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Space Syntax in Analysing Bicycle Commuting Routes in Inner Metropolitan Adelaide

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  • Ali Soltani

    (UniSA Creative, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
    School of Art and Architecture, Shiraz University, Shiraz 71946-84471, Iran)

  • Andrew Allan

    (UniSA Creative, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia)

  • Masoud Javadpoor

    (School of Art and Architecture, Shiraz University, Shiraz 71946-84471, Iran)

  • Jaswanth Lella

    (UniSA Creative, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia)

Abstract

Cycling is a particularly favoured for short urban trips because it is a healthy and environmentally benign activity. As a result, urban mobility, quality of life, and public health are enhanced, while traffic congestion and pollution are decreased. In looking beyond the street network in terms of how it affects cyclists’ behavior choices, Bill Hillier’s (1984) outstanding legacy research on spatial space syntax is investigated in this study. The goal of this study is to determine if an urban area’s street network morphology influences commuters’ inclination to ride their bicycles to work. To further understand the nonlinear consequences of street network geometry on the estimation of cycling to work, a logarithmic-transformed regression model that includes base socioeconomic components, urban form, and street network variables represented by space syntax measure factors is developed. In conclusion, this model determined that bike commuting choice is significantly associated with the centrality index of Connectivity , although this is in combination with socioeconomic factors (age, gender, affluence, housing type, and housing price) and built environment factors (share of commercial, educational activities and distance to the CBD) factors. The findings of this study would be of value to planners and policy makers in support of evidence-based policy formulation to improve the design of bicycle networks in suburban regions.

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  • Ali Soltani & Andrew Allan & Masoud Javadpoor & Jaswanth Lella, 2022. "Space Syntax in Analysing Bicycle Commuting Routes in Inner Metropolitan Adelaide," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-13, March.
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