Built environment determinants of bicycle volume: A longitudinal analysis
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Built environment determinants of bicycle volume: A longitudinal analysis
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2017
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Journal of Transport and Land Use
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This study examines determinants of bicycle volume in the built environment with a five-year bicycle count dataset from Seattle, Washington. A generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) is used to capture the bicycle volume change over time while controlling for temporal autocorrelations. The GLMM assumes that bicycle count follows a Poisson distribution. The model results show that (1) the variables of non-winter seasons, peak hours, and weekends are positively associated with the increase of bicycle counts over time; (2) bicycle counts are fewer in steep areas; (3) bicycle counts are greater in zones with more mixed land use, a higher percentage of water bodies, or a greater percentage of workplaces; (4) the increment of bicycle infrastructure is positively associated with the increase of bicycle volume; and (5) bicycling is more popular in neighborhoods with a greater percentage of whites and younger adults. It concludes that areas with a smaller slope variation, a higher employment density, and a shorter distance to water bodies encourage bicycling. This conclusion suggests that to best boost bicycling, decision-makers should consider building more bicycle facilities in flat areas and integrating the facilities with employment densification and open-space creation and planning.
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10.5198/jtlu.2017.892
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Chen, Peng; Zhou, Jiangping; Sun, Feiyang. (2017). Built environment determinants of bicycle volume: A longitudinal analysis. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, 10.5198/jtlu.2017.892.
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