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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

Understanding Factors That Lead to Electric Bicycles for Bay Area Users with Children

Principal Investigator Alainna Thomas, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

This study sought to understand who family electric bike (e-bike) users are, their motivations for purchasing an e-bike, and the challenges they encounter.

Project Status

Complete

Understanding the Characteristics of Non-Bike Users Having Positive Attitudes Toward Biking and how Bike Sharing Systems Nudge them Toward Biking

Principal Investigator Tatsuya Fukushige
University of California, Davis

This project studies attitudes and behaviors of non-cyclists in response to bike share programs. Results could inform businesses and policymakers in promoting bike share to the greater population.

Project Status

Complete

User Preferences for Bicycle Infrastructure and the Impact of Infrastructure on Bicycle Trips

Research Product Type

Dissertation / Thesis

This dissertation contains analyses on data from a dual-wave survey deployed between 2016 and 2018 in communities in the Southern United States regarding bicycle infrastructure.

User Preferences of Bicycle Infrastructure

Principal Investigator Calvin Clark
Georgia Institute of Technology

This project used a survey in areas without a strong bicycling culture, with the intent to measure the preferences for cycling infrastructure among current and potential cyclists. Results could be useful in informing infrastructure investments.

Project Status

Complete

Webinar: Considering Traffic-Related Air Pollution in Bicycle Route Planning

This webinar provided insight on how the inclusion of traffic-related air pollution can change the outcome of bicycle route planning.

Webinar: Making Bicycling Comfortable: Identifying minimum infrastructure needs using a video survey

In this webinar, Dr. Dillon Fitch uses results from a video survey to discuss the limitations of on-road bicycling infrastructure, the range of effects person- and road-level attributes have on bicycling comfort, and to identify minimum on-road infrastructure needed to support comfortable bicycling.

Webinar: Using Cycling Impedance to Assess the Potential Benefits of New Cycling Infrastructure

Event Overview

Impedance functions measure the relative difficulty of travel, primarily through travel time. They play a crucial role in deciding which transportation infrastructure projects get funded, yet there is little research on how to measure cycling impedance.