Cycling is highly beneficial, as it is a sustainable, environmentally friendly, and especially in urban areas, a fast and flexible means of transport. To promote cycling, it is beneficial to provide attractive infrastructure that meets the cyclists’ demands and preferences. However, providing such an infrastructure requires knowledge about the importance and preference of route attributes as well as about the cyclists’ subjective evaluation of these attributes. This thesis comprises three studies that aimed to gain a deeper understanding of cyclists’ preferences and their evaluation criteria in route choice. The studies examined the motivational and deterrent effect of various route attributes, elaborated subjective criteria that cyclists used to evaluate route attributes, and lastly, bridged the gap between objective route attributes and their subjective evaluation. The findings suggest that cyclists evaluate their routes in terms of mental comfort, physical comfort, the attention towards potential interactions, the attractiveness of the environment, and the ease of use of the infrastructure. Based on these five criteria, results provide a comprehensive and multi-dimensional evaluation of route attributes. This deepens the understanding of cyclists’ reasons to prefer or avoid routes. Results, furthermore, strengthen the importance to distinguish the preferable and avoidable effect of route attributes, as their impact on cyclists’ route decision can differ. The detailed insights into the cyclists’ perception and evaluations of route attributes can help to address problems in current cycling infrastructures, but can also be useful when planning attractive future infrastructure.


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    Title :

    Towards attractive cycling routes : how cyclists evaluate route characteristics


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    Publication date :

    2024


    Size :

    1 Online-Ressource



    Type of media :

    Theses


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    BKL:    77.93 Angewandte Psychologie





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