Bicyclist Behavior in San Francisco: A Before-and-After Study of the Impact of Infrastructure Investments

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• Creators:
  Fitch, Dillon T. ; Thigpen, Calvin ; Cruz, Antonio ; Handy, Susan
• Corporate Creators:
  National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) ; University of California, Davis. Institute of Transportation Studies
• Corporate Contributors:
  California Department of Transportation. Division of Rail and Mass Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Behavior
  • Bicycle facilities
  • Capital investments
  • Crowdsourcing
  • Data collection
  • Global Positioning System
  • Mobile applications
  • Smartphones
  • Travel surveys
  • Cyclists
• Publication/ Report Number:
  UCD-ITS-RR-16-06
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  San Francisco (California);United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) (UTC)
• Abstract:
  This study explores bicyclist behavior in San Francisco using data collected before and after major bike infrastructure investments. From early 2011 to December 2013, investments of $3.3 million correlated with a 14% increase in counts of bicyclists, part of a 96% increase in bicyclist counts from 2006 to 2013. To better understand the relationship between these investments and changes in bicycling behavior, the authors build on the successful GPS travel survey conducted in 2010 by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA). The authors used data from the smartphone based GPS data collection method (the CycleTracks application developed by SFCTA) which records bicyclists’ routes. In addition, they administered a detailed web-based survey to CycleTracks users in order to better characterize the factors associated with their bicycling behavior. The authors examine the relationship between bicycle infrastructure and behavior of bicyclists so as to assess the effectiveness of existing investments, and to provide guidance on efforts that are effective at increasing bicycling.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  65A0527 TO 012
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/67076/dot_67076_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 29.54 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:144c97f112368d689be79bf0bea641059df146a0ef1f20b6b26dcf6251ca596c1d89e8cec9e42a7ef5da6f688928bb036348320cfd6c77de8c63308304ddb88d