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{"title":"Road lighting and cycling: A review of the academic literature and policy guidelines","authors":"Eugeni Vidal-Tortosa,&nbsp;Robin Lovelace","doi":"10.1016/j.jcmr.2023.100008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcmr.2023.100008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Many studies have explored the impact of macro and meso attributes of the built environment – such as population density, land use, proximity to services, and cycle infrastructure – on cycling. Less attention has been paid to micro attributes of the built environment. This paper reviews the academic literature on the relationship between road lighting and cycling, and identifies gaps to provide direction to future work. It also reviews policy guidelines on lighting and cycling infrastructure. Findings from the review of academic research show a clear positive effect of road lighting on cycling. The effect seems stronger among potential and less experienced cyclists. This suggests that investment in road lighting may be a cost-effective intervention to increase cycling and make it more inclusive. More empirical work is needed, including on the impact that lighting may have on different types of cyclists and cycling, the optimal lighting for cyclists, the cost-effectiveness of lighting interventions, and in developing countries and countries at extreme latitudes. There is also a need for research with higher geographic and temporal resolution, “before/after” approaches to explore changes over time, and accounting for other factors associated with cycling. Findings from the review of policy guidelines reveal that lighting in cycling infrastructure is increasingly being considered, not only for the safety of cyclists, but also to make utility cycling more appealing and accessible in the dark.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100771,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research","volume":"2 ","pages":"Article 100008"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950105923000086/pdfft?md5=4b4aed652cac72d527e78fdca78ffce8&pid=1-s2.0-S2950105923000086-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138610924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Children and youngster's gaze behaviour when cycling in familiar environments","authors":"Katja Kircher ,&nbsp;Christer Ahlström","doi":"10.1016/j.jcmr.2023.100006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmr.2023.100006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Active travel is beneficial for individuals and society in many ways. As transportation habits are formed at a young age, active school transport should be promoted. However, young children are often portrayed as not being able to cope with the demands traffic imposes on them. Most studies tend to confirm the notion that older children perform better than younger children, however, they are usually conducted in controlled environments that are unfamiliar to the participants. Here, 28 participants in two age groups (6–12 and 13–18 years) cycled their usual way to school to guarantee familiarity with the environment. They wore eye trackers, and the surroundings were filmed by a camera on the handlebars and by another camera mounted on the bicycle of an experimenter, who followed the participant. For each trip, all attentional target areas were identified based on infrastructure layout, traffic rules and turning direction. It was coded whether the children monitored these areas. Additionally, glance targets and glance purpose were coded. More than 80 % of all target areas were monitored. Regardless of age, a higher number of simultaneous target areas increased the likelihood that some relevant target areas were missed. The glance distribution across different types of target areas did not vary between the age groups. An increase in the number of simultaneous target areas led to a decrease in spare visual capacity and an increase in glances dedicated to checking for traffic. Overall, children in both age groups were generally attentive in their familiar environment. Difficulties were associated with a higher number of simultaneous target areas. A more controlled setup is needed to identify potentially modifying factors, and a comparison with adults is needed to for a fair valuation of the children’s performance.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100771,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100006"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950105923000062/pdfft?md5=9b4496f6a3b8ee9f0ca2ea858f1fa38c&pid=1-s2.0-S2950105923000062-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136890947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"All ages and abilities cycling infrastructure, cycling activity, and perceived safety: Findings from a natural experiment study in three mid-sized Canadian cities","authors":"Tessa Williams ,&nbsp;David G.T. Whitehurst ,&nbsp;Trisalyn Nelson ,&nbsp;Daniel Fuller ,&nbsp;Suzanne Therrien ,&nbsp;Lise Gauvin ,&nbsp;Meghan Winters","doi":"10.1016/j.jcmr.2023.100005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmr.2023.100005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>As many cities aim to increase cycling ridership, they turn to research for evidence on the effectiveness of building cycling infrastructure. Our study team of researchers and practitioners designed a natural experiment study to assess the impacts of cycling infrastructure on two outcomes: self-reported cycling activity and perceived safety. The intervention was a 33 kilometre ‘all ages and abilities’ (AAA) network in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. We included Kelowna, British Columbia and Halifax, Nova Scotia as control cites. In 2016, 2019, and 2021, we conducted population surveys on transportation behaviours with ∼1000 respondents per wave, per city, using age and gender quotas. We measured exposure as the distance from each respondent’s postal code to the nearest AAA infrastructure. We completed a triple-difference analysis to estimate the effect of living closer to AAA infrastructure (≤ 500 m) on cycling activity and perceived safety over time. Across study cities, cycling increased marginally during the study period, although there was no statistical difference in the change over time between respondents living closer and farther from AAA infrastructure. Perceived safety increased over time in Victoria, but for people living &gt; 500 m from AAA infrastructure (Odds Ratio: 1.59, 95% Confidence Interval: 1.01 – 2.50). Sensitivity analysis revealed a greater magnitude increase in perceived safety for women (Odds Ratio 2.08, 95% Confidence Interval: 1.07 – 4.04). The study results were influenced by a delay in the implementation of the AAA network in Victoria, substantial infrastructure investment in the control cities, and the COVID-19 pandemic. These unanticipated events likely affected cycling activity and the ability to assess impacts of cycling infrastructure interventions in this natural experiment study.