IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/transr/v42y2022i4p526-550.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Facilitating bicycle commuting beyond short distances: insights from existing literature

Author

Listed:
  • Apara Banerjee
  • Mirosława Łukawska
  • Anders Fjendbo Jensen
  • Sonja Haustein

Abstract

Growing consensus on the advantages of cycling has led policymakers to become more interested in increasing the share of bicycle commuters. Even though the bicycle’s popularity as a convenient transport mode declines with increasing distance, in recent times efforts are being made to increase the cycling distances as it may bring incremental benefits to society as a whole. As a basis to facilitate cycling for longer distances, this literature review aims to improve knowledge on what stimulates bicycle commuting beyond 5 km, by analysing both socio-psychological and physical factors. Perceived trip benefits, cycling habits, bicycle-friendly infrastructure, and e-bike usage were identified as key factors. In particular, the emergence of the e-bike could popularise bicycle commuting beyond short distances, as it has the potential to overcome physical barriers and to substitute cars for moderate trip lengths. This review also emphasises the relevance of encouraging people to cycle longer distances and discusses different tailored intervention strategies. However, further research is required to fully understand the dynamics of bicycle commuting beyond short distances. This study suggests a re-evaluation of bicycle infrastructure and technology, bicycling attitudes, and long-term behavioural change in differing (social and physical) environments, recognising that the actions identified as successful to this end vary across cycling cultures.

Suggested Citation

  • Apara Banerjee & Mirosława Łukawska & Anders Fjendbo Jensen & Sonja Haustein, 2022. "Facilitating bicycle commuting beyond short distances: insights from existing literature," Transport Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(4), pages 526-550, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:transr:v:42:y:2022:i:4:p:526-550
    DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2021.2004261
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/01441647.2021.2004261
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/01441647.2021.2004261?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Schneider, Paul R., 2023. "From elements to policies: A Shovian social practice perspective on pathways to facilitate daily E-bike commuting," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 143(C), pages 36-45.
    2. Lv, Huitao & Li, Haojie & Chen, Yanlu & Feng, Tao, 2023. "An origin-destination level analysis on the competitiveness of bike-sharing to underground using explainable machine learning," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 113(C).
    3. Ploegmakers, Huub & Lagendijk, Arnoud, 2024. "Explaining the diffusion of Dutch express bikeways through QCA: The importance of pilots, collaboration and external funding," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 115(C).

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:transr:v:42:y:2022:i:4:p:526-550. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/TTRV20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.