Aalborg Universitet Bike Infrastructures Report Silva, Victor ... - VBN

4.0 GENERAL COMPARISON
AGE
40%
AGE
MAIN PURPOSE FOR BIKING
35%
30%
80%
70%
60%
25%
50%
20%
15%
10%
BRYGGEBROEN
HANS BROGES GADE
VESTERGADE
40%
30%
20%
10%
Bryggebroen
Hans Broges Gade
Vestergade
5%
0%
0%
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00 - 10
YEARS
11 - 20
YEARS
21 - 30
YEARS
31 - 40
YEARS
41 - 50
YEARS
51 - 60
YEARS
61 - 70
YEARS
71 - 80
YEARS
81 - 90
YEARS
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TRANSPORTATION
TO AND FROM
WORK
RECREATION /
LEISURE
VISIT FAMILY /
FRIENDS
PURCHASING /
SHOPPING
Figure 4.2: Distribution of the respondents in accordance to the main trip purpose when riding a bike at the infrastructure.
TRANSPORTATION
TO AND FROM
SCHOOL
OTHERS
Figure 4.1: Distribution of the respondents by age
In comparison to Hans Broges Gade and Vestergade
Vest and Mageløs, respondents from Bryggebro have the
highest average age with 32% of them between 31 and
40 years old.
The average age from the respondents can be related
to their educational level. Respondents with the highest
average age at Bryggebro also have a higher educational
level – 77% of them have a medium or longer high education.
GENDER
The distribution of respondents by gender is very balanced
in Bryggebro where 50% of the respondents are
males and 49% are females. The other two infrastructures
present a larger difference between males and females.
In Hans Broges Gade, 52% of the respondents are male
and 44% are female. Finally, 54% of the Vestergade Vest
and Mageløs` respondents are male and 44% are female.
There are several studies about gender and cycling behavior
developed outside Denmark and the results highlight
that gender has a predominant role over the individual
decision to ride a bike (Moudona et al, 2005).
However, the results from the three web surveys developed
in this research indicate that there is not a significant
relationship between gender and how often an individual
ride a bike. One of the reasons that gender is not a predominant
factor in Denmark could be that bike culture is
so wide spread across the country.
MAIN PURPOSE FOR BIKING
Bryggebro has the largest amount of respondents riding
their bikes for commuting purposes. Among Bryggebro`s
respondents, 70% ride their bikes at Bryggebro to go to
work and 8% to go to study.
In contrast to Bryggebro, respondents from Vestergade
Vest and Mageløs and Hans Broges Gade present a
more balanced distribution of trip purpose when riding a
bike at the infrastructures.
39% of the respondents from Vestergade Vest and
Mageløs have said they ride a bike mostly to go to work
and 13% going to study. It is still a high percentage of
commuters, but the infrastructure also has another representative
amount of respondents (33%) riding their bikes
to go to shopping.
WALKING WITHOUT BIKE
In regards to the frequency that respondents walk in the
studied infrastructures, the results from Figure 4.3 highlights
that Bryggebro has a different profile in comparison
to Hans Broges Gade and Vestergade Vest and Mageløs.
The built environment and uses where the infrastructures
are located seems to have an influence in the use of
them. Hans Broges Gade has the largest percentage of
respondents (68%) living in a radius of 2 kilometres and
the local residents both use the infrastructure for cycling
and walking. On the other hand,
Bryggebro is mainly used for commuting and the majority
of the respondents live more than 2 kilometres from the
infrastructure. Therefore, it seems that most of individuals
that ride a bike in Bryggebro do not use the infrastructure
for walking.
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