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‘I want to ride my bicycle’: delimiting cyclist typologies

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Based around fieldwork in Seville (Spain), our article provides an empirical analysis with the aim of determining whether different typologies of cyclists exist depending on the type of bicycle for urban commuting (public bicycle/private bicycle). Our findings show that users of public bicycles are predominantly male, young, with a high level of education, and basically use the public bicycle for subsistence trips due to its easy intermodality; while private bicycle riders are mainly females who regularly make nonsubsistence trips and prefer a more flexible bicycle for their daily needs.

Source: Applied Economics Letters

DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2016.1210760

Authors: Raúl Brey, José I. Castillo-Manzano, Mercedes Castro-Nuño

Institutions: Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Universidad de Sevilla

Language: English

Topic: Urban Transport and Accessibility

Subfield: Transportation

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: green

Funders: European Commission, European Regional Development Fund