Above poster presents part of my on-going phd work on active transport. Below is the abstract for the poster which was accepted for the prestigious Northumbria Research Conference in May 2012.
Abstract
This poster gives an illustration of methodological issues encountered during a recent Global Positioning System (GPS) based personal travel survey on everyday utility cycling is presented. Participants (i.e., Utility Cyclists) carried the GPS device for one week (7 days) while filling self-administered questionnaire forms. Utility cycling is defined as any (bi) cycling which is not done primarily for fitness, recreation such as cycle touring, or sport such as cycle racing, but simply as a means of transport. This work is, in part, a response to existing calls, from literature, for further research to incorporate the investigation and discovery of cyclist’s perception and experiences (Skinner & Rose, 2007; Forsyth & Krizek, 2011); to support urban designers as well as cycling policy interventions and transportation engineers and thereby increase cycling uptake. The results of the survey are presented. Additionally, GeoTime with ArcGIS technologies are used to map and visualised the collected data.
Keywords:
GPS, GIS, Space-time visualisation, GeoTime, everyday utility cycling, travel behaviour
References:
Forsyth, A. & Krizek, K. (2011) 'Urban Design: Is there a Distinctive View from the Bicycle?', Journal of Urban Design, 16 (4), pp. 531-549.
Skinner, D. & Rose, P. (2007) 'Hell is other Cyclist: rethinking transport and identity', in Horton, D., Rosen, P. & Cox, P. (eds.) Cycling and Society. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing Ltd, pp. 83-96.
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