What determines the use of private and shared bicycles? Evidence from the University of Lyon (France)

Nathalie Havet and Louafi Bouzouina
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Nathalie Havet: LAET - Laboratoire Aménagement Économie Transports - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - ENTPE - École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Louafi Bouzouina: LAET - Laboratoire Aménagement Économie Transports - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - ENTPE - École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Many cities have introduced policies to promote cycling through personal and shared bicycles. However, there are limited studies simultaneously exploring the determinants affecting the types of cycling and their interactions within the urban mobility system. This article aims to analyze factors influencing the use of private and shared bicycles using data from a student survey conducted at 17 academic institutions in Lyon, using a copula-based binary choice model. Our results show that spatial factors, such as residential location, shared bike accessibility, and home-campus distance, strongly influence the active mode choice. They also provide novel evidence on the complementarity and substitutability between cycling and other modes. For example, we find that while having a public transport season ticket significantly reduces the likelihood of commuting by bicycle, this substitutability is more pronounced between public transport and shared bike use than between public transport and use of private bikes. However, for multimodal home-study trips, shared bikes are stronger complements to alternative modes (including public transport) than private bikes. From a policy perspective, these results confirm the need for specific heterogeneous policies aimed at promoting cycling and sustainable mobility.

Keywords: home-campus mobility; bicycle use; private bike; bike-sharing system; accessibility; copula approach. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-03
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Published in Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research, 2025, 3, pp.100059. ⟨10.1016/j.jcmr.2025.100059⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmr.2025.100059

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