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100771,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100005"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50204578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Access distance to e-scooters: Analysis of app use and trip data in Stockholm","authors":"Boel Berg Wincent,&nbsp;Erik Jenelius,&nbsp;Wilco Burghout","doi":"10.1016/j.jcmr.2023.100004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcmr.2023.100004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Users’ access distance to shared micromobility services is an important component of travel patterns, a determinant of travel choices, and input to determining service catchment areas. Users’ willingness to walk to shared micromobility vehicles is increasingly relevant as policymakers regulate shared free-floating e-scooters to designated parking zones. This paper proposes a novel approach to analyze access distances of e-scooters users based on e-scooter app use and trip data for Stockholm, Sweden. Euclidean access and map-based walking distances are derived from the distances between the location where the users opens the app to search for an e-scooter and the trip’s origin. Variations in access and walking distances are analyzed based on time of day, day of week, proximity to public transportation, and geographical distribution. Users walk on average 185 m and have an active walking time of 2.3 min with a median value of 95 m and 2.1 min. Shorter walking distances are observed for trips during the morning and lunch hours compared to the afternoon and at night. Furthermore, users walk slightly longer during the weekend compared to weekdays. Access distances are shortest within a 0–100 m radius to the nearest public transportation station. The suggested catchment area radius for shared e-scooters ranges from 128 m to 203 m, based on the 75th percentile of access distances. A policy implication is the importance of planning parking zones for e-scooters very close to public transportation to encourage multimodal trips.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100771,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100004"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950105923000049/pdfft?md5=73950cba0e25ce7462496b036b44a7b0&pid=1-s2.0-S2950105923000049-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88247263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Quantifying perceived social benefit of bicycle-friendly infrastructure in Indian cities: Patna as a case study","authors":"Manan Monga ,&nbsp;Shubhajit Sadhukhan","doi":"10.1016/j.jcmr.2023.100003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcmr.2023.100003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Indian central government has been trying to promote the use of bicycles in the Indian cities acknowledging its potential as a sustainable mode of transport. At the urban administrative level, however, there seems to be skepticism in accepting bicycle infrastructure development as an objective to be invested in. To overcome this, the urban local bodies need to be informed of the perceived social benefits of bicycle infrastructure as a rationale for investing in it. This study identifies the commuters’ idea of favourable cycling conditions through a discrete choice experiment conducted in Patna. Different sets of choice alternatives based on different levels of the six identified factors are presented to the commuters using a Stated Preference survey, and their choice data is collected. Using the Multinomial Logit Model, the coefficients and the willingness-to-pay (WTP) values for different levels of factors are determined. The WTP values depict the quantified perceived social benefit of bicycle-infrastructure development in Patna. Findings from the present study show that a reduction in Trip Length has the highest WTP, followed by better route visibility, segregation from motorized vehicles, improvement in road surface quality, and integration with Public Transport.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100771,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100003"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950105923000037/pdfft?md5=a1608865c179d0700d733493209175d7&pid=1-s2.0-S2950105923000037-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75871971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Investigating the role of micromobility for first- and last-mile connections to public transport","authors":"Giulia Oeschger ,&nbsp;Brian Caulfield ,&nbsp;Páraic Carroll","doi":"10.1016/j.jcmr.2023.100001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcmr.2023.100001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The integration of private and shared micromobility with existing public transport services is often presented as a valuable step to improve urban mobility systems. In this study, the combination of micromobility and active modes with public transport was examined through a survey that included a stated preference experiment. Normal error component mixed logit models were estimated to determine how commuters in County Dublin, Ireland, travel on the first- and last-mile of public transport trips. The survey results shed light on the influence of user characteristics and mobility patterns on mode choice for multimodal public transport trips including private and shared micromobility, allowing to analyse trade-offs between the different micromobility modes and active modes. The mixed logit model analysis shows that young (&lt;35 years old) and male respondents present a strong preference for micromobility, while older and female respondents prefer walking. Overall, walking is preferred by most respondents both for the first- and the last-mile, even if the other options provide significant travel time reductions. The importance of secure parking availability at stations is also reflected in the results and shows that a seamless transition between the modes and an adequate provision of infrastructure are crucial to facilitate micromobility adoption. Age, gender, previous experience with micromobility, and interest in micromobility are found to be significant factors that influence mode choice. These results confirm a growing interest for micromobility in younger generations, while also showing that regulations and adequate infrastructure are needed to promote equitable access to these modes, with a particular focus on attracting users from more carbon-intensive modes such as private car and ride-hailing trips.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100771,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100001"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950105923000013/pdfft?md5=4ed3a998af2a38e8a3f1ff9ad91ce498&pid=1-s2.0-S2950105923000013-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75547193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editorial: Welcome to the Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research","authors":"Jeppe Rich,&nbsp;Eva Heinen","doi":"10.1016/j.jcmr.2023.100002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcmr.2023.100002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100771,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100002"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950105923000025/pdfft?md5=7f7bc0f897ed8227f4a72aa966c5fa1a&pid=1-s2.0-S2950105923000025-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84158165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}