The nonlinear impact of cycling environment on bicycle distance: A perspective combining objective and perceptual dimensions
Extending cycling distances is crucial for sustainable urban transport development and plays a role in encouraging the shift from motorized vehicles to public transport. However, there is a lack of research examining the combined impacts of both objective and perceived aspects of the cycling enviro...
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Extending cycling distances is crucial for sustainable urban transport development and plays a role in encouraging the shift from motorized vehicles to public transport. However, there is a lack of research examining the combined impacts of both objective and perceived aspects of the cycling environment on cycling distance, and the existence of threshold effects remains unclear. This study uses 2019 cycling data from Shenzhen, China, employing the XGBoost algorithm to uncover the relative importance and thresholds of objective and perceived factors in the cycling environment. The results indicate that population density (24.8%), road network density (15.2%), the proportion of recreational facilities (9.1%), perceived accessibility (8.0%), and comfort (8.6%) hold high relative importance in predicting cycling distance. Also, maintaining road network density between 3 to 6 km/km2 and increasing the population density to exceed 22,000 people/km2 proves effective in extending cycling distances. Land use demonstrates a threshold effect, with cycling distances increasing when the recreational facilities share exceeds 8%, transport facilities share remains below 25%, and commercial facilities share stays below 30%. Perceived metrics exhibit a clear threshold effect. The study identifies that perceived safety indicates a psychological bottleneck in increasing cycling distance. Perceived accessibility is positively correlated with cycling distance when accessibility is at a low level, while comfort shows a positive correlation with cycling distance when comfort is at a high level. These findings can contribute to refining land planning and prioritizing resource allocation for organizations aiming to promote non-motorized travel and design bicycle-friendly environments.
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| spelling | doaj.art-23ee2518921b422bb640386f8bd61fa42024-03-24T11:33:16ZengUniversity of MinnesotaJournal of Transport and Land Use1938-78492024-03-0117110.5198/jtlu.2024.2434The nonlinear impact of cycling environment on bicycle distance: A perspective combining objective and perceptual dimensionsYantang Zhang0Xiaowei Hu1School of Transportation Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of TechnologySchool of Transportation Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Extending cycling distances is crucial for sustainable urban transport development and plays a role in encouraging the shift from motorized vehicles to public transport. However, there is a lack of research examining the combined impacts of both objective and perceived aspects of the cycling environment on cycling distance, and the existence of threshold effects remains unclear. This study uses 2019 cycling data from Shenzhen, China, employing the XGBoost algorithm to uncover the relative importance and thresholds of objective and perceived factors in the cycling environment. The results indicate that population density (24.8%), road network density (15.2%), the proportion of recreational facilities (9.1%), perceived accessibility (8.0%), and comfort (8.6%) hold high relative importance in predicting cycling distance. Also, maintaining road network density between 3 to 6 km/km2 and increasing the population density to exceed 22,000 people/km2 proves effective in extending cycling distances. Land use demonstrates a threshold effect, with cycling distances increasing when the recreational facilities share exceeds 8%, transport facilities share remains below 25%, and commercial facilities share stays below 30%. Perceived metrics exhibit a clear threshold effect. The study identifies that perceived safety indicates a psychological bottleneck in increasing cycling distance. Perceived accessibility is positively correlated with cycling distance when accessibility is at a low level, while comfort shows a positive correlation with cycling distance when comfort is at a high level. These findings can contribute to refining land planning and prioritizing resource allocation for organizations aiming to promote non-motorized travel and design bicycle-friendly environments. https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/2434Cycling distanceCycling environmentLand usePerceptionNon-linearity |
| spellingShingle | Yantang Zhang Xiaowei Hu The nonlinear impact of cycling environment on bicycle distance: A perspective combining objective and perceptual dimensions Journal of Transport and Land Use Cycling distance Cycling environment Land use Perception Non-linearity |
| title | The nonlinear impact of cycling environment on bicycle distance: A perspective combining objective and perceptual dimensions |
| title_full | The nonlinear impact of cycling environment on bicycle distance: A perspective combining objective and perceptual dimensions |
| title_fullStr | The nonlinear impact of cycling environment on bicycle distance: A perspective combining objective and perceptual dimensions |
| title_full_unstemmed | The nonlinear impact of cycling environment on bicycle distance: A perspective combining objective and perceptual dimensions |
| title_short | The nonlinear impact of cycling environment on bicycle distance: A perspective combining objective and perceptual dimensions |
| title_sort | nonlinear impact of cycling environment on bicycle distance a perspective combining objective and perceptual dimensions |
| topic | Cycling distance Cycling environment Land use Perception Non-linearity |
| url | https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/2434 |
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