Does new bicycle infrastructure result in new or rerouted bicyclists? A longitudinal GPS study in Oslo

Ray Pritchard, Dominik Bucher and Yngve Frøyen

Journal of Transport Geography, 2019, vol. 77, issue C, 113-125

Abstract: Well-connected bicycle infrastructure networks are widely accepted to be an important factor for increasing the level of bicycling in urban environments where motorised and active transport modes must co-exist. However, little is known about the extent to which new bicycle infrastructure results in changes of route amongst existing bicyclists as opposed to changes in the mode of transport. This article addresses the route-mode research gap through a panel study in which participant travel behaviour (n = 113) is recorded with a smartphone Global Positioning System (GPS) application. The study observes short-term changes to route and mode choice of participants before and after the establishment of a contraflow bicycle lane in Oslo, Norway. Video and radar-based traffic counting are used as supplementary methods to affirm bicycle volume changes in the broader population.

Keywords: Bicycle infrastructure; Transport planning; Urban planning; Route choice; Mode choice; GPS tracking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2019.05.005

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