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SUMMARY:Comprehensible Cycling Infrastructure – is it a topic worth rese
 arching? - David Friel
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DESCRIPTION:Infrastructure largely affects cyclists’ perceptions such as
  safety or comfort (see e.g. [Berghöfer\, 2022](https://doi.org/10.1016/j
 .trf.2022.04.012)\; [Zhang et al.\, 2024](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.20
 23.12.021)). In a recent study\, my colleagues and I found that also infra
 structure’s comprehensibility contributes to cyclists’ overall assessm
 ent of infrastructure (see [Friel et al.\, 2023](https://doi.org/10.1016/j
 .jsr.2023.09.012)\, [Friel & Wachholz\, 2025](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tr
 f.2025.103367)). And although comprehensibility is often mentioned in offi
 cial guidelines\, little is known about how to actually design comprehensi
 ble cycling infrastructure (see [Friel\, 2025](https://doi.org/10.34647/jm
 v.nr23.id183)). Thus\, two years ago\, I have decided to write my PhD on c
 omprehensibility to improve cycling infrastructure to eventually foster cy
 cling as an environmentally friendly mode of transport.\n\nSubmitting at a
  usual conference\, I would now describe the study design (qualitative\, s
 imulator)\, my research approach (Grounded Theory Method)\, maybe some of 
 the assumed outcomes. However\, I hope this to be no usual conference. Ins
 tead\, I hope to discuss the struggles I found myself in concerning the us
 efulness of research like this in general and my research in particu-lar: 
 What is the sense of improving cycling infrastructure as long as reducing 
 car traffic would be the solution in most situations? Is it worth aiming f
 or improved bicycle traffic and\, conse-quently\, solidifying the narrativ
 e of streets as transit spaces instead of aiming for streets as social spa
 ces? And how can one conduct research in the given research and societal s
 ystem and strive for idealistic concepts at the same time?\n\nBased on my 
 research findings so far\, I want to discuss these and more questions with
  other researchers who may similarly struggle between their daily work and
  their ideals. Discussing these struggles may help to find and/or strength
 en one’s own position and to gather new ideas on how to approach a rathe
 r conventional cycling research topic from different perspectives.
LOCATION:Plenary room (Lecture Room 2.2)
URL:https://pretalx.com/crbam-2026/talk/WMKYSG/
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