Copy of Sustainable Tranportation: Bike/Ped

Barrier effects can impact cyclists’ travel time, level of comfort, and risk of accidents. When eliciting the valuation of these elements, simultaneous estimation is called for because the perceived level of comfort may depend on the accident risk. (2015)

As interest in sustainable transportation options rises, rail-trails—multiuse paths created from former railroad corridors—are in demand. Rail-trail development projects promote sustainability through environmental, economic, and social benefits such as enhancing public health, reducing vehicular travel, and promoting local economic development. (2015)

Mobility hubs are major transit access points and an integrated part of multi-modal transportation planning efforts. For the implementation of bicycle infrastructure improvements around mobility hubs a better understanding of bicycle access distances is needed. (2015)

With increasing concerns about environmental and energy issues in many large Chinese cities, local authorities are introducing public bicycle schemes to promote the use of green transportation modes. This paper proposes a novel model for investigating the effects of the public bicycle schemes in a congested multi-modal road network with auto, bus, and public bicycle travel. (2015)

Bicycle-sharing schemes have become an important piece of infrastructure in many cities across the world over the last decade. However, existing research investigating the role and impact of these schemes in cities is sparse. (2015)

Travel by bike in Melbourne (and other Australian cities) is rarely perceived as a safe choice. In several cities safety for cyclists is being improved and cycling is being promoted as a valuable but low cost, equitable and sustainable means of travel that provides incidental exercise and reduces sedentary related disease. (2015)

This study presents insights into the profile of eco-bicyclists. The empirical analysis is based on the estimation of binary logistic regression models. (2015)

Historically, the promotion of cycling has been neglected in most German cities with more than 500,000 inhabitants. In the last 15 years, however, some cities discovered the advantages of increasing the cycling share for both life quality and a more sustainable transport system in their cities. (2014)

An experiment tested whether physical disorder affected low to moderate income African–American children’s choice of street to walk on and their parents’ choice of a street for them to walk on. (2015)

This article focuses on micro-level walkability, which is measured at the route level and thus named “path walkability,” and tests whether path walkability influences transit users' mode choices to the station. To test its impact on access mode choices, a case study is conducted in downtown Mountain View, California. (2015)