Cycling Research Board Annual Meeting

This poster will present an analysis of the potential for cycling in daily urban trips, assuming that all transferable trips currently made by public transport or car were instead made by bike. It also examines which population groups would be most likely to change their travel behavior: young or elderly individuals? High- or low-income groups? Residents of city centers or suburbs?
Using data from over 65 local household travel surveys— conducted over the past decade in medium to large French cities, around half a million of persons surveyed—this study characterizes the potential for increased cycling. Realizing this potential, however, requires the development of cycling infrastructure across entire cities. The analysis also assesses the impacts on peoples’ lives, such as the possibility of selling a car or discontinuing a public transport pass, and increasing well-being and physical activity through new cycling trips.
French household travel surveys provide detailed data on daily mobility, including commuter trips and socio-demographic characteristics. The poster will also discuss the effects on traffic flow: How would a modal shift toward cycling affect the kilometers traveled by car or public transport?
While the data focuses on French cities, the methodology and findings can be applied or reproduced in many locations worldwide, provided that local data is available and depending on city size and the level of public transport development.

Corresponding author : Mathieu Rabaud
Mathieu.Rabaud@cerema.fr
(individual contribution)