Bicycle Network Connectivity and Accessibility: A Study on the Effects of Bike Infrastructures on Bicycle Sharing System Demand

A bicycle-sharing system (public bicycle system, or bike-share scheme) is a service in which bicycles are made available for shared use to individuals on a short term basis for a price or free. Many bike share systems allow users to borrow a bike from a station and return it at another station belonging to the same system. The goal is to encourage cycling as a mode of transportation as well as recreation. As a result, the bicycle infrastructure investments grow with more cyclists on the road. The proposed project is a longitudinal analysis to study the effects of bike infrastructures, particularly bike lanes and bike paths, on bicycle sharing system demand.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $85959
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747133

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Center for Advanced Multimodal Mobility Solutions and Education

  University of North Carolina, Charlotte
  Charlotte, NC  United States  28223

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  University of North Carolina - Charlotte

  9201 University City Blvd
  Charlotte, North Carolina  United States  28223-0001
• Project Managers:

  Fan, Wei

• Performing Organizations:

  Texas Southern University, Houston

  3100 Cleburne Street
  Houston, TX  United States  77004
• Principal Investigators:

  Azimi, Mehdi

  Qi, Yi

• Start Date: 20191001
• Expected Completion Date: 20210930
• Actual Completion Date: 20210930

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Bicycle facilities; Bicycle travel; Bike and ride; Cities; Connectivity; Equity; Estimating; Travel behavior; Travel demand; Vehicle sharing
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01724144
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Advanced Multimodal Mobility Solutions and Education
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747133
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Dec 1 2019 10:26PM