that large scale changes to road environments may be needed to influence bicycling perceptions, attitudes, and behavior.

Project Status

Complete