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Increasing Bicycles’ Share of Commuter Trips in Atlanta Through Improved Trip Routing Methodologies
Increasing Bicycles’ Share of Commuter Trips in Atlanta Through Improved Trip Routing Methodologies
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Zhen, Shuhui
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The paper investigates some of the many elements required for successful bicycling. It gives some suggestions to encourage people to choose bicycles as their trip mode. Due to limited data, the paper considers only bike-to-work trips. The report is split into three major sections: workplace incentives and facilities, land-use and bike facilities, and suggestions for bicycle trip routing. For workplace incentives, the analysis found that even though many employers generally offer showers and/or incentives for biking to work, this type of data is not being stored and is thus not widely available. For land-use and bike-facilities, the analysis found that, while multi-use paths and bike lanes generally serve destinations and origins equally, protected facilities are located in more destination- heavy areas. For the third section, the paper puts forward suggestions based on bicycle trip experience, aimed at producing reasonable results. Further, this section lays out the required process for routing bicycle trips. Finally, considering the current special Covid-19 situation, the paper includes some speculations about the future of bicycle use resulting from the epidemic conditions.
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2020
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Applied Research Paper