The Davis Bicycle Studies

As a means of transportation and as a form of physical activity, bicycling generates benefits to the bicyclist as well as to the community as a whole. Bicycling now accounts for less than 1 percent of all trips for all purposes in the U.S., but evidence from other western countries suggests that under the right conditions, bicycling levels can be significantly higher. The experience of Davis, California suggests that it is possible to create conditions conducive to higher levels of bicycling in the U.S. However, the extent to which bicycling policy has contributed to bicycling levels in Davis has not been rigorously assessed. This project aims to fill that gap through a series of studies of bicycling behavior in Davis and comparison communities designed to determine the influence of bicycle infrastructure and mixed-use land use patterns relative to individual preferences, community culture, and other factors. This project focuses on the analysis of data collected using an on-line survey in Davis and five comparison cities in early fall 2006, supplemented by a follow-up phone survey of Davis residents completed in spring 2008 and complemented by interviews to be conducted with Davis residents as a part of the proposed project. This project continues Phases 2 and 3 of the Davis Bicycle Studies.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $63196.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT06-G-0022

  R03-1

• Sponsor Organizations:

  California Department of Transportation

  1227 O Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95843
• Performing Organizations:

  Sustainable Transportation Center/ITS-Davis

  ITS-Davis
  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States  95616
• Principal Investigators:

  Handy, Susan

• Start Date: 20081001
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20090930
• Source Data: RiP Project 20898

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycle commuting; Bicycle facilities; Bicycle lanes; Bicycle travel; Cyclists; Research projects; Travel behavior
• Geographic Terms: Davis (California)
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01468380
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: University of California Transportation Center/Institute of Transportation Studies
• Contract Numbers: DTRT06-G-0022, R03-1
• Files: UTC, RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 3:50PM