Trends on two wheels: Bike commuting in a campus core

A variety of political, societal, and personal factors continue to impede the equitable use and convenience of bicycling in U.S. urban cores. Various demographics, rider characteristics, and personal factors stand to influence one’s propensity to bicycle as a form of urban mobility. This study examined cycling constraints association in a micro-urban campus region. Self-reported constraints were measured among bicyclists in the campus region, who provided responses pertaining to intrapersonal, social/psychological, and built environment constraints. Although no statistically significant results were found, women in the sample associated more closely with constraints across all constraint types than men, and the sample as a whole reported greater association with built environment constraints. These results suggest that built environment improvements influence perceived constraints association across all types of bike commuters, though further exploration of this topic is required to produce ideal outcomes for all demographic profiles.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Recreation, Sport, and Tourism

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2023

Author dc:creator

• Fransen, Mitchell T.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Fernandez, Mariela
• Payne, Laura

• Bicycling
• Urban Mobility
• Micromobility
• Active Transportation

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2023 Mitchell Fransen

Language dc:language

en, eng

Handle dc:identifier

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/122061

OAI record oai:identifier

https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=etdms&identifier=oai%3Awww.ideals.illinois.edu%3A2142%2F122061