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Can infrastructure, built environment, and geographic factor negate weather impact on Strava cyclists?

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Název: Can infrastructure, built environment, and geographic factor negate weather impact on Strava cyclists?
Autoři: Wu, H, Pettit, C, Yoo, S, Lee, J
Zdroj: Journal of Transport and Land Use, Vol 17, Iss 1 (2024)
Informace o vydavateli: Center for Transportation Studies, 2024.
Rok vydání: 2024
Témata: Built environment, Climate, 4406 Human Geography, anzsrc-for: 1604 Human Geography, 0502 economics and business, 11. Sustainability, Logistics and Supply Chains, anzsrc-for: 4406 Human Geography, anzsrc-for: 44 Human Society, Tourism and Services, Weather, 44 Human Society, HE1-9990, anzsrc-for: 1507 Transportation and Freight Services, anzsrc-for: 4005 Civil engineering, TA1001-1280, anzsrc-for: 35 Commerce, 05 social sciences, anzsrc-for: 1205 Urban and Regional Planning, 3509 Transportation, 35 Commerce, 16. Peace & justice, anzsrc-for: 3509 Transportation, Management, Bicycling, Transportation engineering, 13. Climate action, Strava, Crowd-sourced data, Transportation and communications
Popis: Cycling participation is context-sensitive and weather condition is reportedly a significant factor. How weather affects cyclists with different demographics, trip purposes, and in the context of cycling infrastructure, built environment and geographic factors is less well understood by existing literature. This paper applies autoregressive models to explain difference in Strava cycling volume from the same hour of the previous day as a function of change in weather conditions, and day of the week; the contextual effect of cycling infrastructure, built environment and geographic factors is accounted for using interaction terms. We use Strava crowdsourced cycling data in Sydney, Australia, as a case study; commute and leisure cyclists, male and female, young and older cyclists are modeled separately. We find weather conditions have a statistically significant effect on cycling participation; rain, rainfall in the last 2 hours and wind are general deterrents to cycling. Physically separated cycling lanes reduce the adverse effect of precipitation on leisure cyclists and male cyclists but have little effect in retaining commute cyclists and female cyclists. The adverse effect of precipitation and wind on commute cycling is amplified in areas with good access to jobs, possibly due to the availability of better alternative modes of transport. Inland locations generally attenuate effects of windy conditions, except for young adults. This paper sheds light on factors attenuating adverse weather effects on cycling participation and provides useful guidance for future cycling infrastructure.
Druh dokumentu: Article
Popis souboru: application/pdf
ISSN: 1938-7849
DOI: 10.5198/jtlu.2024.2318
Přístupová URL adresa: https://doaj.org/article/b0a33103e4974cc8bee2118215716151
https://doaj.org/article/3efb61b156584f138adc6f23db5a4f10
Rights: CC BY NC ND
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Přístupové číslo: edsair.doi.dedup.....884c145f766a0ee3df88c770ed38a66c
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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Abstrakt:Cycling participation is context-sensitive and weather condition is reportedly a significant factor. How weather affects cyclists with different demographics, trip purposes, and in the context of cycling infrastructure, built environment and geographic factors is less well understood by existing literature. This paper applies autoregressive models to explain difference in Strava cycling volume from the same hour of the previous day as a function of change in weather conditions, and day of the week; the contextual effect of cycling infrastructure, built environment and geographic factors is accounted for using interaction terms. We use Strava crowdsourced cycling data in Sydney, Australia, as a case study; commute and leisure cyclists, male and female, young and older cyclists are modeled separately. We find weather conditions have a statistically significant effect on cycling participation; rain, rainfall in the last 2 hours and wind are general deterrents to cycling. Physically separated cycling lanes reduce the adverse effect of precipitation on leisure cyclists and male cyclists but have little effect in retaining commute cyclists and female cyclists. The adverse effect of precipitation and wind on commute cycling is amplified in areas with good access to jobs, possibly due to the availability of better alternative modes of transport. Inland locations generally attenuate effects of windy conditions, except for young adults. This paper sheds light on factors attenuating adverse weather effects on cycling participation and provides useful guidance for future cycling infrastructure.
ISSN:19387849
DOI:10.5198/jtlu.2024.2318